Theodore Kerr Faculty Specialist tkerr1@umd.edu I graduated in May 2022 from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy - concentration Land Use. My focus is on sustainability and land cover change, which I am furthering with my research as a part of the GLAD lab at UMD. Previously I worked with the NASA/UMD GEDI team researching deforestation, and Thought Delivery Systems, Inc. mapping bike trails, moderating conferences, and piloting my own mapping project of Champion Trees across the world. I am excited to be continuing to research sustainability and land cover change here at UMD. Projects: Researcher Global Land Disturbance mapping for JPL OPERA (Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis) Publications: Li, H., Song, X.-P., Adusei, B., Pickering, J., Lima, A., Poulson, A., Baggett, A., Potapov, P., Khan, A., Zalles, V., Hernandez-Serna, A., Jantz, S.M., Pickens, A.H., Ortiz-Dominguez, C., Li, X., Kerr, T., Song, Z., Turubanova, S., Bongwele, E., Kondjo, H.K., Komarova, A., Stehman, S.V., Hansen, M.C. (2026) An accurate 10 m annual crop map product of maize and soybean across the United States. Earth System Science Data, 18, 2227-2249. Pickens, A.H., Hansen, M.C., Song, Z., Poulson, A., Komarova, A., Baggett, A., Kerr, T., Mikus, A., Ortiz Dominguez, C., Tyukavina, A. & Lima, A. (2025) Rapid monitoring of global land change. Nature Communications, 16, 8948