Dr. Susanne Elizabeth Craig
Other · Non-Tenure Track
Department of Physics Goddard Earth Sci & Tech Center
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
Susanne Craig graduated in 2000 from the University of Strathclyde, UK with a PhD in Physics. Following her PhD, she postdoc’d in the U.K. for a time, then spent two years at the University of Southern Mississippi at Stennis Space Center. In 2005, she relocated to Canada where she spent 12 years as a senior scientist in the academic and federals sectors. In 2018, she took up a Senior Scientist position in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Her areas of expertise include system vicarious calibration activities for the PACE mission, bio-optics, phytoplankton ecology, ocean-atmosphere interactions, autonomous ocean observation systems, and machine learning. Finally, she is actively involved in efforts to dismantle inequities in the scientific community.
Research interests
My research interest include ocean color algorithm development, radiative transfer modeling, phytoplankton ecology, ocean-atmosphere interactions, and the use of machine learning approaches in elucidating biogeochemical processes from ocean color measurements. Additionally, I have a strong interest in the development of autonomous measurement platforms for measuring ocean optical properties and atmospheric chemistry.
Education
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Ph D, Physics
— University of Strathclyde (2000) Optical and Fluorescence Characteristics of Marine Phytoplankton Cultures
- BS, Physics — University of Strathclyde (1995)
Publications
- Life after launch: a snapshot of the first six months of NASA’s plankton, aerosol, cloud, ocean ecosystem (PACE) mission 2024
- 150 shades of green: Using the full spectrum of remote sensing reflectance to elucidate color shifts in the ocean 2020
- Bayesian Models for Deriving Biogeochemical Information from Satellite Ocean Color 2019
- Remote-sensing Indices of Trophic Availability (RITA) for ecosystem status 2016
Presentations
- Decadal Survey 101Earth Science & Applications from Space 2024
- The NASA PACE Mission: A Hyperspectral View of the Ocean Ecosystem 2024
- The NASA PACE Mission: A Hyperspectral View of the Ocean Ecosystem 2024
Grants and Contracts
- An Open Science, Community-Driven Approach to Assemble Benchmark Datasets for Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Ocean Ecology 2024
- The Role of Oceans in the Earth System: Preparing the Oceans Community for the 2027 Decadal Survey 2024
- AUTOCRACY - Aerial Autonomous Ocean Color and Atmospheric Chemistry System: Follow on Funding 2023
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