Science Team

| Project Office |
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Michael Falkowski

FireSense Program Lead

Mike is responsible for all NASA HQ FireSense programmatic priorities, solicitations and funding and co-leads the project office.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.