Lola Fatoyinbo

Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo is a Remote Sensing Scientist and Forest Ecologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She is interested in monitoring and predicting the impact of global changes on forests and coastal ecosystems. Her research uses Earth Observing data to measure forest type, carbon stocks, extent and degradation. Dr. Fatoyinbo works on characterizing the vulnerability and response of mangroves to disturbances from land use and climate change, new instrument development, as well as applications of satellite data to Carbon monitoring and Biodiversity conservation. Her research portfolio includes projects that assess the vulnerability of mangrove ecosystems to tropical cyclones and drought, quantifying the methane emissions in coastal wetlands, developing Earth Observation driven Natural Capital Assessment methodologies for West and Southern Africa, and mapping coastal bathymetry and benthic ecosystems from space. She has lead airborne science campaigns and sits on multiple international working groups She holds a Bachelors degree in Biology and a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.