Vincent V. Salomonson
MODIS Team Leader
Vincent.V.Salomonson@nasa.gov
(301) 614-5689
Vincent Salomonson has over 40 years of experience in the fields of atmospheric sciences, hydrology, and agricultural engineering. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from Colorado State University in 1968, the year he joined Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) of NASA. He served as the Director of Earth Sciences at GSFC for over 11 years (1990-2000), and as Senior Scientist in the Earth-Sun Division at Goddard from 2001-2005. Following retirement from the federal civil service in June 2005 he continues as a Senior Scientist (Emeritus) at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. In July 2005 he was appointed a Research Professor at the University of Utah with joint appointments in the Departments of Meteorology and Geography.
Dr. Salomonson brings substantial experience to his role as Science Team Leader of MODIS. He has served in that role from 1988 to the present. He also served for 12 years as the Landsat-4 and 5 Project Scientist from 1977-1989, including the leadership and management of the Landsat Image Data Quality and Analysis (LIDQA) Investigator Team and Thematic Mapper Research in the Earth Sciences Investigator Team. Additional experience includes over 28 years as a line manager of research groups at GSFC and the leadership of the NASA Water Resources Subdiscipline Panel and Program for several years in the 1970s. He has over 130 refereed publications, conference proceedings, and NASA reports to his credit.
Cited on numerous occasions for his outstanding research and scientific achievement, Dr. Salomonson is the recipient of several NASA awards for exceptional achievement, service, and performance including two NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medals (1976, 1983), the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (1996) and the rank of Meritorious Executive (1992) and Distinguished Executive (1998) in the Federal Government Senior Executive Service. He has also received the Distinguished Achievement (1986) and Outstanding Service (1998) Awards of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society; the William T. Pecora Award (1987); and an Honor Alumnus Award (1987) from Colorado State University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). He also served as President of ASPRS (1991-1992). In 2002 he was named a Goddard Senior Fellow, one of 24 such individuals designated as such at the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA. Also in 2002 he was awarded the William Nordberg Memorial Award by the Goddard Space Flight Center. In 2005 he was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the Department of Meteorology at the University of Utah. |
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