Michele Buonanduci

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher working jointly with The Nature Conservancy and the University of Washington. Broadly, I am interested in harnessing quantitative methods to address fundamental and applied ecological questions. I completed my PhD in the Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management program at the University of Washington, working with Dr. Brian J. Harvey. My graduate research focused on understanding the causes and consequences of forest disturbances (primarily bark beetle outbreaks and wildfires) across a range of spatial scales. 

Currently, I am working to quantify how fire regimes are changing across the western United States and to better understand the implications of those changes for Pacific salmon population health. I am supporting two collaborative, interdisciplinary research efforts: the Western Fire and Forest Resilience Collaborative (westernfireforest.org) and a Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) working group focused on salmon, forests, and fire (snappartnership.net/teams/salmon-forests-and-fire).