Dr. Robert Emberson
Research Associate · Non-Tenure Track
Goddard Earth Sci & Tech Center
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
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About
Robert Emberson serves as Associate Program Manager of the NASA Earth Applied Sciences Program Disasters program area. He has supported the Disasters program since 2018, providing satellite data and insight to a range of stakeholders before, during and after disasters. He joined NASA GSFC in 2018 having won a NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship. His work at NASA has included developing models of population exposure to landslides both globally and locally, working alongside a range of stakeholders including the UN and World Bank. More recently, he was awarded a NASA New Investigator Program grant to develop dynamic soil erosion estimates using satellite rainfall data. He holds a doctorate, summa cum laude, in Geomorphology and Geo-ecology from the University of Potsdam, Germany.
Education
- Graduate Certificate, Environmental Policy and International Development — Harvard Extension School (2022)
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Ph D, Geomorphology / Geo-ecology
— University of Potsdam (2016) Chemical Weathering Driven By Bedrock Landslides