RESEARCH PROFESSOR, HYDROLOGY, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Justin Huntington founded Climate Engine in 2014 with a research grant from Google. He is one of 21 members of the 2018-2023 Landsat Science Team. His research interests are focused on remote sensing, evapotranspiration, irrigation, drought, and hydrologic modeling. His work includes building operational remote sensing data systems for organizations such as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, NASA, Google, and the State of Nevada. Justin currently holds a research professorship at the Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, Reno in Hydrologic Sciences.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

John Abatzoglou is a Scientific Advisor at Climate Engine and an Associate Professor in Management of Complex Systems at the University of California, Merced. John’s academic interests are primarily focused around climate science and impacts in the American West. His Climatology Lab works on a diverse set of research questions spanning climate science and meteorology as well as their impacts on systems including water resources, wildfire, and agriculture. The research group also develops web-based climate services to help scientists and practitioners improve climate readiness. John received his BS in Atmospheric Science from UC Davis, and a Ph.D in Earth Systems Science from UC Irvine

RESEARCH SCIENTIST, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Britta Daudert is a Data Scientist at Climate Engine, in which her focus is on providing easy access to climate data through the user-friendly web platform. Britta works in the Department of Hydrological Sciences at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) located in Reno, Nevada. From 2012-2017, Britta was an Assistant Research Scientist at the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC). Britta worked for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) at Caltech in Pasadena as a scientific analyst. There she supported LIGO in its pursuit of scientific grid computing. Britta obtained her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at NUI Maynooth in Ireland. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from UC Riverside.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Jody Hansen is a Data Application Engineer at Climate Engine. Her primary focus is building the API to bridge climate and remote sensing datasets to usable environmental data. She is also an Assistant Research Scientist at the Desert Research Institute. Previously Jody was a Software Engineer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise where she developed infrastructure tools and firmware products. Jody has a BS in Computer Science from Oregon State University, and a Ph.D in Human Genetics from the University of Utah School of Medicine.

PROJECT SCIENTIST, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED

Katherine is a Senior Developer at Climate Engine, where she supports visualization of climate and remote sensing datasets on maps and graphs. She is also an Assistant Project Scientist at the University of California, Merced and the lead developer at ClimateToolbox.org. Katherine is a climate data provider helping to maintain large climate datasets of past observations, future forecasts, and projections (MACA future climate projections, downscaled NMME seasonal forecasts, and gridMET and TerraClimate historical climate data). Katherine holds a Ph.D. and a MS in Physics, as well as a MS in Mathematics from Washington State University.

GEOSPATIAL DATA SCIENTIST, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Eric Jensen is a Data Scientist at Climate Engine and is passionate about translating Earth observations into decision-ready data. He works in a variety of capacities at Climate Engine, including remote sensing of vegetation, model development and validation, UI maintenance, data visualization, and technical support of data users. Previously, he has worked closely with multiple federal agencies of the US Departments of Agriculture and Interior to better leverage satellite-derived products in their operations. Eric holds an MS in Ecology from Colorado State University and a BA in Geography from Western Washington University.

RESEARCH PROFESSOR, CLIMATOLOGY, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Dan McEvoy is a Scientific Advisor and Founder of Climate Engine. Dan serves as the Regional Climatologist for the Western Regional Climate Center and is a faculty member with the Desert Research Institute’s Division of Atmospheric Science. Dan primarily works on hydroclimatology research and data applications in the western US with a focus on drought monitoring, climate-wildfire connections, and sub-seasonal-to-seasonal prediction. Dan holds a PhD in atmospheric science from the University of Nevada, Reno.

RESEARCH SCIENTIST, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Charles is a Data Scientist at Climate Engine who leads multi-model software engineering and development, supports Google Earth Engine API programming, and co-develops back-end/front-end linkages. Charles is co-developer of the automated METRIC ET model, and ClimateEngine.org Earth Engine applications. Charles holds an MS in Geography and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno.

GEOSPATIAL DATA SCIENTIST, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Kristen O'Shea is a Geospatial Data Scientist at the Desert Research Institute, where she conducts innovative research on the impacts of climate change on the Earth's ecosystems and natural resources. With a background in geography and data science, O'Shea is skilled in using cutting-edge technologies and data analysis techniques to inform decision-making and policy on climate change. She is dedicated to finding solutions to the challenges posed by global warming and protecting our planet's natural resources for future generations.

DATA ENGINEER, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Thomas specializes in Google Earth Engine, data visualization, and remote sensing applications. As an analyst, Thomas assists in understating and visualizing data available in Climate Engine and how it relates to the current world. Thomas obtained a BS and MS in Hydrogeology from the University of Nevada, Reno.

ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR, ECOHYDROLOGY, DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Christine’s research is focused on deciphering the relative roles of climate variability and natural resource management on water availability and ecological conditions across the western US. Her work with the Climate Engine team is aimed toward working with natural resource managers to incorporate the long-term and regional perspectives provided by remote sensing and climate data into their decision-making. Christine holds a PhD in Hydrologic Sciences from University of Nevada, Reno, an MS in Ecology from Colorado State University, and a BS in Biology from Westminster College.