Biography

Faculty Profile 

Dr. Justice is the Director of the International Center for Innovation in Geospatial Analytics and Earth Observation.

Dr. Justice is a UMD Distinguished University Professor. Dr. Justice is a Project 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 co-chair of the GEOGLAM Initiative and Chief Scientist for the NASA HARVEST program.  

In 2010 he received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, In 2014 he received the William T. Pecora Award. In 2020 the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.

Dr. Justice is also a member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS).

 

Collaborators
Thi Nhat Thanh Nguyen (Assoc. Prof.) - University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University Hanoi (VNU UET),
Krishna Vadrevu (Adjunct Faculty), MSFC Huntsville Alabama
Research Areas
Dept. of Geographical Sciences, UMD
cjustice@umd.edu