NASA Acres Space for Ag Listening Tour

This will be a public presentation informing the campus community and the public at large about the NASA Acres’ program and the mission of the NASA Acres Farm Innovation Ambassador Team (FIAT). Together, these entities strive to unite farmer members and NASA Acres researchers in the development and use of satellite Earth observation (EO) data, products and models to support agricultural producers in their decision-making processes. This aligns with NASA Acres’ mission to create impactful, science-based tools for the benefit of US agriculture.

Featured speakers are:
Dr. Alyssa K. Whitcraft,Founding Executive Director of NASA Acres and Research Professor at the University of Maryland
Dr. Mike Humber, Deputy Director of NASA Acres and Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland
Dr. Kaiyu Guan, Chief Scientist of NASA Acres and Levenick Endowed Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Natacha Kalecinski, Assistant Research Professor, UMD
Cordelia Hiers Brady, NASA Earth Action Agriculture Program Coordinator
Christopher Thorne, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate
Allison Bredder, Strategic Engagement Officer
Jacob Orser, Program Support Specialist
Gage Taylor, Science Writer at KBR, Inc. / NASA ESTO
Dr. Ignacio Ciampitti, Professor of Agronomy Purdue University, co-director of the Institute for Digital and Advanced Agricultural Systems (IDAAS)