Stephen G. Ungar

Stephen G. Ungar is currently a Scientist Emeritus at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), with a half-time appointment as a Senior Research Scientist at the University Space Research Association (USRA) under the NASA/USRA Goddard Earth Sciences, Technology and Research (GESTAR) program. He also serves as the Calibration Scientist for the IEEE Committee on Earth Observations (CEO) and participates in the formulation of NASA's future HyspIRI Mission as a member of the Science Steering Group and Science Team. Dr. Ungar served as the Earth Observing One (EO-1) Mission Scientist from the mission's inception in 1996 until his retirement from NASA in April 2008. He also served as the Project Scientist for NASA's Morning Constellation, consisting of the Landsat-7, EO-1, SAC-C, and Terra satellites flying in formation. Upon retirement, Dr. Ungar received a Scientist Emeritus appointment at the NASA GSFC. Additionally, he held the position of Senior Research Scientist at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) from July 2008 until transitioning to USRA in May 2011. Dr. Ungar participates in many international venues and served as Chair of the Committee on Earth Observing Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV). He served as Task Leader for the GEO Task on Data Quality Assurance across the 9 GEO Societal Benefit Areas and was an official delegate to the 2007 GEO Earth Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Ungar received the NASA Medal for Exceptional Achievement, on December 4, 2002, “in recognition of his role in advocating and maintaining high scientific standards resulting in data far surpassing the expectations of the user community for the EO-1 technology demonstration mission”.