Science Team
Michael Falkowski
FireSense Program Lead
Mike is responsible for all NASA HQ FireSense programmatic priorities, solicitations and funding and co-leads the project office.
Jacquelyn Shuman
FireSense Project Scientist
Jackie assists in the identification and implementation of science and technology capabilities for FireSense and acts as the lead for the project office.
Jennifer Fowler
FireSense Project Manager
Jen oversees implementation of airborne field campaigns for FireSense as well as coordination of the project’s budget, planning, and reporting.
Vidal Salazar
FireSense Airborne Campaign Manager
Vidal supports the project office with campaign planning, development, implementation, and reporting. He is responsible for deployment team staffing, deployment logistics setup, teardown, communications, and campaign reporting; and facilitates flight coordination.
Harrison Raine
FireSense Project Coordinator
Harrison provides support to the Project Scientist with communication among existing team members and across NASA centers. Additionally, he assists with organization, coordination, and support of activities and operations in support of the project implementation plan including, website updates, tracking of media coverage, tracking of data repositories, and data availability.
Ryan Wade
Stakeholder Engagement Lead
Ryan guides the organization and coordination of stakeholder engagement for FireSense, infusing a research-to-operations/applications paradigm into the co-development process.