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. They are a member of the Indigenous Peoples Initiative team, where they serve as the Community Needs Engagement Coordinator and Technical Specialist. 

Victoria has over 10 years of experience in climate modeling and adaptation, water resource management, flood risk modeling, snow hydrology, and remote sensing. Their current work focuses on community building and engagement and finding suitable remote sensing observations (in-situ, airborne, satellite) to support the needs of Indigenous communities. Victoria has a passion for planetary health, environmental justice, and creating/regenerating knowledge systems to support greater community resilience and ecological harmony. 

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/