Shimrit Maman
Senior Scientist and Head of Israel's UN-Spider Regional Support Office
Dr. Maman is a Senior Scientist at the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change; and Director of the Earth and Planetary Image Facility (EPIF), at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research deals with the application of satellite technologies (remote sensing, GIS, OSINT) to environmental challenges and climate change. She is an integral part of the research team leading BGUSAT, Israel's first research nanosatellite.