Emil Cherrington

About Emil Cherrington

Dr. Emil Cherrington is an Earth observation data scientist who possesses over twenty years of experience working with remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). His work has focused on the use of such technologies for land cover change detection, ecosystem monitoring, disaster response, and integrated water resource management. He currently serves as a Principal Research Scientist at the Earth System Science Center (ESSC) of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and he supports activities at NASA EarthRISE related to ecosystem management. He is an early adopter for NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, and he also serves as a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. Emil holds a joint Ph.D. in forest ecology (with an emphasis in remote sensing) from AgroParisTech (France) and the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), under the auspices of a fellowship from the European Commission\'s Erasmus Mundus program. He holds a master’s degree in forest resources from the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources (where he was an Organization of American States Fellow) and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Loyola University Maryland.

Experience

1. Gde in Earth Engine

   Google Developer Experts

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Member of the inaugural cohort of Google Developer Experts for Earth Engine

Education

• St. John's College Junior College (Belize)

  Associate of Science - AS

  1997 — 1999

• University of Washington

  Master of Science - MS

  2002 — 2004

• Technische Universität Dresden

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  2013 — 2016

• Loyola University Maryland

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  1999 — 2001

• AgroParisTech

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  2013 — 2016