Nataliia Kussul received the doctor of sciences (second scientific degree) in applied mathematics from Space Research Institute NASU-NSAU, in 2001, and the PhD degree in applied mathematics from the Institute of Cybernetics of NASU, in 1991. She is deputy director and head of Space Information Technologies Department at Space Research Institute NASU-SSAU. Her current research interests include big data in remote sensing, machine learning techniques for geospatial data, GIS, distributed computing, sensor web, intelligent computations and their applications in agricultural and disaster management domain. She is a Head of the UN-SPIDER RSO in Ukraine, and a representative from Ukraine in the CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS). She has been PI for numerous national and international projects from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, State Space Agency of Ukraine, EC-FP7, ESA, EC-JRC, CRDF, and STCU. She is a coordinator of GEOGLAM-Ukraine initiative, JECAM-Ukraine test site, Co-PI from Ukrainian side of FP-7 “SIGMA” and Horizon-2020 “ERA-PLANET” project, coordinator of national level demonstration within ESA “Sen2Agri” project. She is an author of more than 100 journal and conference papers and 5 books in these areas.