Dr. Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez received her Ph.D. degree in Remote Sensing from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, in 2011. She was part of the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Science Team for three years and is now part of the Soil Moisture Active–Passive (SMAP) Science Team. She specializes in bistatic radar for sensing the Earth, mainly through Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R), with contributions to the retrieval of land and ocean parameters. She is now with the Planetary Radar and Radio Science Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA. Recently, Nereida has had relevant accomplishments on polar sea ice, freeze/thaw, ice sheets, wetlands, floods, soil moisture, vegetation, and ocean phytoplankton, receiving the NASA Early Career Public Achievement Award in 2019 and the JPL Charles Elachi Award in 2021.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Wetlands
sea ice
GNSS-R
bistatic radar
Freeze/thaw
Vegetation characteriz...
Urban/agricultural flo...
Short Biography
Dr. Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez received her Ph.D. degree in Remote Sensing from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, in 2011. She was part of the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Science Team for three years and is now part of the Soil Moisture Active–Passive (SMAP) Science Team. She specializes in bistatic radar for sensing the Earth, mainly through Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R), with contributions to the retrieval of land and ocean parameters. She is now with the Planetary Radar and Radio Science Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA. Recently, Nereida has had relevant accomplishments on polar sea ice, freeze/thaw, ice sheets, wetlands, floods, soil moisture, vegetation, and ocean phytoplankton, receiving the NASA Early Career Public Achievement Award in 2019 and the JPL Charles Elachi Award in 2021.
Honors and Awards
2019 NASA Early Career Public Achievement Award
For early career achievement in the analysis of bistatic radar signals resulting in major advancements in our understanding of Earth, including wetlands, sea ice, and floods.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2021 Charles Elachi Award
For outstanding contributions and exceptional ability in using bistatic radar as an innovative tool for studying Earth's geophysical processes
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2022 Team Award - Cis-lunar Space Debris Radar Team
For the successful demonstration of Cis-lunar Space Debris Radar technology and Advanced Signal Processing techniques for GSSR.
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