Advisory Committees
OpenTopography is guided by three advisory committees that represent OpenTopography’s users and ensure that the facility’s activities are aligned with the needs and initiatives of the scientific and educational communities. Roles and responsibilities of the three advisory committees can be found in our governance charter.
Research Communities Advisory Committee
Provides guidance on feature development, data ingestion, and technical training, ensuring that the facility is aligned with community science initiatives and requirements.
Roman DiBiase (NCALM SC chair, rep to OT AC. Term: Tied to NCALM SC term)
Penn State University
Douglas Emonds (End term: Dec 2026)
Indiana University
Evan Greenberg (Postdoctoral scholar representative, End term: Dec 2026)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Karl Lang (End term: Dec 2026)
Georgia Tech
Christianah Adegboyega (Student representative, End term: Dec 2026)
Florida A&M University
Pedro Val (End term: Dec 2025)
Queens College, CUNY
Sustainability and Technology Advisory Committee
Guides OpenTopography’s sustainability planning, helps engage with non-academic groups, fosters new collaborations, and ensures that OT efforts are aligned with emerging cyberinfrastructure and high resolution topography data collection technologies.
Bill Emison (End term: Dec 2025)
Emison Technical Consulting
Bjorn Johns (End term: Dec 2025)
Land Information New Zealand
Ashley Shirer (End term: Dec 2025)
GEI Consultants
David Shean (End term: Dec 2026)
University of Washington
Jayaram Hariharan (End term: Dec 2026)
US Federal Government
Education Advisory Committee
Provides feedback on our efforts to develop educational and training materials for students and early career researchers and to promote our resources to relevant communities.
Nicolas Barth (End term: Dec 2026)
University of California, Riverside
Josh Carrell (End term: Dec 2026)
Colorado State University
Xiao Fu (End term: Dec 2026)
University of Southern California
Shashank Kumar Anand (End term: Dec 2026)
Texas A&M University
Beth Pratt-Sitaula (End term: Dec 2026)
EarthScope Consortium
Tracy Tien (End term: Dec 2026)
Wellesley College
Past Members
Jason Stoker, USGS
David Tarboton, Utah State University
David Phillips, UNAVCO
David Sandwell, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, UCSD
Sharon Bywater-Reyes (Student Representative, University of Montana), now faculty University of Northern Colorado
Howard Butler, Hobu, Inc.
Stephen DeLong, US Geological Survey
Paola Passalacqua, The University of Texas at Austin
Nancy Glenn, Boise State University
Doug Yule, CSU Northridge
Robert Sare (Student Representative, Stanford University), now at Google
Leah Wasser, Earth Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder
Nicole M. Gasparini, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Tulane University
Bill Barnhart, Earthquake Hazards Program, U.S. Geological Survey
Jenna Leveille, Deputy State Cartographer, Arizona State Land Department
Katherine Barnhart, Landslides Hazards Program, U.S. Geological Survey
Carlos Alberto Silva, University of Florida
Marin Clark, University of Michigan
Alba M. Rodriguez Padilla, University of California, Davis, (Student representative)
Jeffrey Deems, Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc.
Daniel O'Donohue, MapScaping