Ms. Monica Adjei

Monica Adjei is a Faculty Specialist in the Xylem Lab at the University of Maryland. She holds an M.S. in Geospatial Information Science from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in Geography & Resource Development and Dance Studies from the University of Ghana, Legon. Her research focuses on satellite remote sensing, machine learning, and sustainable agriculture in Africa. Beyond research, she contributes to outreach, event planning, and science-communication efforts that make Earth observation science accessible to broader audiences. Monica is also a dancer, writer, and orator, and at the AGS Geography 2050 Symposium, she brings both her scientific and artistic background together in a spoken word performance opening the Spatial Futures of Food Systems session.