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Marta Prat Guitart is a Science Manager at Blue Forest, where she works at the intersection of science and project development. Marta leads the development of conservation finance projects in Southern California, engaging with different stakeholders to increase the pace…

Pedro is Computational Data Scientist at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab engaged in educational projects such as the National Data Platform’s Education Hub, the Coursera Big Data Specialization, and the FOUNT initiative. Pedro is deeply committed to accessible…

Rukmini Ravi serves as the Program Coordinator for the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab. In this position, she manages and streamlines task tracking, financial oversight, and external communication. Rukmini has a background in technical writing, holds a BS in…

Jonathan Reimer is a wildfire incident commander and operational researcher. He led response on Canada’s largest wildfire disaster, was a National Incident Management Team member, and a Director of BC’s Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre. 

His…

Melanie Scott is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Synoptic Data and brings a unique background with experience in both meteorology and marketing. Melanie’s previous experience includes working in the private weather sector where she played an instrumental…

BSEE Drexel University, MSEE MIT

Member of Technical Staff:  Bell Telephone Labs, MIT Lincoln Lab, Motorola Semiconductor Products

When I retired I became interested in fighting wildfires. I lived in Quincy MA near the headquarters of the National Fire…

Love fire technology.

Building on a research background in numerical analysis, it was natural for me to work with the San Diego Supercomputer Center, SDSC, starting 1986 on mathematical software and curriculum development for high performance computing when I was hired at San Diego State…

Claire is a Technical Project Manager at the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab, where she leads the management of the Wildfire Science & Technology Commons. She joined the SDSC team in 2019 and has contributed to projects such as the Science Gateways Community…

Ertugrul Taciroglu earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1998. After a stint at the Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (UIUC) as a postdoctoral researcher, he joined the Civil & Environmental…

As the Natural Resources Director for the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians and a member of the Squaxin Island Tribe, Joelene Tamm is dedicated to fostering sustainable natural resource management. She founded the Natural Resources Department…

Senior-level research scientist specializing in formulating and executing complex multidisciplinary R&D projects across various industries, including manufacturing, biometrics, personalized medicine and applied science. Expert in employing modern and classic tools of…

Co-Founder & COO, FireSwarm Solutions | 25-year incident and emergency-response veteran championing autonomous ultra-heavy-lift drones for next-gen wildfire suppression.

Prescribed fire and wildfire operations practitioner for 30+ years. Participation in local, state, regional and national wildland fire management response and prescribed fire planning, implementation and monitoring programs. Member of the Joint Fire Science Program…

Dynamic and results-driven professional with a proven track record in business development and operational leadership within the wildland firefighting sector. Passionate about leveraging cutting-edge unmanned technologies to enhance fire management strategies, including…