Nancy Maynard Email & Phone Number

Dr. Nancy Maynard is a senior research scientist (Emeritus) in the Cryospheric Sciences Branch at NASA GSFC - currently located at CIMAS/RSMAS at U. Miami as a Visiting Scientist - with an interest in the use of remote sensing to observe changes (environment, climate, land use/cover) in the Arctic and their impacts on indigenous populations in the region. She previously served as Project Manager for the NASA Tribal College & University Project. She has been working as part of a team of scientists and indigenous reindeer herders from the US, Russia, and Norway on a Norwegian International Polar Year (IPY) project called EALAT to observe changes in reindeer pasture state/quality and migration routes in response to the changes in climate, environment and development. She led the first NASA Environment and Health Program at GSFC to apply the use of NASA’s remotely-sensed Earth science data to public health issues. She has also worked on remote sensing of ice edge biota and science policy at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP). She is a Lead Author of IPCC WG2 "Polar Regions" chapter & Convening Lead Author of US National Climate Assessment "Tribal and Native Lands and Resources" chapter.

Listed skills include Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Research, Science, and 30 others.