Dr. Daniel Hayes is an Associate Professor in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine and director of the Wheatland Geospatial Laboratory. His research and teaching focus on using remote sensing tools and modeling approaches to study forests and ecosystem processes across scales. Prior to his appointment at the University of Maine, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a research scientist with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
He is currently involved in various large, collaborative projects with NASA, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation, along with working with forest industry partners through the Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. Daniel is an active member of the American Geophysical Union and the Ecological Society of America, serves NASA’s User Working Groups, and acts as associate editor for multiple scientific journals.