This month’s installment of the Thought Leader Series features a mission dedicated to making the invisible visible in “NASA’s PACE Mission: Unveiling Earth’s Oceans,” presented by UTMB Health.
Join us for a look at the PACE mission’s focus on the interactions between Earth’s atmospheric and oceanic systems and discover how experts identify and interpret data.
Dr. Jeremy Werdell is an oceanographer in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), where he also serves as the project scientist for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE). Werdell received his Bachelor of Arts in biology and environmental science from the University of Virginia in 1996, his Master of Science in oceanography from the University of Connecticut in 1998, and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Maine in 2014. Werdell joined GSFC in 1999 and has remained to improve our understanding of the ocean’s biological responses to Earth’s changing climate—namely, how the spatial distributions of phytoplankton communities evolve over time.
Dr. Kirk Knobelspiesse is an atmospheric scientist working on new ways for satellites to see our home planet. Knobelspiesse received a Ph.D. in atmospheric science and applied mathematics from Columbia University and currently splits his time between two NASA projects, PACE and the forthcoming Atmosphere Observing System (AOS). Knobelspiesse began his career by studying photography and evolved to satellite imaging. He has been at GSFC in Maryland since 2016 and previously spent time at three other NASA locations.
Cécile S. Rousseaux started working at GSFC as an oceanographer in 2011. She earned her Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the University of Western Australia in 2010. Her research focuses on the role of oceans in the carbon cycle, the effects of climate variability and trends in the ocean biogeochemical cycle, and the support of upcoming field and satellite missions. Rousseaux has worked on the PACE science team since its formation in 2014 and is now the PACE science team lead. She also leads the development of the NASA Ocean Biogeochemical Model at GSFC.
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