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Mark Brown
Executive Officer at Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority (San Rafael, CA)Deputy Fire Chief, Marin County Fire Department – Retired
Executive Officer, Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority
Chief Brown started his career as a volunteer firefighter in 1986 in Sonoma County. He was hired by the Marin County…
Melissa Floca
Chief Innovation Officer at UC San Diego (La Jolla, CA)Melissa Floca is the Chief Innovation Officer at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab (SCIL), based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) within UC San Diego’s School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences. In this role, she brings together policymakers,…
Use-inspired Research Fire Science Community Engagement Decision Support Tools Co-production with Practitioners
Leticia Lee
Computational Data Science Researcher at UC San Diego (La Jolla, CA)Leticia is a Computational Data Scientist. Her research focuses on developing spatially and temporally explicit fuels for more detailed prescribed fire modeling within the WIFIRE Lab’s prescribed fire platform, BurnPro3D. Leticia’s research background is in using…
Fire Science Remote Sensing Science Communication LiDAR Vegetation Modeling
Anthony Marcozzi
Research Scientist at New Mexico Consortium (Missoula, MT)Anthony is a former wildland firefighter turned fire science researcher and fuel modeler. He currently works for the New Mexico Consortium as a research scientist where he primarily works on the FastFuels 3D fuel modeling platform. When not thinking about fire, he enjoys…
Fire Behavior Modeling Wildland Fire Suppression Fire Science Field Data Collection / In-situ Monitoring Big Data Remote Sensing AI/ML Cloud Technologies Software Development Vegetation Modeling Prescribed Fire Planning and Implementation
Aaron Maxwell
Associate Professor of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University. I teach geospatial science courses for both undergraduate and graduate students. I am also the director of West Virginia View, a consortium of public, private,…
Remote Sensing GIS AI/ML Vegetation Modeling Workflows Fire Science Terrestrial Laser Scanning LiDAR Fire Fuel Prediction
Scott Pokswinski
at New Mexico Consortium (Crestview, FL)Scott Pokswinski is a research scientist at New Mexico Consortium. Scott specializes in adapting cutting edge research to management applications. His recent work has integrated remote sensing technologies with monitoring and modeling technologies to increase the quality…
Field Data Collection / In-situ Monitoring Fire Effects Fire Ecology Botany Fire Science
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