Susan is the GIS & Map Librarian in the Earth Sciences & Map Library at Cal. Before coming to Berkeley she was a GIS Specialist at the Yale University Library. She has masters’ degrees in both Geography and Library Science from Indiana University, and is interested in new mapping technologies, data accessibility, and Mongolia, among other things.
Nancy Thomas is the Executive Director of the UC Berkeley Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF). Nancy brings extensive experience in the development and analysis of gespatial data to map, monitor, and model land use and land cover for a variety of domestic and international natural resource managment applications. She has given numerous presentations and workshops on geospatial technologies and facilitated many successful research collaborations. For more information about Nancy and the GIF see gif.berkeley.edu.
Dr. Patty Frontiera is the D-Lab Data Services Lead and a geospatial data scientist. She is the the official campus representative for ICPSR, the Roper Center, and the Census State Data Center network, and serves as the Co-Director of the Berkeley Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC). Patty also develops the geospatial workshop curriculum, teaches workshops and consults on geospatial topics. Patty has been with the D-Lab since 2014 and served as the the Academic Coordinator through Spring 2017. Patty received her Ph.D.
