Dr. Kate Fickas, The Director of Imagery and Remote Sensing Solutions from the USA gave public lecture to ASTU staff and postgraduate students. The audience expressed their appreciation for the presenter. Dr. Kate Fickas has vowed to support ASTU in advising postgraduate students, conducting joint research projects and holding online conferences.

With over 10+ years of experience in earth observation and remote sensing with experience across commercial industry, academia, state government, and federal government, Dr. Kate Fickas is among notable researchers in the field.

Her experience spans several satellite missions, including Landsat, MODIS, VIIRS, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-3, which she leverages to combine with climate and weather data for understanding and predicting ecosystem dynamics in a changing climate.