Chris Justice received his Ph.D. from the University of Reading, United Kingdom, in 1977. In 2001 he became a Professor and Research Director of Geography at the University of Maryland, and in 2010, became the Department Chair (to the renamed Department of Geographical Sciences). Dr. Justice is a Program Scientist for NASA's Land Cover Land Use Change (LCLUC) Program. He is the Land Discipline Leader for the NASA Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Soumi-NPP VIIRS Science Team. He is Chair of the international GOFC/GOLD Program. He is is co-chair of the GEOGLAM Initiative and Chief Scientist for the NASA HARVEST program. Dr. Justice's current research is on land cover and land use change, land observations and data products, global agricultural monitoring, and their associated information technology and decision support systems.
Areas of Interest
- Global Change Research
- Land Use and Land Cover Change
- Satellite-based Agricultural Monitoring
- Satellite-based Fire Monitoring
- Terrestrial Observing Systems/Remote Sensing
Degrees
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Degree TypePh.DDegree DetailsGeography, Reading University, UK, 1977
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Degree TypeBADegree DetailsHonors Geography, Reading University, UK 1973
Primary Investigator
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InternationalCo Chair, the International GEOGLAM Initiative
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NationalProject Scientist, NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Program
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NationalChief Scientist NASA HARVEST
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InternationalCo-Chair GOFC-GOLD Program
Current Students
Related Students (Listed by Student on Student's Profile)
- Sheila Baber
- Meghavi Prashnani
- Abdul Qadir
- Alison Thieme
