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Vince Ambrosia is a Senior Research Scientist and Adjunct Faculty Member at California State University – Monterey Bay who is affiliated with NASA-Ames Research Center. He is the NASA Applied Science Associate Program Manager for Wildfire at NASA HQ, responsible for management of a portfolio of projects related to wildfire applications and remote sensing.
He was a recipient of the 2009 NASA Outstanding Public Service Medal for efforts focused on emergency wildfire observations with unmanned vehicle systems / sensors in 2006-2009. His research team at Ames received the 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer, Interagency Partnership Award for efforts focused on improving national wildfire observations. He has authored or co-authored over 140 papers, journal articles, and book chapters. He holds a BS in Geography from Carroll University and the MS from the University of Tennessee (1980), and has been at NASA-Ames in various positions since 1980.
2001 - Present | Senior Research Scientist, California State University - Monterey Bay |
2013 - Present | Associate Program Manager - Wildfires, NASA Applied Sciences Program, NASA HQ |
1993 - 2001 | Senior Remote Sensing Scientist / Deputy Project Manager, Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., Ecosystems Science and Technolo |
1989 - 1992 | Senior Remote Sensing Lab Scientist, ATAC, Inc., Airborne Data Facility, High Alt. Mission Branch, NASA-Ames |
1980 - 1989 | Research Scientist, TGS Technology, Inc., Ecosystem Science and Technology Branch, NASA-Ames |