Marie Urban

Marie Urban leads the Human Geography Group within the Geospatial Science and Human Security Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and has nearly two decades of experience advancing high-resolution population modeling in direct support of U.S. government and national security missions. Throughout her career, she has played a central role in the development, sustainment, and evolution of the LandScan program, leading efforts in data integration, spatial analysis, and remote sensing to deliver authoritative, globally consistent population datasets at national and planetary scales.