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Who is NASA Harvest?

NASA Harvest is led and implemented through the Harvest Hub, housed at the University of Maryland Center for Global Agricultural Monitoring Research. NASA Harvest is operated as a Consortium of international partners from over 50 institutions around the world.


Harvest Leadership Team


Inbal Becker-Reshef
NASA Harvest Program Director
University of Maryland
Chris Justice
NASA Harvest Chief Scientist
University of Maryland
Alyssa Whitcraft
NASA Harvest Deputy Director & Manager
University of Maryland

Harvest Focus Area Leadership


Belen Franch
Crop Yield Co-Lead
University of Maryland & Universitat de Valencia
Brian Barker
Crop Condition Co-Lead
University of Maryland
Catherine Nakalembe
Africa Lead
University of Maryland
Christina Justice headshot
S & SE Asia Lead; Food Security Early Warning Co-Lead
University of Maryland
Lobell
Crop Yield Co-Lead
Stanford University
Estefania
Markets & Trade Co-Lead
University of Maryland
Eilerts
Food Security Early Warning Co-Lead
Independent Contractor
Greg Husak
Food Security Early Warning Co-Lead
University of California Santa Barbara
Hannah Kerner
U.S. Domestic Co-Lead & AI Lead
Arizona State University
Joe Glauber
Markets & Trade Co-Lead
International Food Policy Research Institute
Matt Hansen
Crop Mapping Co-Lead
University of Maryland
Meghavi Prashnani
South Asia Lead
University of Maryland
Ritvik
Crop Condition Co-Lead
University of Maryland
Sylvain Coutu
Public-Private Partnership Lead
AXA Climate
Bill Salas
U.S. Domestic Co-lead
Regrow
XPSong
Crop Mapping Co-Lead
Texas Tech University

Harvest Operations and Management


Alyssa Whitcraft
NASA Harvest Deputy Director & Manager
University of Maryland
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Communications Coordinator
University of Maryland
Mary Mitkish
NASA Harvest Assistant Manager & Communications Lead
University of Maryland
mike humber
Data and Harvest Portal Lead
University of Maryland

Partners and Affiliates


Organizations




People


Abdolreza Abbassian
Former AMIS Secretary, FAO
Alex Held
CSIRO Centre of Earth Observation
Picture of Alison Thieme
University of Maryland
Amy McNally
FEWS NET, NASA GSFC, USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance
Antonio
University of Maryland
Anuja Arvind Jadhav
University of Maryland
Blake Munshell
University of Maryland
Gerard
CIMMYT - The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Champagne
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Chris Funk
University of California Santa Barbara
DavidJ
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Vermote
NASA, UMD
Esteban
Buenos Aires Grain Exchange
Fernanda Argueta
University of Maryland
Gerald Makau Masila
East Africa Grain Council
Guanyuan Shuai
University of Maryland
Guillaume Schreiner
ICube, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Honglin Zhong
University of Maryland
Ian Jarvis
GEOGLAM Secretariat
Ivan Zvonkov
University of Maryland
Jim Verdin
USAID
Jérôme Colin
ICube Lab, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Jill Deines headshot
Stanford University
Bolten
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
John Keniston
University of Maryland
Martin Owor
Uganda Office of the Prime Minister
Jonathan Ojeda headshot
Regrow Ag
Kaiyu Guan
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Kara Mobley
University of Maryland
Kenneth Mwangi
ICPAC-IGAD
Kimberly Slinski
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UMD ESSIC
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu
NASA MSFC, UMD
Laura Gentry
IL Corn Growers Association, University of IL Urbana-Champagne
Mahmoud Abouelmakarem
University of Maryland
Mehdi Hosseini
University of Maryland
Molly Jahn
Jahn Research Group
Molly Brown2
6th Grain Global Private Limited
Cesar1
University of Maryland
Raphaël R. Luhahe
ICube Lab, University of Strasbourg
Tetrault
International Production Assessment Division (IPAD), USDA Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)
Rogerio
World Food Programme
Roni Ramon
Bar-Ilan University
Sara Menker
Gro Intelligence
Skakun
University of Maryland
Soonho Kim
IFPRI
Fritz
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Tanya Harrison
Planet Federal
Tim McCully
Lutheran World Relief
Prasad
Agriculture Research Service, USDA
Viviana
University of Maryland