Tanya Harrison Ph.D.
Dr. Tanya Harrison is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada (EPIC). She has worked as a scientist and mission operations specialist on multiple NASA missions to Mars, including the Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance rovers, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and is now a Co-Investigator on the Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Rover Mission. Bridging worlds, as well as sectors in the space ecosystem, Tanya was previously the Director of Strategic Science Initiatives, and later Director of Science for Impact, at Planet Labs, and the Director of Research for Arizona State University’s NewSpace Initiative. In addition to her role at EPIC, she is currently a Fellow of the University of British Columbia’s Outer Space Institute and the Aurelia Institute. Tanya holds a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Western Ontario, a Masters in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Wesleyan University, and a B.Sc. in Astronomy and Physics from the University of Washington. Her honours include two NASA Group Achievement Awards, the Amelia Earhart Fellowship for women in aerospace and the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Canada’s most prestigious doctoral award.
Sessions in which Tanya Harrison Ph.D. participates
quarta-feira 28 abril, 2021
Sometimes your vision of what your career path will be and what it actually ends up being can be quite different from one another. Dr. Tanya Harrison will discuss her somewhat non-traditional and non-linear pathway through academia and into the space industry, focusing on topics such as transferable skill sets and not being afraid to take a detour—or a different path entirely—if an opportunity or speed bump arise.
quarta-feira 15 maio, 2024
The Earth observation (EO) sector has struggled to break outside its own space echo chamber to have its full potential realised for both social and economic benefit. Can better collaboration between industry and the scientific community help to unlock this potential and drive geospatial innovation? Dr. Tanya Harrison, Co-Founder and CEO of the Earth and Planetary Institute of Canada (EPIC), will highlight examples of such collaborations that have led to breakthroughs that enhanced both indust...
Climate change presents an array of unprecedented challenges to global resilience and sustainability. As the urgency to address these challenges increases, the role of geomatics as a cornerstone technology for enabling climate resilience becomes ever more significant. This panel discussion, moderated by Tanya Harrison of the Earth & Planetary Institute of Canada, will explore the transformative potential of geomatics in bolstering climate resilience.
