 Hi, I'm JB Sharma, and I'm an emeritus faculty member at the University of North Georgia. I'm also affiliated with Hageo Spatial Institute, the Lewis Frank Rogers Institute of Environmental Spatial Analysis, and I have been a faculty member for about 35 years, and I have been teaching and doing research in remote sensing for the past 20 years. We live in the greater Atlanta area in Gainesville, Georgia, where we have lived for over 30 years. I have a great and abiding interest in science literacy for all, and I have a special interest in problems that connect physical measurement with social problems and issues, and remote sensing and geographic information sciences are just the right sciences to build these bridges. Remote sensing has now become local, and what that means is that we will need this expertise seeded across our cities, our counties, our townships, such that this technology is used for governance, natural resource management, security applications, and have the kinds of capabilities that 21st century smart living spaces will need. I have several personal hobbies that inform and complement my professional work as well. I like to sail in Lake Lanier, I like to garden, I like to do woodwork and make rustic furniture, and I like to read and I like to hike in the forests of North Georgia.