DAVID LAGOMASINO
Assistant Research Professor
University of Maryland/ Department of Geographical Sciences
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 618
(301) 614-6666|david.lagomasino@nasa.gov
EDUCATION
2014 - Doctor of Philosophy; Florida International University; Geological Sciences
2009 - Master of Science; East Carolina University; Geology
2007 - Bachelor of Science; Florida International University; Geological Sciences
EXPERIENCE
-Staff Scientist, February 2017 to present
Univeristy of Maryland/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
-Staff Scientist, March 2016 to January 2017
Universities Space Research Association/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
-Postdoctoral Research Scientist, June 2014 to February 2016
Universities Space Research Association/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
-Research Assistant, June 2009 to May 2014
Florida International University, Miami, FL
-Research Assistant, June 2007 to June 2009
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
-Teaching Assistant, Jan 2007 to June 2007
Florida International University, Miami, FL
PROPOSALS
Linking Carbon and Water Dynamics in the Pursuit of Predicting Peat Collapse in Coastal Blue Carbon Wetlands
NASA Science Mission Directorate ROSES New (Early Career) Investigator Program in Earth Science- 2015
OUTREACH PROJECTS
Eco Orchestra - Eco Orchestra is a Washington, DC, based collaborative science and art exploration using Landsat satellite imagery to create musical representations of ecological change due to deforestation, urbanization, natural disasters, and human intervention.
SCIART RESIDENCIES
2016-2017 - The Bridge: Experiments in Science & Art Virtual Residency Program- SciArt Center - New York, NY
SERVICE ROLES
-Peer reviewer for Scientific Reports (Nature), Remote Sensing, Journal of Imaging, Wetlands, and Water, PLOS ONE, and Remote Sensing of Ecology and Conservation
-Chair of the External Communications Working Group for the Carbon Monitoring System Program
-Member of the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) People's Committee
-Presenter at DC Science Hack Day, Washington, DC (2015)
-Judge at the 2015 NASA International Space Apps Challenge, Laurel, MD (2015)
-Volunteer at Rep. Donna Edwards 6th Annual College and Career Fair (2014)
-Judge for Greenbelt Elementary Science Fair (2014)
-Secretary and President of FCE LTER Student Group (2012 & 2013)
-Graduate Student Co-Chair of LTER Graduate Student Group (2013-2014)
-Lead organizer for NASA International Space Apps Challenge in Miami, FL (2012)
-Panel reviewer for Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Miami, FL (2012 & 2014)
-Judge for South Florida Regional Science Bowl (2012)
-Volunteer judge for Science Olympiad of North Carolina (2008)
STUDENT MENTORING
- 2016-2017 – Liza Goldberg - High School - Mangrove ecosystem vulnerability
- 2016 – Mizanur Rahman – Ph.D. – Kyoto University – Tree diversity mapping in Bangladesh Sundarbans using WorldView high-resolution optical imagery
- 2016 – Priscilla Baltezar – Undergraduate - Humboldt State University – Global mangrove mapping using Google Earth Engine
- 2016 – Francisco Miralles – High School – Coral Reef High School – Landsat archive and long-term salinity mapping
- 2012-2014 – Nicole Neira – Undergraduate – Florida International University – Chemical analyses of fresh surface water entering Everglades National Park
- 2012-2013 – Jan Dijkwel – Undergraduate – University Duisburg Essen - Long-term water level analyses of Everglades National Park
RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
-Lagomasino, D., Lee, S.K., Fatoyinbo, T., Feliciano, E., Trettin, C., & Simard, Marc (2016). A comparison of mangrove canopy height using multiple independent measurements from land, air, and space. Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.3390/rs8040327
-Lagomasino, D., Fatoyinbo, T., Lee, S.K. (2015). High-resolution forest canopy height estimation in an Africa blue carbon ecosystem. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. DOI: 10.1002/rse2.3
-Troxler, T., Barr, J., Fuentes, J., Engel, V., Anderson, A., Sanchez, C., Lagomasino, D., Price, R.M., Davis, S. (2015). Component-specific dynamics of mangrove CO2 efflux in the Florida coastal Everglades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
-Gaiser, E.E., Anderson, E. P., Cataneda-Moya, E., Colload-Vides, L., Fourqurean, J.W., Heithaus, M.R., Jaffe, R., Lagomasino, D., Oehm, H.J., Price, R.M., Rovera-Monroy, V.H., Roy Chowdhury, R., Troxler, T.G. (2015). New perspectives on an iconic landscape from comparative international long-term ecological research. Ecosphere.
-Lagomasino, D., Price, R., Whitman, D., Campbell, P., Melesse, A., and Oberbauer, S. (2014). Spatial and temporal variability in spectral-based evapotranspiration measured from Landsat 5TM across two mangrove ecotones. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
-Lagomasino, D., Price, R., Whitman, D., Campbell, P., and Melesse, A. (2014). Estimating estuarine hydrogeochemistry using leaf and satellite reflectance in two coastal mangrove communities. Remote Sensing of Environment. DOI. 10.1016/j.res.2014.02.022.
-Lagomasino, D., Price, R., Hererra-Silveira, J., Wilhelm-Miralles, F., Merediz-Alonso, G., and Gomez-Hernandez, Y. (2014). Connecting groundwater and surface water sources in a groundwater dependent coastal wetland: Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9892-4
-Campbell, P.K.E., Middleton, E.M., Thome, K.J., Kokaly, R.F., Huemmrich, K.F., Lagomasino, D., Novick, K.A., and Brunsell, N.A. (2013) EO-1 Hyperion Reflectance Time Series at Calibration and Validation Sites: Stability and Sensitivity to Seasonal Dynamics. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Vol.6, no.2, pp.276, 290. DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2246139
-Lagomasino, D., Corbett, D.R., and Walsh, J.P. (2013). Influence of wind-driven inundation and coastal geomorphology on sedimentation in two microtidal marshes, Pamlico River Estuary, NC. Estuaries and Coasts. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9625-0
