EDGE TEAM
The EDGE mission team builds on previous experience delivering the GEDI instrument to the ISS and science data products on cost and schedule, and is excited to expand to a free-flyer mission that includes the cryosphere.
Leadership
Dr. Helen Amanda Fricker
PI
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Dr. John Armston
Deputy PI
University of Maryland
Bryan Blair
Deputy PI
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Scott Luthcke
Project Scientist
NASA GSFC, Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory
Terrestrial Ecosystem Structure
Stuart Davies
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution Collaborator: Coordination with forest plot networks
Ralph Dubayah
University of Maryland
Co-I: EDGE-auxilliary data fusion and harmonization with GEDI
Laura Duncanson
University of Maryland
Co-I: Boreal forest biomass and structure; Cal-Val
Lola Fatoyinbo
Goddard Space Flight CenterCo-I: Response of coastal ecosystems to disturbance and change
Nancy Glenn
Boise State University
Co-I: Response of dryland ecosystems to disturbance and change
Chris Hakkenberg
Northern Arizona UniversityCo-I: Drivers of forest biodiversity and structure
Sean Healey
USDA / U.S. Forest Service
Co-I: Forest disturbance and carbon storage
Michelle Hofton
University of Maryland
Co-I: Laser altimetry over surface topography and vegetation
George Hurtt
University of Maryland
Co-I: High resolution carbon modeling and monitoring
Tommaso Jucker
Bristol University
Collaborator: Impacts of disturbance on forest structure, composition and function
Kostas Papathanassiou
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Collaborator: Forest structure and change products
Hao Tang
University of Singapore
Collaborator: Lidar measurement of canopy structure and seasonal change in tropical forests
Konrad Wessels
George Mason University
Co-I: Response of savanna ecosystems to disturbance and change
Ice Elevation
Jeremy Bassis
University of Michigan
Collaborator: Ice shelf and glacier processes; Land Ice applications
Bea Csatho
University of Buffalo
Co-I: Land Ice products co-lead; elevation and elevation change over glaciers and ice sheets
Caitlyn Florentine
USGS
Collaborator: Glaciers and Cal-Val
Alex Fraser
University of Tasmania
Collaborator: Sea ice and fast ice
Petra Heil
Australian Antarctic Div
Collaborator: Sea ice
Sophie Nowicki
University of Buffalo
Co-I: Land Ice Applications
Laurie Padman
ESR
Collaborator: Ice shelf processes
David Shean
University of Washington
Co-I: Ice shelves; mountain glaciers; optical imagery over land ice and fusion with laser altimetry
Matthew Siegfried
Colorado School of Mines
Co-I: Cal-Val
Ben Smith
University of Washington
Co-I: Land Ice products
Rachel Tilling
University of Maryland
Co-I: Sea Ice products
Catherine Walker
WHOI
Co-I: Land Ice products
US Geological Survey, Wildland Fire Science Team Principal Investigator: “[EDGE’s] capabilities will impact strategic planning regarding risk reduction and treatment activities as well as tactical decision-making on active wildfire incidents.”
