PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
February 2020
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ASPRS
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ASPRS Announces 2020 Life-Time
Achievement Award Recipient
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ASPRS NAMES 2020 LIFE-TIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT
M
arguerite Madden to receive the 2020 ASPRS
Life-Time Achievement Award.
Dr. Marguerite Madden, is a Professor in the
University of Georgia (UGA) Department of
Geography and Director of the Center for Geospatial
Research (CGR). She holds Bachelor and Master of
Arts degrees in Biology from the State University of
New York and Ph.D. in Ecology from the University
of Georgia. Since the late 1970s, she has conducted
research combining geospatial data and analyses
with landscape ecology, particularly focused on
human-animal-environment interactions. Joining
the UGA-CGR in 1985, she and her colleagues
developed and analyzed numerous multi-temporal
and detailed vegetation databases for local, state
and national conservation lands, including over 20 National Park units located
throughout the Southeastern United States. Dr. Madden’s current research inter-
ests include remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), spatio-temporal
analysis, geovisualization and geographic object-based image analysis, as applied
to landscape-scale biological/physical processes and human-impacts on the envi-
ronment. Prioritizing the involvement of students in her research, she has served
as major advisor to 21 Ph.D. and 19 M.S./M.A. students since joining the UGA
faculty in 2005. Professor Madden is a Past President of ASPRS, Editor of the
2009 ASPRS Manual of GIS and the current co-chair of the ASPRS Education and
Professional Development Committee. She served as the International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Commission IV, “Digital Mapping
and Geodatabases” Technical President (2008-2012), ISPRS Council Second Vice
President (2012-2016) and Treasurer of The ISPRS Foundation (2010 to present).
She is the lead Science Advisor of the Georgia node of the NASA DEVELOP
National Program (2014 to present) and the recipient of the ISPRS Willem
Schermerhorn Award (2004), ASPRS Fellow Award (2010), ASPRS SAIC Estes
Memorial Teaching Award (2011) and NASA Silver Achievement Medal (2018).
The ASPRS Life-Time Achievement Award, originally established in 1937 as the
Honorary Member Award, is the Society’s highest honor and was designed to
showcase those who contributed to the science and technology and the Society
throughout one’s lifetime.
The Award recognizes lifetime achievements of an individual who has attained
distinction in photogrammetry, remote sensing, geospatial sciences, or related
fields, at the highest levels.
The total number of living Lifetime Achievement Awardees may not exceed
twenty-five at any given time, and no more than two will be elected in one year.
