Meet Kristina Yamamoto, a geographer for the Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science at the U.S. Geological Survey, part of the National Geospatial Program. She is also in the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP). As a SCEP, I mainly work on remote sensing and GIS projects to support the research goals of the Geospatial Information Science program. Some of my past work has been using satellite imagery for soil moisture and vegetation comparisons and evaluating different map projections. I’ve been working at the USGS for two years, and I’m also finishing my Ph.D. dissertation in geography from the University of Denver. Read More
