Victoria Ly

Affiliation: Bay Area Research Institute (BAERI), NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)

Division: Biospheric Science Branch (SGE)

Email: victoria.h.ly@nasa.gov; ly@baeri.org 

Professional Biography

Victoria is a research scientist and engineer in the Earth Science Division at NASA Ames Research Center. Victoria’s work within Earth Action focuses on capacity building and creating remote sensing trainings for land and water applications. 

Victoria’s background blends both academic research and real-world applications in industry. Victoria’s academic research has focused on remote sensing applications in water resources, particularly with monitoring drought, precipitation, and snow. Victoria has also previous technical and managerial experience in domestic and international engineering projects centered on flood risk modeling and mitigation, green storm water infrastructure, and water resource modeling in agricultural applications. Victoria has a passion for the environment and supporting aspiring youth in STEM.

Education

M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington 2020

B.S. Environmental Sciences, UC Berkeley 2013

Research Interests

Hydrology, Snow Hydrology, Flood modelling, Fire Ecology, Good Fire/Cultural Fire, Climate Adaptation, Community building, Stakeholder engagement

Awards/Honors

NSF GRFP 2017-2020

Select Publications

McCullum, A.J.C. McClellan, B. Daudert, J. Huntington, R. Green, V. Ly, A.R.G. Marley, N.R. Tulley, C. Morton, K.C. Hegewisch, J.T. Abatzoglou, D. McEvoy, 2021, Satellite-based Drought Reporting on the Navajo Nation, Journal American Water Resources Association, 57(5), p 675 – 691. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12909.

Press Releases/Websites

Meet four NSF Graduate Research Fellows: Victoria Ly
UW Engineering, https://www.ce.washington.edu/news/article/2018-04-11/victoria-ly

NASA Data Chats: Vickie Ly
NASA Earth Data, https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/data-chat/data-chat-vickie-ly

Art Helps a Scientific Collaboration Come to Life
AGU Thriving Earth Exchange https://thrivingearthexchange.org/tex-stories/art-helps-scientific-collaboration-come-life/