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People of SEDAC

NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) comprises a team of experts in social and information science, demography, human-environment interactions, data management and policy, geographic information systems (GIS), and data systems and information technology.
 

SEDAC Staff

NameTitle
Alex de SherbininManager
Sri VinayDeputy Manager and Systems Engineer
Susana AdamoCo-Project Scientist
Robert DownsCo-Project Scientist
Hans BoschIT Security Point of Contact and Operations Manager 
Francis LindsayContracting Officer's Representative, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

 

User Working Group

The SEDAC User Working Group (UWG) provides ongoing advice and guidance regarding SEDAC activities and plans. UWG members represent a broad range of social and natural science disciplines and other user groups from the public and private sectors. A SEDAC project scientist serves as executive secretary.

Roles and Responsibilities

User Working Group responsibilities include reviewing SEDAC's progress and performance, representation of user community perspectives in the development of SEDAC  products and services, recommendation of specific data products and services to NASA and SEDAC, and provision of strategic guidance to NASA and SEDAC on objectives, priorities, target user communities, implementation approaches, and other issues.

Current Members

NameTitle/Affiliation
William Easterling IIIUWG Chair, Department of Geography; The Pennsylvania State University
Susana AdamoExecutive Secretary; SEDAC Co-Project Scientist, CIESIN 
Karl BenedictResearch Data Services Information Technology Services, University of New Mexico
Nita BhartiBiology Department, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State University
Mariel BorowitzSam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jillian CampbellUN Convention on Biological Diversity
Ryan EngstromData Science Program, Department of Geography, George Washington University
Lola FatoyinboBiospheric Sciences Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Josh FisherAdvanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4), Columbia University
Charlie FryeEsri
Chris FunkClimate Hazards Center, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lori HunterCU Population Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder
Catherine NakalembeDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland
Tom ParrisISciences LLC
Amy PientaInter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan
Anacláudia RossbachLatin America and the Caribbean, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Dan RunfolaDepartment of Applied Science, William and Mary
David Van RiperMinnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota