Our Team - GLOBE Observer
GLOBE Observer Team
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Project Management
Holli Kohl, NASA Goddard (SSAI)
Project coordinator, manages overall implementation and coordination with the GLOBE Program. Holli is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Kristen Weaver, NASA Goddard (SSAI)
Deputy project coordinator, lead for eclipse efforts and support for student research using GLOBE Observer. She also supports communication, social media, and the GLOBE Observer website, and is the liaison for working with park interpreters and the Earth to Sky network. Kristen is based in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Communications
Heather Mortimer, NASA Goddard (SSAI)
Graphic designer and science writer for the GLOBE Observer team, focusing on website content, video production, social media, and print product development. She also manages the Informal Educator Toolkits. Heather is based in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Science and Community Liaisons
Dixon Butler, Consultant and Advisor to the GLOBE Program
Former chief scientist for GLOBE, and continues as a consultant for NASA on the GLOBE Program, including GLOBE Observer. He is based in Washington, D.C.
Principal Investigator for the NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative, the NASA Science Activation (SciAct) award that funds GLOBE Observer citizen science. Leads strategic partnerships and cross-collaborations, particularly with the NASA SciAct collective and outreach to the library community to extend GLOBE to lifelong learners including partnerships with NASA@My Library and SciStarter. She is based in Asheville, NC.
Agnes Conaty, NASA Goddard (SSAI)
Science Lead and Data Analyst for the GLOBE Observer team, focusing on data quality, data promotion and usage by the academic community. Agnes promotes family citizen science and GLOBE awareness to communities and local colleges. She is based in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Clouds
Marilé Colón Robles, NASA Langley (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Project scientist for GLOBE Clouds, including informal education toolkit development. She is based in Hampton, Virginia.
Tina Harte, NASA Langley (SSAI)
Project manager for GLOBE Clouds. Supports outreach to informal educators, particularly camps. She is based in Hampton, Virginia.
Tina Rogerson, NASA Langley (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
NASA Scientific Programmer/Analyst : Manages GLOBE cloud data, satellite data, computer systems and satellite match emails.
Rosalba Giarratano, NASA Langley (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Outreach Coordinator for GLOBE Clouds. She is based in New York City.
Mosquito Habitat Mapper
Land Cover
Peder Nelson, Oregon State University
Science lead for the Land Cover tool and a researcher in the College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at OSU. He is also a member of the Tree Heights team. He is based in Portland, Oregon.
Trees
Brian Campbell, NASA Wallops (GST)
NASA Senior Earth Specialist and Science Lead for GLOBE Observer Trees and Lead for the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign. Brian is also the NASA ICESat-2 Mission Education Lead and the NASA Wallops Flight Facility Earth Science liaison. He also contributes to GLOBE and NASA social media and web content as part of the GLOBE and NASA Communications teams. Brian is based at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia USA and in his 23rd year at NASA, working for his first 9 years at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland USA before transitioning to the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in 2010. Brian has worked on multiple NASA Missions, including ICESat, SeaWiFS, Aquarius, Landsat, Coastal Obs, SMAP, GPM Ground Validation, and ICESat-2.
Dorian Janney, NASA Goddard (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Lead for outreach to lifelong learners. She is also a member of the Tree Heights team. She is based in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Technology Development
Evaluation
Martin Storksdieck, Oregon State University
Leads the GLOBE Observer evaluation team. He is based in Corvallis, Oregon.
Heather Fischer, Oregon State University
Primary external evaluator for the GLOBE Observer team. She is based in Corvallis, Oregon.
The GLOBE Program
GLOBE Implementation Office, The GLOBE Program
Sponsored through NASA cooperative agreement awards to Education Development Center and City University of New York.