NASA SARI Core Team Member
Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail (Prasad) is Research Geographer with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Dr. Thenkabail has conducted pioneering scientific research work in two major areas: 1. Hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation; 2. Global Irrigated and Rainfed Cropland Mapping. Prasad has work experience in 25+ Countries including working in key remote sensing research\leadership positions @ the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Yale Center for Earth Observation (YCEO), and the Indian National Remote Sensing Agency. He was selected by NASA and USGS as a member of Landsat Science Team Member (2007-20011), and was a scientific advisory board member of Rapideye (2001). His Bachelor’s (Civil Engineering), and Master’s (hydraulics and water resources engineering) degrees were from Mysore University India and PhD (Agricultural Engineering with remote sensing dissertation) from the Ohio State University. He is the Editor-in-Chief of seminal books (Publisher: Taylor and Francis Inc.): (a) three volume, 82 Chapter, Remote Sensing Handbook (November 2015), (b) Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation (2012), and (c) Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security” (2009). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Remote Sensing Open Access Journal and is on the editorial board of Remote Sensing of Environment, and ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. His research papers have won three American Society of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) awards: (a) 2015 ERDAS award for best scientific paper (second author), (a) 2008 ASPRS President’s award (first author), (b) 1994 Autometric Award (first author).