We study human modification of biogeochemical cycles and climate using satellite imagery, earth system models, machine learning, and field observations. We seek to improve our understanding of interactions between humans, ecosystems, and climate change that influence the long-term sustainability of the Earth System.
News from the Climate, Carbon, Fires Dynamics Lab
Welcome to Chaithanya and Cameron
We wish to welcome Chaithanya Krishna Moorthy and Cameron Schmidt, who will join the Climate, Carbon, and Wildfire Dynamics lab in September! Chaithanya received a BS in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras. Cameron received a BS in Atmospheric...
Jinhyuk Kim to start postdoc at University of Michigan
Congratulations to Jin who will start on September 1st as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Michigan in the laboratory of Dr. Gretchen Keppel Aleks in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering. He will study wildfire-ecosystem-human health...
Jinhyuk Kim defends his Ph.D.!
On April 24th, Jin Kim defended his Ph.D. thesis on "Understanding the influence of fire on photosynthesis in North American Arctic-boreal ecosystems." Jin is working at UC Irvine over the summer as a temporary postdoctoral scholar to finish several of his papers. He...
Ph.D. student positions available
The Climate, Carbon, and Wildfire Dynamics Lab is looking to hire 2 to 3 Ph.D. students through the Department of Earth System Science. Students interested in studying wildfire dynamics, ecosystem carbon and water fluxes, climate change feedback with the land and...
New wildfire tracking data available for California and the Arctic
Our team recently compiled a summary of the different datasets we have developed to study wildfire behavior using fire-tracking algorithms. These algorithms ingest gridded pixel-level satellite thermal anomaly imagery to track wildfire occurrence, expansion, and...