The People Behind the Science
Our Team
The Global Airborne Observatory has been built by an extraordinary community of scientists, engineers, pilots, and collaborators spanning twenty years and six continents. Below you'll find the people who fly the missions, process the data, and turn spectral signals into conservation outcomes.
Greg Asner
Director
Hugo Cooper
Flight
Sheldon Decosse
Flight
Blair Edlund
Flight
Martin Goodjohn
Flight
Joseph Heckler
Research
Kelly Hondula
Research
Amanda Koeller
Support
Robin Martin
Research
Alan Ohara
Support
Andrea Scott
Support
Megan Seeley
Research
Bryce Smith
Flight
Nick Vaughn
Research
Uhiwai Wall
Support
Twenty Years of Collaboration
The GAO Community
Over twenty years, the Global Airborne Observatory has been shaped by hundreds of researchers, technicians, pilots, students, and collaborators from around the world. This is the full roster — every person who has contributed to the science, the flights, and the conservation outcomes that define GAO's legacy.
Flight
The pilots and flight engineers who put the instruments in the air
Jeff Agosti
Cody Corcoran
Chuck Depew
Don Koopmans
Dave Matheson
Evan McCallum
Scott Siebold
Devon Woodward
Technicians
The specialists who kept the sensors calibrated and the data clean
Chris Anderson
Aravindh Balagio
Ruth Emerson
Kathy Heidebrecht
James Jacobson
Matt Jones
Ty Kennedy
David Knapp
Katherine Kryston
Ethan Shafron
Sinan Sousan
Amanda Warner
Researchers
Scientists who turned raw spectral data into peer-reviewed discovery
William Farfan
Hannes Feilhauer
Jean-Baptiste Feret
Jolene Fisher
Edwin flores Condori
Andrew Ford
Daniel F. Ramos Araníbar
Wendy F. Sanches Llallico
Atsuko Fukunaga
Yeimy Gamboa Pérez
Abdul Gandid
Arturo Gilberto Valera Mejía
Diana G. Medina Tipanluisa
Tahindrazana Godfrey Fremeon
Greg Goldsmith
William González
Rufino Gracia Arroyo
Sarah Graves
Marlon Guerra Vargas
Roslly G. Villalobos Babilonia
Bill Haber
Bemanarivo Hacieranto
Sharon Hall
Thomas Harris
Walter Hauraca-Huasco
Radona Henri Robert
Lizbeth Hernani A.
Paola Herrera Montero
Jeff Hicke
Flor Hidalgo Panduro
Mark Higgins
Hud Hj. Wat
Andriamiarinoro Honori
Maoyi Huang
Choy Huang
Lucas Huaymana Plaza
Antenor Hurtado Carmona
David Idu
Freccia Isla Tamani
Xavier Jácome
Elahe Jamalinia
Alex Jaramillo Zambran
Randrimitantsoa Jean Felix
Brett Jestrow
Oscar Jesus Damian Baldeon
Jafree Jinin
Karim J.Ledesma Tuesta
Lady J. Mathews Saldaña
Dean Jones
Juan Jose Chillinuani Coronado
Thomas Jucker
Yazid Kalbi
Adrienne Keller
Jim Kellner
BolhiBin Khatan
Kealohanuiopuna Kinney
Marcel König
David Lasso
José Laurente Taipe
Alapai Ledward
Jonathon Leff
Chris Lepszyk
Shaun Levick
Károl Lina Durand Vera
Scott Loarie
Fridimalala Laurielle Hilda Lobozafy
Priscila L. Paredes Guanín
Jorge Luis Galindo Vela
Orfelinda Lujan García
Mary Luz Mamani Mamani
Paola Martinez
Dave Marvin
Joe Mascaro
Rachel Mason
Edgar Max Perez Padilla
Krissia May
Edith Mayra Briceňo Huayta
Adam McKeown
Daniel Metcalfe
Davidson M. Garcia Estrella
Rabemiafara Miora V.
