Jadunandan Dash

Background

About Jadunandan Dash

Professor Jadu Dash specialises in pure and applied remote sensing, particularly using innovative algorithms to derive information about the state and condition of the ecosystem from Earth observation data and study the impact of climate and anthropogenic changes on the ecosystem. He works closely with the European Space Agency and in particular, has a strong contribution to its flagship Sentinel programme (One of the largest environmental monitoring programme in the world). His recent work focusses on utilisation of satellite remote sensing data to answer some of the global developmental changes which ranges from predicting crop in in small holder farms in Africa to mapping the distribution of Sargassum Seaweed in across the Atlantic. His group is also leading the operational validation of Copernicus global vegetation products to ensure they meet the quality requirement for downstream application. He sits on various international scientific committees, including vice chair of COSPAR commission A3.1. Prof Dash has received research funding of over £8 million as PI/Co-I and published more than 100 papers in peer reviewed publication.