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GLOBE Observer Team

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Project Management

Holli Kohl

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

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.

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Communications

Heather Mortimer

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.

Tessa Clougherty

Tessa Clougherty, Axient

Communication intern working as a liaison for the Communications Director. Tessa helps to create social media content for GLOBE Observer. She is also the Instagram Reels Sub-Team Lead. Tessa is based in Pasadena, California.

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Science and Community Liaisons

Dixon Butler

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.

Theresa Schwerin

Theresa Schwerin, IGES

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

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.

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Clouds

Jessica Taylor

Jessica Taylor, NASA Langley

Principal investigator for GLOBE Clouds. She is based in Hampton, Virginia.

Marilé Colón Robles

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

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

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

Rosalba Giarratano, NASA Langley (ADNET Systems, Inc.)

Outreach Coordinator for GLOBE Clouds. She is based in New York City.

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Mosquito Habitat Mapper

Russanne Low

Russanne Low, IGES

Science lead for Mosquito Habitat Mapper, co-lead and campaign scientist for the GLOBE Mission Mosquito field measurement campaign. She is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Cassie Soeffing

Cassie Soeffing, IGES

Campaign coordinator and education lead for the Mosquito Habitat Mapper toolkit and the GLOBE Mission Mosquito campaign. She is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Land Cover

Peder Nelson

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.

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Trees

Brian Campbell

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.

Peter Falcon

Peter Falcon, NASA JPL

Peter Falcon serves as a connection to the tree height science and outreach community at JPL. He is also a member of the GLOBE Observer communications team He is based in Pasadena, California.

Dorian Janney

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.

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Technology Development
 

Dave Overoye

Dave Overoye, Axient

Lead for the Data and Information Systems team, in charge of development and support for the app and the GLOBE Observer website. He is based in Pasadena, California.

Cornell Lewis

Cornell Lewis, Axient

Project lead for the GLOBE Observer website, responsible for leading development support for the website. He is based in Pasadena, California.

Andrew Clark

Andrew Clark, IGES

Designer for the GLOBE Observer website, including developing structure and content. He is based in Winchester, Virginia.

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Evaluation

Martin Storksdieck

Martin Storksdieck, Oregon State University

Leads the GLOBE Observer evaluation team. He is based in Corvallis, Oregon.

Heather Fischer

Heather Fischer, Oregon State University

Primary external evaluator for the GLOBE Observer team. She is based in Corvallis, Oregon.

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The GLOBE Program

GLOBE Implementation Office

GLOBE Implementation Office, The GLOBE Program

Sponsored through NASA cooperative agreement awards to Education Development Center and City University of New York.