Guyanese Dr. Vern Singhroy honoured with CRSS Gold Medal Award for 2011
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) has announced that Guyanese-born, Dr. Vernon Singhroy has been honoured with the CRSS Gold Medal Award for 2011. The award was presented at the 32nd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing on June 14-16) in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
The CRSS Gold Medal Award was introduced in 1986 to recognize a significant long-term contribution to the field of remote sensing in Canada. The Gold Medal is the highest award in Canada granted by the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) for excellence in remote sensing.
Over the last three decades, Dr. Singhroy has made a huge contribution to Canadian and international remote sensing science and programmes at CCRS and prior to that, in private industry, academia (both college and university), consulting environments, and in provincial government service. Since 1990, he has been the lead scientist in applications development for remote sensing in geology at CCRS. Recently, he was named the Principal Scientist of the billion-dollar Radarsat Constellation Mission to be launched in 2014.
In addition to leading one of the most successful and prolific remote sensing research teams in the world, he has also taken on advisory roles related to management of science in government, mentoring of younger scientists, and providing strategic advice.
Dr. Singhroy grew up at No. 30 Village, West Coast Berbice, Guyana, and attended Berbice High School before migrating to Canada in the 1970s.
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) has announced that Guyanese-born, Dr. Vernon Singhroy has been honoured with the CRSS Gold Medal Award for 2011. The award was presented at the 32nd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing on June 14-16) in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
The CRSS Gold Medal Award was introduced in 1986 to recognize a significant long-term contribution to the field of remote sensing in Canada. The Gold Medal is the highest award in Canada granted by the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) for excellence in remote sensing.
Over the last three decades, Dr. Singhroy has made a huge contribution to Canadian and international remote sensing science and programmes at CCRS and prior to that, in private industry, academia (both college and university), consulting environments, and in provincial government service. Since 1990, he has been the lead scientist in applications development for remote sensing in geology at CCRS. Recently, he was named the Principal Scientist of the billion-dollar Radarsat Constellation Mission to be launched in 2014.
In addition to leading one of the most successful and prolific remote sensing research teams in the world, he has also taken on advisory roles related to management of science in government, mentoring of younger scientists, and providing strategic advice.
Dr. Singhroy grew up at No. 30 Village, West Coast Berbice, Guyana, and attended Berbice High School before migrating to Canada in the 1970s.