Dr. Joel McCorkel holds degrees in Optical Engineering (BS, 2005) and Optical Sciences (PhD, 2009) from the University of Arizona. He is a physical research scientist with the Biospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center where his current work involves development of the next-generation environmental monitoring and Earth observing sensors. He serves as the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Project Scientist, the principal investigator of the Goddard Laser for Absolute Measurement of Radiance (GLAMR) calibration facility, and the principle investigator of the Goddard Calibration Laboratory.

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BA in Physics from Wellesley College.  Ph.D. in Applied Physics from New Jersey Institute of Technology/Rutgers University-Newark studying the nonlinear optical properties of novel nanostructured ion-implanted and laser-ablated silicon using femtosecond pulse excitation.

Serves as a laser technical expert for the Radiometric Calibration Lab (RCL). Constructed tunable parametric oscillators for the ALTAR wavelength and radiance calibration range. She is responsible for the operation of commercial Tisapphire, OPO, and EKSPLA lasers.

BS in Electrical Engineering from JiLin University in China. MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Joined the RCL in 2007 as Instrument Scientist experienced in radiometric calibration and characterization of remote sensing, instrumentation, advanced calibration methodology, and system research and development.

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Degree in Physics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)

Experience with providing Total Hemispherical Reflectance data and analysis supporting BRDF measurements. Custom radiometric calibration solutions for remote sensing instruments. Providing hardware and computer support for custom OPO laser systems in the RCL. Website design and curation. Nathan joined the RCL in 2007.

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