Kathleen Dejwakh

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Kathleen Dejwakh

Dr. Kathleen Dejwakh
Computer Engineer
CERES Data Management Team Lead
NASA Langley Research Center

Research Interests

  • Climate science
  • Education & public outreach
  • Software development
  • Computer science pedagogy
  • Computer graphics - shape and appearance acquisition

Dr. Dejwakh currently facilitates Earth Science research by providing leadership in the domains of data management and processing. She also provides capacity building outreach through her association with the volunteer organization Software Carpentry and by instructing in Software Carpentry workshops for the Science Mission Directorate and also non-NASA entities. Dr. Dejwakh's research background is primarily in computer graphics (computational photography, shape and appearance parameter acquisition for photo-realistic rendering) and computational vision (relative speed detection by the human visual system). Between graduate school and work on the CERES science team, Dr. Dejwakh was a participant, team lead, and NASA Postdoctoral Program fellow with the NASA DEVELOP Program, gaining skills in geospatial analysis.