Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Brian A Campbell

(OUTREACH SPECIALIST)

Brian A Campbell's Contact Card & Information.
Email: brian.a.campbell@nasa.gov
Phone: 757.824.1037
Org Code: 610
Address:
NASA/WFF
Mail Code 610.W
Wallops, VA 23337
Employer: GLOBAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INC

Brief Bio


Senior NASA Earth Science Specialist and Subject Matter Expert (SME)

ICESat-2 Mission Education Lead

GLOBE Observer Trees Science Lead

Lead for the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign

Wallops Flight Facility Earth Science EPO POC

Research Interests


Hydrospheric, Cryospheric, Biospheric

Solar System: Earth

Current Projects


ICESat-2 Education Lead

Cryosphere / Earth's Ice Cover


NASA Wallops Earth Science Education POC

Earth


Lead - Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign

Vegetation & Soil


NASA GLOBE Observer Trees Science Lead

Vegetation & Soil


GLOBE Program X Social Media Lead

Positions/Employment


High School Science Teacher

Dorchester County Board of Education - Cambridge, Maryland USA

August 1997 - April 2001

In the position, Mr. Campbell was responsible for following the two-semester, block-scheduled year, instructing three eighty-eight minute Earth and space science classes a day. This role involved preparing and implementing unit and daily lesson plans, maintaining a comfortable and technologically-suitable environment, and continuing improvement of the current curriculum within the Earth and space sciences. He served as the Saturday School Discipline instructor and was the faculty advisor for the Envirothon Team.


NASA Outreach Specialist

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) - Greenbelt, Maryland USA

April 2001 - November 2010

Mr. Campbell worked as a contractor with Code 610, Earth Sciences Division’s Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and served as the Laboratory public liaison for education, flight, field, and research projects. He prepared and reported on education performance metrics, provided educator training, presented at/develops workshops and conferences, and served as the Laboratory liaison for the Earth Science Division's education, outreach, and public relations effort by forming Division-wide plans, objectives, and goals as they relate to Earth System Science mandates and NASA HQ education priorities. He also worked with universities, K-12 schools, science centers, periodicals, and television to promote the science and education activities of the Laboratory and serves on the Earth Science Division's Formal Education Working Group and the NASA Explorer School's Steering Committee. He was the Education and Public Outreach Lead for the ICESat and SMAP missions, the NASA-wide Know Your Earth Education Project, and the NASA Wallops Coastal Observation Program. He was also a Co-Investigator for the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) Education Program.


NASA Senior Earth Science Specialist

Sigma Space Corporation - Greenbelt, Maryland USA

November 2010 - December 2014

Mr. Campbell worked as a contractor with Code 610, Earth Sciences Division’s Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Field Office and served as the Laboratory public liaison for education, flight, field, and research projects. He was the Education and Public Outreach Lead for the ICESat, ICESat-2 and SMAP missions, the NASA-wide Know Your Earth Education Project. He was also the Code 610 Earth Science Education Point-of-Contact for the NASA GSFC Wallops Field Office. He prepared and reported on education performance metrics, provides educator training, presented at/developed workshops and conferences, and served as the Laboratory liaison for the Earth Science Division's education, outreach, and public relations effort by forming Division-wide plans, objectives, and goals as they relate to Earth System Science mandates and NASA HQ education priorities. He also worked with universities, K-12 schools, science centers, periodicals, and television to promote the science and education activities of the Laboratory and served on many NASA internal and external working groups and committees focusing on Earth science education and communication.


NASA Senior Earth Science Specialist and Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Global Science and Technology, Inc. (GST, Inc.) - Wallops Island, Virginia USA

December 2014 - Present


 Mr. Campbell serves as a federal government contractor, with GST, Inc, at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility Earth Sciences Field Office in Wallops Island, Virginia. He is the Earth Science education and communication point-of-contact at Wallops and serves as the education lead for the ICESat-2 Mission, Lead for the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign, and the Trees Science Lead for the GLOBE Observer Program, all part of the NASA Science Activation Program’s NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NESEC). He was the lead for the GLOBE SMAP Soil Moisture Measurement Field Campaign and lead for the GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign. He prepares and reports on education performance metrics, provides educator training, presents at/develops workshops and conferences, and serves as the Laboratory liaison for the Earth Science Division's education, outreach, and public relations effort by forming Division-wide plans, objectives, and goals as they relate to Earth System Science mandates and NASA HQ education priorities. Brian has worked on multiple NASA missions as an EPO specialist, including Aquarius, SeaWiFS, Landsat, GPM, ICESat, SMAP, providing education and outreach for students, educators, 

