Dr. Quirk is the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Liaison for the U.S. Geological Survey's Land Remote Sensing Program (LRSP). The LRSP provides and encourages the use of historical, current, and future remotely sensed data and derived scientific information to U.S. government agencies and the public. Dr. Quirk has over thirty years of experience applying satellite and aerial remote sensing and GIS technology to the monitoring of natural resources in the United States and around the world. He has numerous publications and has received awards from the U.S. Geological Survey and the NASA for contributions in the field of remote sensing.