Associate Research Fellow
National Institute of Aerospace / NASA Langley Research Center
Dr. Amber Soja is currently an Associate Research Fellow at the National Institute of Aerospace and is resident at the NASA Langley Research Center. She has over 25 years of research experience in using remotely-sensed and GIS data to explore the interactions between fire regimes, the biosphere (fuels and land cover), and the atmosphere, as weather and climate changes.
Recently, Amber served as a member of the Applications Impact Team (AIT) on the Aerosol, Clouds, Climate and Precipitation (A-CCP) study team that led to the upcoming NASA ATMOS mission. Additionally, she served as a key member of the FIREX-AQ mission, which is explicitly focused on using in-situ- (ground, mobile, and aircraft), satellite-, and modeled-data to investigate the chemical and dynamic transport of fire emissions and how these relate to air quality and climate. Her focus is to relate measurements of trace gas and aerosol emissions from wildfires, croplands and prescribed fires to fuel and fire conditions at the point of emission, which includes plume rise, transport, and analyzing satellite data capabilities.
Currently, Dr. Soja is serving on the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) Board of Directors and as a co-chair for the IAWF Diversity and Inclusivity Committee.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
11:20am – 1:00pm US EDT