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Profile for Nancy Maynard
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| Title: | Senior Research Scientist |
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| Affiliation: | NASA |
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Overview
Dr. Nancy Maynard is a senior research scientist in the Cryospheric Sciences Branch with an interest in the use of remote sensing to observe changes (environment, climate, land use/cover) in the Arctic and their impacts on indigenous populations in the region. She is also the Project Manager for the NASA Tribal College & University Project to provide NASA competency-building education and research opportunities to the Nation"s Tribal Colleges and Universities to increase the number of American Indian/Alaska Native undergraduates prepared for employment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related disciplines. In addition, she created a NASA land cover/land use change (LCLUC) pilot project, ReindeerMapper, which brought together scientists and indigenous reindeer herders from the US, Russia, and Norway to create a system for integrating remote sensing, ground-based, and indigenous data and knowledge in the Russian Arctic. This work is continuing under a Norwegian International Polar Year (IPY) project called EALAT, "Arctic Vulnerability Study: Reindeer Pastoralism in a Changing Climate", to observe changes in the pasture state/quality and migration routes in response to the changes in climate, environment and development. Previously, she led the first NASA Environment and Health Program at GSFC to apply the use of NASA’s remotely-sensed Earth science data to public health issues. She has also worked on remote sensing of ice edge biota, management of large interdisciplinary science programs at NASA HQ, and science policy at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP).
Selected Publications
Maynard, N.G., A. Oskal, J.M. Turi, S.D. Mathiesen, I.M.G. Eira, B.S. Yurchak, V. Etylin, and J. Gebelein (2009). Eurasian reindeer pastoralism in a change climate: indigenous knowledge and remote sensing., in press
Maynard, N.G., and G.A. Conway (2007). A View from Above: Use of Satellite Imagery to Enhance our Understanding of Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the Arctic. Proc. 13th Int. Congress on Circumpolar Health, 49(2), 38-43
Maynard, N.G., and G.A. Conway (2007). A View from Above: Use of satellite imagery to enhance our understanding of potential impacts of climate change on human health in the Arctic. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Circumpolar Health in Novosibirsk, Russia, June 2006
Maynard, N.G. (2006). Satellites, Settlements, and Human Health. In Ridd, M. and J.D. Hipple (Ed.), Remote Sensing of Human Settlements (379-399). Bethesda, MD: Manual of Remote Sensing. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 3rd Edition
Maynard, N.G., B.S. Yurchak, Y.A. Slepstov, J.M. Turi, and S. Mathiesen (2005). Space Technologies for Enhancing the Resilience and Sustainability of Indigenous Reindeer Husbandry in the Russian Arctic. Proceeding of the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security, June 20-24, 2005. St. Petersburg, Russia
Yurchak, B.S., and N.G. Maynard (2005). Time-Series SAR Observations of Chukotka Sub-Arctic Lakes and Forest-Tundra Fire Scars. Proceeding of the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Global Monitoring for Sustainability and Security, June 20-24, 2005. St. Petersburg, Russia
Hay, S.I., F. Myers, N.G. Maynard, and D.J. Rogers (2002). From Remote Sensing to Relevant Sensing in Human Health. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 68(2), 109-114
Maynard, N.G. (2002). Remote Sensing for Public Health: Surveillance and Response. Earth Observation Magazine, 43-45
Maynard, N.G., and G. Ed (2002). Native Peoples-Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop Report. U.S. National Assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, NASA GSFC, 134
Vicente, G.A., N.G. Maynard, and R. Aissi-Wespi (2002). Health Monitoring from Space – Challenges for NASA’s Earth Science and Public Health Program. In, Proceedings 29th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2002 Buenos Aires, Argentina:
Vicente, G.A., and N.G. Maynard (2002). Integrated System for Health Applications of Earth Science Remote Sensing Data. In, Proceedings ISPRS Com.II Symposium on Integrated System for Spatial Data Production, Custodian and Decision Support, Xi'an, P.R.China, August 20-23, 2002 Xi'an, P.R.China:
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