Dr. David B. Kunkee – NESC Academy Biography

David B. Kunkee received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 1995.  He joined The Aerospace Corporation in 1995 and is currently Senior Project Leader within the Sensor Systems Subdivision.  From 2010 to 2014 he was a member of the Environmental Satellite Systems Division as part of the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) and Weather System Follow-on (WSF) program offices.  From 2006 to 2010 he was a member of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO), and led the Aerospace Microwave Sensors and Data Products Department within the NPOESS IPO.  From 2002 to 2005 he was the Associate Director of the Radar and Signal Systems Department at Aerospace.  Dr. Kunkee currently serves as Vice President, Professional Activities for the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS).  He was General Co-Chair of the 2017 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) and served as Co-Chair of the Technical Program Committee for IGARSS 2010. Dr. Kunkee is the current Secretary of USNC-URSI Commission F and has served on the National Academies’ Committee on Radio Frequencies (CORF) including its Committee on Scientific Use of the Radio Spectrum.