About Us

SEDAC, the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, is one of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SEDAC focuses on human interactions in the environment. Its mission is to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and Earth science data and to serve as an "Information Gateway" between the Earth and social sciences. 

SEDAC Project Office

Dr. Robert S. Chen, SEDAC Manager 
Phone: +1 (845)365-8952 Fax: +1 (845)365-8922 
email: bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu 

 

Alex de Sherbinin, Deputy SEDAC Manager 
Phone: +1 (845)365-8936 Fax: +1 (845)365-8922 
email: adesherbinin@ciesin.columbia.edu 

 

Marc Levy, SEDAC Lead Project Scientist
Phone: +1 (845)365-8964Fax: +1 (845)365-8922
email: mlevy@ciesin.columbia.edu

 

Sri Vinay, SEDAC Systems Engineer 
Phone: +1 (845)365-8962 Fax: +1 (845)365-8922 
email: sri@ciesin.columbia.edu

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

John F. Moses, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
Phone: +1 (301)614-5308 
email: john.f.moses@nasa.gov

User Working Group Chair

Molly Macauley, Research Director - 
Resources for the Future
phone: +1 (202)328-5043
email: macauley@rff.org

User Working Group Executive Secretary

Marc Levy

SEDAC Lead Project Scientist, CIESIN

UWG Mission

The SEDAC User Working Group (UWG) provides ongoing advice and guidance regarding SEDAC activities and plans. Its responsibilities include reviewing SEDAC’s progress and performance, representation of user community perspectives in the development of SEDAC products and services, recommendation of specific data products and services to NASA and SEDAC, and provision of strategic guidance to NASA and SEDAC on objectives, priorities, target user communities, implementation approaches, and other issues. UWG members represent a broad range of social and natural science disciplines and other user groups from the public and private sectors. A SEDAC project scientist serves as executive secretary for the UWG.

Acknowledgments

This work, including access to the data and technical assistance, is provided by CIESIN, with funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Contract NNG08HZ11C for the Continued Operation of the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

 

For more about SEDAC and its missions, visit the mission areas page.