NASA HEALTH AND AIR QUALITY APPLIED SCIENCES TEAM

Connecting NASA Data and Tools with Health and Air Quality Stakeholders
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HAQAST is a collaborative team  that works in partnership with public health and air quality agencies across the globe to use NASA data and tools for the public benefit. This team includes 14 primary investigators and scores of co-investigators from across the US headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Here you can learn about our team, publications, and newsworthy achievements. You can also find short tutorials for NASA’s open-access satellite tools.

We are excited to announce the fourth generation of HAQAST has been selected!

This new generation of HAQAST brings a range of expertise from universities and NASA centers across the country, and includes: Tracey Holloway (Team Lead, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Daniel Anderson (Univ. of Maryland Baltimore Co.), Xi Chen (Univ. of Iowa), Arlene Fiore (MIT), Pawan Gupta (NASA Goddard), Jennifer Kaiser (Georgia Tech), Carl Malings (Morgan St. Univ.), Jingqiu Mao (Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks), Randall Martin (Washington Univ.), Aaron Naeger (NASA Marshall), Jeffrey Pierce (Colorado St. Univ.) Amber Soja (NASA Langley), Travis Toth (NASA Langley), and Christopher Ueijo (Florida St. Univ.).

Meet one of the HAQAST members, Amber Soja, and learn how she uses NASA satellite data, ground sensors, and field campaigns to create a comprehensive global picture of fires. This helps scientists understand how smoke affects air quality and human health.

Recent News

From media appearances to cutting-edge research, catch the newest developments in HAQAST’s work.

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Recent Meetings

Meet us in St. Louis, November 6-7, 2025 for our next public meeting!

View most recent recorded meeting from the 2025 HAQAST Showcase from January 28th, 2025.