Gabriel Senay is a Research Physical Scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science center and an Adjunct Professor at South Dakota State University. He has worked for the U.S. EPA as a remote sensing scientist and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Oklahoma State University. Senay is a licensed professional engineer and obtained a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Alemaya University in Ethiopia, an M.S. in Hydrology from Wageningen University in The Netherlands, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from The Ohio State University.