People of ORNL DAAC

NASA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) is led by leaders in the fields of ecology and data science.

Leadership

Name	Title
Giri Prakash	DAAC Manager
Dr. Yaxing Wei	Lead Scientist
Tammy Walker	Deputy DAAC Manager and User Services Lead
Michele Thornton	Airborne Lead and Daymet Lead
Daine Wright	Systems Engineer and Security Lead

User Working Group

The ORNL DAAC User Working Group provides suggestions and user perspectives that assist ESDIS with:

Defining ORNL DAAC's science goals.
Prioritizing ORNL DAAC activities, including dataset acquisition, generation of value-added products, user support, development activities, and operational functions.
Improving the data publication and communication processes for projects and missions assigned to ORNL DAAC.
Improving the discoverability, usability, and interoperability of NASA Earth science data.
Assessing data accession requests originating from projects and missions not specifically assigned to ORNL DAAC.

The UWG meets at least once per year to review the status of ORNL DAAC operations and to provide suggestions. Additional information about the responsibilities of the UWG can be found in the ORNL DAAC UWG Charter.

The UWG is interested in hearing from users on how to improve the ORNL DAAC web platform, tools, and services, or about data that the ORNL DAAC should pursue. To provide input, email the ORNL DAAC User Services Office.

A group photo of the ORNL DAAC user working group, standing in front of a barn structure.

Attendees, including UWG members, at the October 2024 UWG Meeting.

User Working Group Members

Cibele Amaral Analytics Hub Director, Earth Lab University of Colorado UWG Term 2025-2027 Specialty: ecosystem ecology and management, remote sensing, big data analytics	Liz Arbuckle Capacity Building Program Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Ames UWG Term 2025-2027 Specialty: data accessibility and usability, user-community engagement
Mallory Barnes School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University UWG Term 2021-2026 Specialty: environmental informatics, remote sensing and spatial analysis, and ecosystem ecology	Philip G. Brodrick Research Technologist Imaging Spectroscopy Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory UWG Term: 2022-2027 Specialty: imaging spectroscopy, machine learning / artificial intelligence, terrestrial ecology
Dana Chadwick (Chair-Elect) Earth System Scientist Research Scientist Water and Ecosystems Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory UWG Term 2023-2025 Specialty: imaging spectroscopy, lidar, field sampling, ecosystems, critical zones, landscape evolution	Kyla Dahlin Department of Geography Michigan State University UWG Term 2021-2026 Specialty: landscape and plant ecology, remote sensing, Earth system modeling
Erin Hestir Department of Environmental Systems University of California, Merced UWG Term 2023-2025 Specialty: aquatic ecosystems, coastal systems, geospatial analytics, hyperspectral data, remote sensing, sensor networks	Christine Laney Principal Research Scientist National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) UWG Term 2020-2025 Specialty: ecoinformatics, LTER, ecological forecasting
Ayia F. Lindquist Outreach and Engagement Coordinator NASA Goddard Space Flight Center UWG Term: 2024-2026 Specialty: user-community engagement, data accessibility and decision-making support, resilience	Paul Montesano Research Scientist NASA Goddard Space Flight Center UWG Term: 2022-2027 Specialty: remote sensing data integration, uncertainty quantification, boreal forest structure research
Stefano Potter Research Associate Woodwell Climate Research Center UWG Term: 2024-2026 Specialty: wildfire, boreal and arctic systems, remote sensing	Ying Sun Soil & Crop Sciences Cornell University UWG Term 2020-2025 Specialty: agroecosystems, canopy to global scale modeling
Jody Vogeler (Chair) Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University UWG Term 2021-2026 Specialty: forest disturbance dynamics, wildlife habitat ecology, assessing resistance and resilience within varous ecosystems, integrating remote sensing datasets with field surveys	Jon Wang School of Biological Sciences University of Utah UWG Term 2023-2025 Specialty: vulnerability to and recovery from natural and anthropogenic disturbance, carbon stocks and fluxes, phenology, urban heat island
Daryl Yang Distinguished Staff Fellow Oak Ridge National Laboratory UWG Term: 2024-2026 Specialty: spectral imaging, drone data and applications, boreal and arctic systems, plant ecology, remote sensing, ecosystem modeling

User Working Group Ex Officio Members

Frank Lindsay Designated ESDIS Project Representative ESDIS Project NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Sara Lubkin Science Data Operations Manager ESDIS Project NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Drew Kittel Science Operations Manager ESDIS Project NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Ryan P. Pavlick Program Manager Terrestrial Ecology Program NASA Headquarters
Yaxing Wei (Vice Chair) ORNL DAAC Lead Scientist Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Bruce E. Wilson ORNL DAAC Manager Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory

User Working Group Associates

Chris Lindsley ORNL DAAC Systems Architect Computational Sciences & Engineering Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Michele Thornton ORNL DAAC Airborne Data Lead Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Debjani Singh ORNL DAAC Ingest Lead Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Tammy Walker ORNL DAAC Deputy Manager Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Daine Wright ORNL DAAC Systems Engineer Environmental Sciences Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory

People of ORNL DAAC

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