Jessica Garron, PhD

International Arctic Research Center
PO Box 747340, Fairbanks, AK 99775
(907) 474-7410
jigarron@alaska.edu

• Research Assistant Professor – International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Deputy Director – Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
• Member - Center for Arctic Security and Resilience

Dr. Jessica Garron works with a broad spectrum of scientists, community members, agency partners and industry representatives to apply science-based solutions to decision-making. Garron’s primary work identifies remote sensing and drone-based technological solutions to address community, scientific and operational problems focused on the circumpolar Arctic and to serve as a knowledge broker of those solutions. In her current role as research faculty at the International Arctic Research Center and as the Deputy Director of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, she connects operational and community-based end users with actionable, geospatial, and model-based science information to support climate change adaptation planning and response. Garron specializes in bringing together teams to create solutions and enhance outcomes of science-influenced operational decision-making. Jessica Garron has been a member of the University of Alaska Fairbanks research community since 2000.

She received her B.S. in natural resources from the University of Maine, followed by her M.S. in biology (molecular) and her Ph.D. in remote sensing in decision-making from UAF. In addition to her research, she serves as the faculty advisor to the AK CASC Fellows program, where she is training the next generation of Alaskan research scientists to support the integration of science into decision-making processes at all levels.

 

Education

• Ph.D. (2020) Remote Sensing in Decision Making (Interdisciplinary), University of Alaska Fairbanks
• M.S. Biology (2007), University of Alaska Fairbanks
• B.S. Natural Resources (1997), University of Maine

Working Groups and professional Societies

• IARPC Collaborations: Permafrost Collaboration Team (international; 2023-present)
• IARPC Collaborations: U.S Forum for the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Collaboration Team (international; 2023-present)
• IARPC Collaborations: Risk Management and Hazard Mitigation Collaboration Team (international; 2023-present)
• Permafrost Coastal Systems Network (international; 2022-present)
• NSF SBIR/STIR proposal reviewer (national; 2020-present)
• DOE SBIR/STIR proposal reviewer (national; 2020-present)
• International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research (ICE-PPR; 2019-present)
• Arctic Domain Awareness Center (national; 2017-present)
• Ad hoc reviewer for Remote Sensing and AMBIO journals (international; 2017-present)
• American Geophysical Union (2014-present)
• American Society for Microbiology (2001-present)

Publications

Garron, Jessica, Webley, P., and DeLue, M. 2023. Uncrewed Aerial System Capacity for

Arctic and Subarctic Oil Spill Response Support. Oil Spill Recovery Institute. pp. 1-128.

Cotter, Patrick, Lyons, N., Blocker, E., Garron, J. 2023. Fairbanks North Star Borough Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Akerlof, Karen, Timm, K., Chase, A., Cloyd, E., Heath, E., Bamzai-Dodson, A., Bogard, G., Carter, S., Garron, J., Gavazzi, M., Kettle, N., Labriole, M., Little, J., Madajewicz, M., Reyes, J., Rivers III, L., Sheats, J., Simpson, C., Toohey, R. 2023. What Does Equitable Co-production Entail? Three Perspectives. Community Science.

Garron, Jessica, DeLue, M., Hall, M. 2022. UAS Operational Decision-making in Alaska Native Communities. Report to NSF I-CORPS. Pp. 1-16.

Garron, Jessica, Hall, M., Cozzens, B., and Henry, J. 2022. The Feasibility of Expanding a Remote Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Inspection & Response Team Program in the Bering Strait & Other Regions: A Case Study. Report to Arctic Domain Awareness Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Grant Award Number 2014-ST-061-ML0002.

Garron, Jessica, Henry, J., and Hall, M. 2022. Remote Uncrewed Aircraft System Inspection and Response Team Developed in Unalakleet, Alaska. Witness the Arctic, June 2022.

Ward-Jones, Melissa, Garron, J., Jones, B., Bergstedt, H., Raynolds, M. Zwieback, S., and Frost, G. 2022. Rethinking Scientific Meetings in a COVID World, an Example of the 16^th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium. Witness the Arctic, June 2022.

Daly, S., Connor, B., Garron, J., Stuefer, S., Belz, N., Bjella, K. 2022. Design and Operation of Ice Roads. Report for Arctic Infrastructure Development Center in Cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration.

Garron, Jessica and Alendorf, J. 2021. Integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems into Alaskan Oil Spill Response–Applied Case Studies and Operational Protocols International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings (2021) 2021 (1): 688190. https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2021.1.688190

Henry, John, Garron, J., Hall, M., Cozzens, B., Gilliam, N., Griffith, G., and Shepherd, H. (2020). Feasibility of Improving Local Decision Making in Alaskan Communities with Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Online Climate Data Tools. Report to the Native Village of Unalakleet Tribal Council.

Hatfield, M., C. Cahill, P. Webley, J. Garron and R. Beltran. 2020. Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace System – Efforts by the University of Alaska to Support the FAA/NASA UAS Traffic Management Program. Remote Sensing, 12(19), 3112.

Garron, J. 2019. Protocol for using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) during an oil spill response exercise. University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute Report UAG-R 336, 6p., doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11788755.v2.

Garron, J. and S. Trainor. 2017. The Integration of Remote-Sensing Detection Techniques into the Operational Decision-Making of Marine Oil Spills. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017, abstract/poster #PA11A-0204.

Garron, J., C. Stoner, A. Johnston, and S. Arko. 2017. Sentinel-1 Interferometry from the Cloud to the Scientist. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017, abstract/poster #G23A-0880.

Garron, J., C. Stoner, F. Meyer. 2017. Cloud-based oil detection processing pipeline prototype for C-band synthetic aperture radar data. OCEANS ’17. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings.

Pegau, W.S., J. Garron, L. Zabilansky, C. Bassett, J. Bello, J. Bradford, R. Carns, Z. Courville, H. Eicken, B. Elder, P. Eriksen, A. Lavery, B. Light, T. Maksym, H.P. Marshall, M. Oggier, D. Perovich, P. Pacwiardowski, H. Singh, D. Tang, C. Wiggins, and J. Wilkinson. 2017. Detection of oil in and under ice. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings: May 2017, Vol. 2017, No. 1, pp. 1857-1876.

Aggarwal, S., W. Schnabel, I. Buist, J. Garron, R. Bullock, R. Perkins, S. Potter, D. Cooper. 2016. Aerial application of herding agents to advance in-situ burning for oil spill response in the Arctic: A pilot study. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 135, 97-104.

Atwood, D. and J. Garron. 2013. Addressing Three Fallacies about Synthetic Aperture Radar. EOS, 94(49), 471-472, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO490003