Follow Your North Star
Webinar Speaker:
Mariko S. Burgin
Speaker’s Affiliation:
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society President
- September 26th, 2024
- 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time
- Sponsored by GRSS
- IDEA Webinar
About the Webinar
Empowering more women of African descent to venture into Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
About the Speaker
Mariko S. Burgin
Dr. Mariko S. Burgin is a Senior Technical Manager in the Space Resources Program at Blue Origin and is currently serving as the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) President. She founded the IEEE GRSS IDEA (Inspire, Develop, Empower, Advance) Committee and the IEEE GRSS Women Mentoring Women Program. It is her vision to push forward space technology while infusing these technologies to bring sustainability and equity to Earth. She is interested in bringing together the advancements in the satellite industry with the computer vision and artificial intelligence research communities.
Prior to joining Blue Origin in 2024, Mariko worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a scientist in radar science and engineering, then capture lead, advanced technology concept studies facilitator, and systems engineer in project systems engineering and formulation, and finally as the Mars Sample Return (MSR) Program Break The Chain (of Contact) Domain Lead. During her time at NASA JPL, Mariko received three JPL Team Awards, two NASA Group Achievement Awards, and two JPL Voyager Awards. She also received an IEEE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Promoting Women in Engineering.
Dr. Burgin received an M.S. degree in electrical engineering and information technology
from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
