APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS
INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP

Erin Urquhart is an applied environmental scientist who manages the NASA PACE Applications program. She works at the transdisciplinary boundary of earth science, social science, and public health employing Design Thinking principles and participatory research. Erin engages data users and stakeholders to identify their needs and science objectives while exploring innovative and practical uses of satellite Earth observation data products to benefit society. 

She has a proven track record in coastal and inland water quality research, empirical modeling, and satellite remote sensing with a MHS in Public Health and a MA/PhD in Earth & Planetary Sciences from Johns Hopkins University.