Wildfire experts
Van Butsic![]() Land change science including fire and land use planning (510) 666-5400 vanbutsic@berkeley.edu |
Luca Carmignani![]() Fire and combustion applications (wildland fires, material flammability), image analysis, computer programming, scientific outreach (949) 237-2956 carmignani@ucanr.edu |
Alison Deak![]() Effects of prescribed fire on carbon storage and wildfire severity and extent; experienced wildland firefighter (209) 966-2417 aldeak@ucanr.edu |
Matteo Garbelotto![]() Forest pathogens, tree mortality and fire, defensible space and hazard trees along power lines (510) 643-4282 matteog@berkeley.edu |
Maggi Kelly![]() Geographic information science, mapping forests (510) 642-7272 maggi@berkeley.edu |
Susan Kocher![]() Fire adapted communities, fire hazard mitigation in forests, post fire restoration “Living with Fire in the Tahoe Basin” website, http://www.livingwithfire.info/tahoe/ (530) 542-2571 sdkocher@ucanr.edu |
Katie Low![]() Ecological impacts and efficacy of fuel reduction and forest restoration treatments; fire and forestry workforce development initiatives (530) 889-7385 katlow@ucanr.edu |
Chris McDonaldUC ANR Cooperative Extension natural resources advisor |
Richard MinnichProfessor of earth sciences, UC ANR Agricultural Experiment Station, UC Riverside |
Max Moritz![]() Wildland fire, fire modeling, fire effects, shrubland ecosystems and spatial patterns of fire disturbance, climate change adaptation mmoritz@ucsb.edu |
Tori Norville![]() Distrubance ecology focused on fire, forest health and prescribed fire, fuels reduction, tree mortality, forest management, fire education (707) 582-0951 trnorville@ucanr.edu |
Lenya Quinn-Davidson![]() UC Cooperative Extension Area fire advisor - North Coast Fire ecology and management (707) 445-7351 lquinndavidson@ucanr.edu |
Barbara Satink Wolfson![]() Wildland fire research and ecology, prescribed fire in coastal prairie and oak woodland ecosystems, fire-adapted landscapes and communities (831) 637-5346 ext. 104 bsatinkwolfson@ucanr.edu |
Ricky Satomi![]() Forest management and wood use (530) 822-6213 rpsatomi@ucanr.edu |
Mark Schwartz![]() Forest plot mapping (530) 752-0671 mwschwartz@ucdavis.edu |
Kristen Shive![]() Restoring fire to fire-adapted ecosystems, prioritizing areas for restoration, understanding shifting fire regimes (630) 917-5170 kshive@berkeley.edu |
Scott Stephens![]() Fire ecology, fire behavior, wildfire, fuels treatments, forest mortality, fire policy (510) 642-7304 sstephens@berkeley.edu |
Bill Stewart![]() Economics of fire prevention and fire suppression programs (510) 643-3130 billstewart@berkeley.edu |
Steven Swain![]() Fire and forest management in the wildland urban interface; post-fire tree survival and mortality; fire, pest, and disease interactions; fire and landscape (415) 473-4204 svswain@ucanr.edu |
Ryan Tompkins![]() Home and landscape design considerations for wildfire, prescribed fire, forest management (530) 283-6125 retompkins@ucanr.edu |
Yana Valachovic![]() Home and landscape design considerations for wildfire, prescribed fire, forest health and prescribed fire, wildfire and fuels in redwood, Douglas-fir and tanoak forests, fire education (707) 445-7351 yvala@ucanr.edu |
For more information, contact: Pam Kan-Rice, (510) 206-3476, pam.kanrice@ucanr.edu