Alexandra (Sasha) Tyukavina

Associate Research Professor at Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland
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Location
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Russian Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Introduction to Psychology
    Coursera Course Certificates
    Sep, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • Writing in Sciences
    Stanford University
    Nov, 2013
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Research Professor
      • Jul 2023 - Present

      Managing a NASA LCLUC program funded research project quantifying global drivers of forest loss via a sample of high resolution Planet data. Assessing BlackSky data for urban area estimation as a part of the NASA CSDA vendor evaluation. Co-leading work on updating global land cover map validation guidelines as a part of the CEOS LPV working group (land cover focus area).

    • Assistant Research Professor
      • Jul 2019 - Jun 2023

      Sample-based estimation of forest loss drivers from remotely sensed data. Global attribution of mapped forest loss to loss drivers (e.g. fire vs. non fire-related loss). Validation of global and regional land cover and change maps.

  • Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Post-Doctoral Research Associate
      • May 2015 - Jun 2019

      Remotely sensed characterization of global forest cover dynamics and associated carbon losses. Sample-based validation of land cover dynamics maps. Forest intactness mapping.

    • Graduate Research Assistant
      • Feb 2012 - May 2015

      Graduate Research Assistant involved in the following projects:- Quantifying Global Forest Change (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation grant);- USAID Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE)

  • Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Faculty of Geography,Lomonosov Moscow State University
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      • Sep 2010 - Jan 2012

      Member of Benefits Russian team of the IPY PPS Arctic project, http://ppsarctic.nina.no/index.html Member of Benefits Russian team of the IPY PPS Arctic project, http://ppsarctic.nina.no/index.html

  • SCANEX R&D Center
    • Specialist of Technological department
      • Oct 2011 - Dec 2011

      SCANEX Research and Development Center (SCANEX R&D Center) is the leading Russian company on the remote sensing market that offers a complete set of services ranging from acquisition to thematic processing of Earth observation images from space. SCANEX Research and Development Center (SCANEX R&D Center) is the leading Russian company on the remote sensing market that offers a complete set of services ranging from acquisition to thematic processing of Earth observation images from space.

  • GIS Center of Excellence, South Dakota State University
    • Research Intern
      • Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

      Mapping forest cover changes in Mexico using Landsat data Mapping forest cover changes in Mexico using Landsat data

  • Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, JOANNEUM RESEARCH
    • Cartography Intern
      • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

      Mapping glacier dynamics in Severnaya Zemlya Mapping glacier dynamics in Severnaya Zemlya

Education

  • University of Maryland College Park
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geographical Sciences (Remote Sensing)
    2012 - 2015
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
    Master's Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography
    2006 - 2011

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