Shayna Solis

Shayna Solis is co-founder, CEO, and creative mastermind of Navteca, a technology company that has been pioneering the use of VR technology for Earth science, working closely with NASA and others to push the boundaries of GIS data visualization. Navteca's core focus is creating practical applications based on new and emerging technology, such as cloud, virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence (AI), immersive data visualization, and open science platforms. Navteca's wildfire visualizations have been featured by PBS to tell the story of the Eaton and Palisades fires. As a  NASA Wildfire Program Principal Investigator (PI), Shayna has led a multi-year investigation into the applications of virtual and augmented reality for NASA Earth science and disaster applications as a significant new approach to enhancing the way we view and communicate science and data in an engaging, interactive format.