S13E2: Drones with Dr. Karen Joyce

This episode features Dr. Karen Joyce, an Associate Professor at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Dr. Joyce is an innovator of all things Earth Observations from science to creating community. In her research, she explores novel usages of drone platforms building upon her experience in the military. Outside of her research, she is an entrepreneur who has led the development of the GEONadir drone data sharing and processing platform as well as created an educational network and resources for introducing young girls to UAVs called Shemaps. She is also a founder of the Dames of Drones network! Listen to hosts Dr. Morgan Crowley and Dr. Gopika Suresh talk to her about this and more in this episode. 

Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Justyna Więcławska that we featured on the episode this week: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/how-satellite-data-helps-us-understand-climate-change/ 

Shownotes:

Dr. Karen Joyce at James Cook University: https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/karen.joyce/

Dr. Karen Joyce on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrKJoyce 

Dr. Karen Joyce’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrKJoyce 

GEONadir: https://geonadir.com/ 

Shemaps: https://shemaps.com/ 

Dames of Drones: https://twitter.com/DamesOfDrones

Discovering inclusivity in Remote Sensing: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.869291 

Dr. Karen Joyce’s episode on The Geoholics podcast: https://thegeoholics.podbean.com/e/145-final/ 

GEE ebook: https://www.eefabook.org/ 

ICEYE public archive: https://www.iceye.com/lp/iceye-18000-public-archive 

GEDI User Case Studies: https://twitter.com/GEDI_Knights/status/1593260979692998658?s=20&t=GhTgq9MRzQzWGSiBWz7tZw 

Pecora: https://pecora22.org/ 

Geo4Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIk8MC0kA2o 

This episodes hosts are:

Gopika: https://twitter.com/Go__pika 

Morgan: https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley 

News correspondent:

Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_

Rafaela's Newsletter https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/

 

Three facts for the next episode:

1. These ladies are from the same south american country experiencing rapid deforestation but also contributing cutting edge remote sensing knowledge
2. They frequently collaborate in a forest remote sensing cooperative
3. The episode will be recorded in their shared native language with over 280 million native speakers