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Supporting NASA/NOAA geosynchronous operational Earth observation satellites, including the current GOES-R series and the next generation GeoXO missions.

Lead scientist for the FLARE Network, an automated calibration system for Earth Observation satellites, aircraft, and drones. Project management and applications for space flight technologies. Outreach, publication, technology development, and community engagement for Labsphere's remote sensing activities.

Optical system design and application engineering for light metrology, uniform light sources, and remote sensing. Applications group lead.

Optical properties of the mesopelagic environment. Integration of multiple complementary technologies including low-light camera systems, bioluminescence and optical oceanography sensors, LiDAR, holography and radiometry to explore distribution and dynamics of organisms.

Airborne hyperspectral imagery of coral reefs. Water column Inherent Optical Properties (IOPs) on NASA JPL COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) project. Responsible for coordinating lab activities with other groups; field campaign operations including measurement of water column properties, maintenance, operation, and shipping of optical sensor equipment, small boat operation. Processing and analysis of large optical and remote sensing data sets.

Marine bio-optics. Organization and planning of field research. Deployment of optical instrumentation, processing/analysis of data. Water column pigment sampling. Hyperspectral image analysis. Measurement and modeling of benthic reflectance in support of remote sensing and water column optics applications.

Biological and geochemical monitoring.