Summary
Christy Caudill is a transdisciplinary postdoctoral research fellow with 13+ years blending remote sensing, spacecraft operations, geoinformatics, and field geology to advance equitable access to space and environmental data. She pairs a PhD in Earth and Space Informatics with hands-on mission experience (including HiRISE operations and ESA ExoMars PanCam collaboration) to design interoperable data systems and ethical knowledge co-development practices. As an advisor to UN-GGIM Academic Network and participant in GEO DRR and EOTEC DevNet, she shapes science policy and capacity-building for disaster risk reduction and biodiversity initiatives like the Canada BioGenome Project. Her work centers on semantic interoperability, cybercartography, and systems thinking to integrate diverse worldviews into usable tools for communities and policymakers. Unusually, she brings lived practice — vanlife, rock climbing, and solitude in nature — into her research lens, informing culturally appropriate approaches to resilience and stewardship.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Earth and Space Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Earth and Space Informatics at Western University
Bachelor's degree, Sociology, Bachelor's degree, Sociology at Mars Hill University
Spatial Analyst/Geospatial Data Program, GIS, Spatial Analyst/Geospatial Data Program, GIS at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College