The Letten Prize Board awards the 2025 Letten Prize to Danielle Wood for her outstanding work using space technology to create meaningful change for people on Earth. Her research evaluates the diverse ways space technologies can contribute to addressing global development goals, ranging from drought to deforestation to food insecurity, and she has pioneered novel techniques for applying space data to these challenges.
Her collaborations across Africa empower local young scientists and institutions to harness space-based insights while building long-term capacity through training and education. By combining her expertise in systems engineering and aerospace with a commitment to sustainable development, Dr. Wood embodies the interdisciplinary and purpose-driven spirit of Letten Saugstad and is a highly deserving recipient of the Letten Prize.
The Letten Prize recognizes younger researchers’ contributions in the fields of health, development and environment in all aspects of human life’. The prize aims to raise public awareness of how research can be used to solve global human development challenges.