Teaching Experience


High School Science Educator

Cambridge-South Dorchester High School

Cambridge, Maryland USA

1997-2001


Courses taught:

Earth/Space Science

Environmental Science I and II

Physics I


Advisor Role:

Saturday School

Envirothon Head Coach

Education


04/97 University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Education Professional Masters Certification in Earth/Space Science 


04/1996 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Main Campus B.A., History and Philosophy of Science with a concentration in Geology and Planetary Science 

Professional Societies


American Geophysical Union

Member

2001 - Present


Kappa Delta Pi - International Honor Society in Education

Member

1997 - Present

Awards


  • NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement for Outreach for the Junior Achievement Inspire Career Exploration (2022)
  • NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement Outreach for the WFF Community STEM Education Support Team (2021)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for Excellence in Outreach for the ICESat-2 Mission Science Team (2020)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for ICESat-2 Launch and Commissioning (2019)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for Excellence in Outreach for the ICESat-2 Mission (2019)
  • NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Excellence in Outreach for the ICESat-2 Mission (2019)
  • NASA Hydrospheric, Biospheric, and Geophysics Laboratory Award for Excellence in ICESat-2 Mission Outreach (September 2018)
  • NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Excellence for the Development of the NASA Earth Science Exhibit (June 2018)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for NASA GO Excellence in Outreach (October 2017)
  • Induction into the Wilson High School Academic Hall of Fame (April 2017)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for Earth Right Now Communication Campaign Team (November 2015)
  • NASA Atmospheres Annual Award for Excellence in Outreach (August 2014)
  • NASA Hydrospheric and Biospheric (HOBI) Annual Award for Excellence in Outreach (August 2011)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for 2010 GSFC Summer of Innovation Middle School Project (June 2011)
  • SAIC 10-Year Service Award (April 2011)
  • NASA Robert H. Goddard Award for Excellence in Outreach (September 2009)
  • NASA Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory Peer Award for Outstanding Contractor Support (August 2005)
  • NASA Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes Peer Award for Outstanding Contractor Support (September 2002)

Publications


Refereed

2022. "The potential of citizen science data to complement satellite and airborne lidar tree height measurements: lessons from The GLOBE Program." Environmental Research Letters 17 (7): 075003 [Full Text] [10.1088/1748-9326/ac77a2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "ICESat-2 and the Trees Around the GLOBE student research campaign: Looking at Earth's tree height, one tree at a time." Acta Astronautica 182 203-207 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.02.002] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "GLOBE Observer Data: 2016–2019." Earth and Space Science 7 (8): [Full Text] [10.1029/2020ea001175] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Lasers, penguins, and polar bears: Novel outreach and education approaches for NASA's ICESat-2 mission." Acta Astronautica 148 396-402 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.04.011] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "A Practical Application of Ocean Color Methodology to an Undergraduate Curriculum." J Sci Educ Technol 17 (3): 252-261 [10.1007/s10956-008-9095-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Antarctica in High Definition." The Earth Scientist XXVII (1): 40338 [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "Rising Tides." NASA: Coastal Observations: A Biological Perspective 65 pp [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2009. "The Landsat Image Mosiac of Antarctica (LIMA)." The Science Teacher 34-40 [Journal Article/Letter]

2008. "The ICESat: Ice Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite Poster." NW-2008-2-063-GSFC [Other]

2007. "The ICESat: Ice Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite Lithograph." LG-2007-11-116-GSFC [Book]

2006. "Wallops and NOAA Monitoring the Chesapeake: CoastalObs III Program, A NASA/NOAA/CIT Joint Program." Goddard View 2 (14): 40244 [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "The Water Cycle Lithograph." LG-2004-2-076-GSFC [Journal Article/Letter]