Mission Team

Principal Investigators

Ralph Dubayah

(Principal Investigator)

Professor of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland

dubayah@umd.edu

J. Bryan Blair

(Deputy Principal Investigator and Instrument Scientist)

Lidar Instrument Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

bryan.blair@nasa.gov

Scott Goetz

(Deputy Principal Investigator)

Professor at Northern Arizona University


Scott.Goetz@nau.edu

Co-Investigators

George Hurtt

(Co-Investigator)

Professor at University of Maryland

gchurtt@umd.edu

Matt Hansen

(Co-Investigator)

Professor at University of Maryland

mhansen@umd.edu

Sean Healey

(Co-Investigator)

Research Ecologist at the US Forest Service

seanhealey@fs.fed.us

Michelle Hofton

(Co-Investigator)

Research Professor at University of Maryland

mhofton@umd.edu

Lola Fatoyinbo

(Co-Investigator)

Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

lola.fatoyinbo@nasa.gov

Jim Kellner

(Co-Investigator)

Assistant Professor at Brown University

kellner@brown.edu

Scott Luthcke

(Co-Investigator)

Geophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

scott.b.luthcke@nasa.gov

Laura Duncanson

(Co-Investigator)

Assistant Professor at University of Maryland

lduncans@umd.edu

John Armston

(Co-Investigator)

Associate Research Professor at University of Maryland

armston@umd.edu

Research Scientists

Paul Patterson

Statistician at US Forest Service (Retired)

Steven Hancock

Lecturer at University of Edinburgh

steven.hancock@ed.ac.uk

Patrick Jantz

Assistant Research Professor at Northern Arizona University

Patrick.Jantz@nau.edu

Patrick Burns

Research Specialist at Northern Arizona University

pb463@nau.edu

Danielle Rappaport

Assistant Research Professor at University of Maryland

drappap@umd.edu

Wenlu Qi

Postdoctoral Associate at University of Maryland

wqi@umd.edu

David Minor

Research Specialist at University of Maryland

minord@umd.edu

Adrián Pascual

Assistant Research Professor at University of Maryland

apascual@umd.edu

Jamis Bruening

Postdoctoral Associate at University of Maryland

jamis@umd.edu

Matheus Nunes

Assistant Research Professor at University of Maryland

Lin Xiong

Assistant Research Professor at University of Maryland

Graduate Students

Tiago de Conto

PhD Candidate at the University of Maryland

tiagodc@umd.edu

Padmageetha Nagarajan

PhD Student at the University of Maryland

 

Levi Madenberg

PhD Student at the University of Maryland

lmadenbe@umd.edu

 

Luke Wertis

PhD Student at the University of Maryland

wertisml@umd.edu

Mohammad Aghdami-Nia

PhD Student at the University of Maryland

aghdami@umd.edu

Affiliated Scientists

Chengquan Huang

Research Professor at University of Maryland

cqhuang@umd.edu

Crystal B. Schaaf

Professor at University of Massachusetts Boston

crystal.schaaf@umb.edu

Outreach and Admin

Talia Schwelling

Faculty Specialist at the University of Maryland

tschwell@umd.edu

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