Jose Moises Paredes Apucusi
Sofía Montenegro Flores
Marina Morales Yaicate
Claudia M. Rios Iturraran
Paola Muñoz Gamboa
Helen Murphy
Gabriella Nardoto
Ramahefamanana Narindra
Jason Neff
Razafimamonjy Nivo
Jean Noel
Marjorie N. Vasquez Davila
Lydia Olander
Wan Omarshah
Javier Oscar Zavaleta Flores
Jasper Oshun
Daher Ovalle Mozombite
Shawn Page
Suzanne Palminteri
Support
The operations and administrative backbone of two decades of fieldwork
Jonas Asner
Heather DeAngelo
Patrick Freeman
Bob Haxo
Claire LeDuff
Linda Longoria
Terri Tippets
Students
Graduate and undergraduate researchers trained through GAO missions
Toby Ahrens
Mckenna Allen
Angelica Almeyda
Christa Anderson
Michael Beman
Stephanie Bilodeau
Kate Brauman
Eben Broadbent
Phil Brodrick
Dawn Browning
Rachel Carlson
Kim Carlson
Dana Chadwick
John Clark
Matt Colgan
Kyla Dahlin
Rachel Engstrand
Sophie Fauset
Emily Francis
Cassie Freund
Kim Fuller
John Gorelick
Bryant Grady
William Green
Dominica Harrison
Thomas Ingalls
Nicholas Johnson
Kealoha Kinney
Melissa Koons
David Lobell
Claire Lunch
Russel Main
Kelly McManus
Penelope Mograbi
Laven Naidoo
Becky Niemiec
Elsa Ordway
Kailey Pascoe
Stephen Porder
Teagan Roome
Nicolleta Stork
Mia Tierney
Kelly van Woesik
Tim Varga
Winston Wheeler
Collaborators
Partner scientists and institutions from around the world
Tom Allnutt
Steve Archer
Andre Baccini
Timothy Baker
Christopher Baraloto
Eldridge Bermingham
Afendi Bin Suhali
Joe Boardman
Stephanie Bohlman
Karl Burkhart
David Burslem
Mercedes Bustamante
Nona Chariello
Cory Cleveland
David Coomes
Susan Cordell
Dan Cusworth
Adrien Das
Todd Dawson
Judy Denslow
Sandra Diaz
Eric Dinerstein
Rodolfo Dirzo
Riley Duren
Michael Eastwood
Brad Eichelberger
Barend Erasmus
Henry Fandel
Sarah Feakins
Chris Field
Paul Fine
Janet Franklin
Nicolas Fyllas
Angela Gaylard
Christian Giardina
Benoit Goossens
Jamison Gove
Robert Green
Jeff Hall
Patrick Hart
Alex Held
Sean Hobson
Elizabeth Holland
Flint Hughes
Stephan Jacquemoud
Michael Keller
Peter Kirch
Tom Ladefoged
Jiwei Li
Mike Liddell
William Llactayo
Amy Mainzer
Yadvinder Malhi
Renaud Mathieu
Pamela Matson
Daniel Metcalfe
Javier Molina
Helena Muller-Landau
Brian Neilson
Koren Nydick
Imma Oliveras
Eliott Parsons
Carlos Peres
Ryan Perroy
Oliver Phillips
George Powell
Uwe Rasher
Kalani Reyes
Glen Reynolds
Norma Salinas
Van Savage
Steve Schill
Dave Schimel
Mary Scholes
Robert Scholes
Frank Shugart
Miles Silman
Andrew Skidmore
Izak Smit
Nate Stephenson
Philip Taylor
Lida Teneva
David Thompson
Alan Townsend
Hanna Tuomisto
Amanda Uowolo
Susan Ustin
Renaldo Valencia
Jan van Aardt
Frank Villagomez
Peter Vitousek
Lisa Weddington
Conrad Wessels
Carol Wessman
Joseph Wright