Dr. Russanne Low, PhD

Senior Scientist

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Dr. Russanne Low is a senior scientist at the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, VA, and Deputy Director for Science, GLOBE Implementation Office. She also serves as the science lead for the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper. In 2017, Low received research funding through USAID to field test the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper tool in South America. For this work, Low was recognized as a Grand Challenge Female Innovator in 2018 for identifying the need for a citizen science app to fight vector borne disease in low resource, low bandwidth communities.