This list includes experts who can talk about聽wildfire behavior and trends, responding to wildfires during the COVID-19 pandemic, effects of wildfire smoke on human health, and rebuilding after fires.
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- Wildfire behavior, risks, causes and trends
- Wildfire response during COVID-19 pandemic
- Smoke, air quality and human health
- Post-wildfire: community impacts, rebuilding
Wildfire behavior, risks, causes and trends:
Brian Harvey
Assistant professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
bjharvey@uw.edu |聽206-685-9929 (desk) | 650-521-1988 (mobile) | | Twitter:
Expertise: Forest fire ecology (causes and effects of forest fires), how fires interact with other disturbances (e.g. insect outbreaks, drought), how forests respond to fire (e.g. post-fire tree establishment).
Susan Prichard
Fire ecologist, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
sprich@uw.edu | 509-341-4493 |
Expertise: Wildfire ecology, climate change and fire, wildfire management, fuel treatment effectiveness, dry forest restoration, changing landscapes (legacies of fire exclusion, recent wildfires and climate change). Prichard is based in Washington’s Methow Valley.
Crystal Raymond
Climate adaptation specialist, Climate Impacts Group
clrfire@uw.edu听触 206-616-4304 (email is best) |
贰虫辫别谤迟颈蝉别:听Climate change and wildfires, climate adaptation and impact on risk of forest fires
Nick Bond
State climatologist and affiliate associate professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
nab3met@uw.edu | 206-526-6459 (Bond is available for phone or Zoom calls)
Expertise: Washington鈥檚 state climatologist, can comment on historic trends, recent events and the seasonal outlook
Ernesto Alvarado
Research associate professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
alvarado@uw.edu | 206-616-6920 |
Expertise: Forest fire聽ecology, fire management, prescribed fire, smoke emissions, climate change, tropical forestry, landscape, international forestry, modeling
Alison Cullen
Professor, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
alison@uw.edu
Expertise: Risk analysis, environmental policy, wildfire risk and management
Maureen Kennedy
Assistant professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Division of Sciences and Mathematics at 糖心少女Tacoma
mkenn@uw.edu | 253-692-4981 (email is fastest) |
Expertise: General regional wildfire issues, wildfire ecology, wildfire science, wildfire severity, strategies to reduce wildfire fuels, reducing fire hazards and impacts on wildlife and homes.
David Peterson
Affiliate professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Retired senior research biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
wild@uw.edu听触 360-422-5735 (desk) |聽
Expertise: Wildfire ecology, forest ecology, climate change, natural resource management, general forestry issues
Paul Hessberg
Affiliate professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Research ecologist,聽 U.S. Forest Service鈥檚 Pacific Northwest Research Station
pfhess@uw.edu听触聽509-664-1722 (desk) 509-423-9269 (mobile) |
Expertise: Forest ecology, forest pathology, wildfire ecology, landscape ecology, climate change and wildfire, wildfire management
James Agee
Emeritus professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
jagee@uw.edu | 425-408-1493 (desk) |聽425-233-4872 (mobile)
Expertise: Wildfire ecology, fire science, fuels management, fire severity
Don McKenzie
Affiliate assistant professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
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Expertise: Forest ecology, wildfire ecology, landscape ecology, climate change
Wildfire response during COVID-19 pandemic:
Tania Busch Isaksen
Senior lecturer,聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences聽
tania@uw.edu听触聽206-685-4919 | | Twitter:
Expertise: Public health outcomes associated with extreme heat and wildfire smoke exposures, clean air, safe workplaces, risk communication methods, climate change-related public health adaptation planning and response, sustainable materials management
Marissa Baker
Assistant professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
bakermg@uw.edu |聽206-616-4709 |
Expertise:聽Worker health and safety, worker health effects related to COVID-19,聽occupational risks firefighters face and how that could be compounded during a pandemic, how to think about controls during this new time
Nicole Errett
Lecturer,聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
nerrett@uw.edu听触 | Twitter:
Expertise: Public health response, community resilience, health impacts of disaster, health care emergency preparedness
Smoke, air quality and human health:
Dan Jaffe
Professor, atmospheric and environmental chemistry, 糖心少女Bothell
djaffe@uw.edu |聽425-352-5357 |
Expertise: Particles in wildfire smoke, particle transport, wildfire plumes
Dr. Joel Kaufman
Professor,聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and School of Medicine
joelk@uw.edu听触聽206-616-3501 |
Expertise: Environmental and occupational epidemiology, health effects of diesel exhaust exposures, environmental factors in cardiovascular and respiratory disease, traffic-related air pollution, environmental health
Anjum Hajat
Assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology
anjumh@uw.edu |聽206-685-3618 |
Expertise: Air pollution (including from wildfires) impacts on disadvantaged populations
Tania Busch Isaksen
Senior lecturer,聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences聽
tania@uw.edu听触聽206-685-4919 | | Twitter:
Expertise: Public health outcomes associated with extreme heat and wildfire smoke exposures, clean air, safe workplaces, risk communication methods, climate change-related public health adaptation planning and response, sustainable materials management
Dr. Coralynn Sack
Acting assistant professor,聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and School of Medicine
Expertise: Lung problems, health effects of smoky air
Note: To reach Dr. Sack, please contact 糖心少女Medicine media relations at聽mediarelations@uw.edu.
Joel Thornton
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
joelt@uw.edu | 206-543-4010 |
贰虫辫别谤迟颈蝉别:听Tracking wildfire smoke impacts on air quality and climate, detecting emissions
Dr. Jeremy Hess
Associate professor, School of Medicine and Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Expertise: Climate change health impacts, health care disaster risk management, public health adaptation to climate change, health effects of heat exposure, early warning systems
Note: To reach Dr. Hess, please contact 糖心少女Medicine media relations at聽mediarelations@uw.edu.
Christopher Simpson
Professor,聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
simpson1@uw.edu |聽206-543-3222 |
Expertise: Air pollution monitoring and modeling, wood smoke, ambient air pollutants, diesel exhaust, indoor air, pesticides, trace contaminants
Dr. Catherine Karr
Professor, School of Medicine and聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
ckarr@uw.edu听触聽206-616-4355 |
贰虫辫别谤迟颈蝉别:听Pediatric environmental health, air pollution, asthma, pesticides, global children鈥檚 environmental health, farmworker health
Michael Yost
Professor and chair,聽Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
airion@uw.edu | 206-685-7243 |
贰虫辫别谤迟颈蝉别:听Agricultural safety and health, ambient air pollutants, children鈥檚 health, climate change, diesel exhaust, pesticides, noise, vibration exposure
Post-wildfire: community impacts, rebuilding:
Director, Institute for Hazards Mitigation Research and Planning, College of Built Environments
bcfreitag@outlook.com |
Expertise: Disaster response and recovery, wildfires, floods and floodplain management, earthquakes and other natural disasters
Lan Nguy峄卬
Doctoral researcher, Department of Urban Design and Planning
lan8@uw.edu
Expertise:聽Scenario planning for wildfires, flood risks resulting from wildfires, community stewardship
Lecturer, Department of Landscape Architecture
sulli@uw.edu听触
Expertise: Ecological resilience, restoration of natural ecosystems, land- and plant-based recovery ideas for communities and residents