Past President of the Governing Council of the Deep Time Digital Earth Initiative (2020-2024)

I am a Founding Partner and President of the Governing Council of the Deep-time Digital Earth Initiative, Deep-time Digital Earth, the first big science program of the International Union of Geological Sciences. DDE which started in 2019, involves more than 100 geological and data scientists from across the world, with 21 founding members and 25 task and working groups dedicated to solving geological and data problems. DDE promotes a data driven research paradigm for the generation of insights and knowledge critical for UN Member States to reach Sustainable Development Goals.