Dr.
Njoku received his B.A. degree in Natural and Electrical Sciences from Cambridge
University in 1972, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974 and 1976, respectively.
Dr.
Njoku received his B.A. degree in Natural and Electrical Sciences from Cambridge
University in 1972, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974 and 1976, respectively.
From 1976 to 1977 he was a National Research Council Resident Research Associate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California. In 1977 he joined JPL where he is currently a Research Scientist and Member of the Technical Staff. His primary research interests are in the use of spaceborne passive microwave sensing for hydrology and climate applications. He was a member of the algorithm development and validation teams for the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) instruments on the Seasat and Nimbus-7 satellites, and has since served on several committees related to sensor systems and applications of spaceborne passive microwave remote sensing. He was a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria from 1980-81, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, from 1984-86. From 1986 to 1990 he was Discipline Scientist for Ocean Data Systems and Earth Science Data Systems at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC. He returned to JPL in 1990 where his research emphasis is on modeling, retrieval, and system studies of passive microwave land sensing. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1985. He is a member of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and Commission F of the International Union of Radio Science.
