<<Return to main menu High-resolution sedimentary charcoal records of fire illustrate linkages between fire, climate, and vegetation in the Fynbos Biome, South Africa Bio I am a Ph.D. candidate working with Drs. Mitchell Power (Geography) and Tyler Faith (Anthropology). I use sedimentary macro-charcoal to reconstruct burning activity over millennia, with a primary focus on South […]
Read More<<Return to main menu Assessing the Potential Feasibility of Land Use Adaptation against Emerging Wildfires in the USA: A Case Study of Marshall Wildfire, Colorado Bio I am currently a Ph.D. student at the City & Metropolitan Planning Department of the University of Utah. I am passionate about hazard research and conducting community-engaged work based […]
Read More<<Return to main menu “Valley: Three Corners of Our Room”, An Interdisciplinary Work for Chamber Choir, Solo Instruments, and Electronics Bio I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student, studying music composition with Elisabet Curbelo. My research interests explore intersections between music and environmentalism, sustainability, climate change activism, and the nature of human perception. My current dissertation […]
Read More<<Return to main menu Variation in human activity patterns mediates periodic increases in recreational activity on mammal behavioral response Bio I am a postdoctoral research fellow working with the Science Research Initiative. I currently run an undergraduate research lab focused around understanding the effects of human influence on terrestrial mammal distribution, behavior, and community composition […]
Read More<<Return to main menu Integrating Fire Emissions Inventories and Atmospheric Dispersion Models to Improve Smoke Exposure Estimates Bio Sam Faulstich (they/them) is a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate. They have bachelor’s degrees in physics and atmospheric science and a master’s degree in atmospheric science from the University of Nevada, Reno. Their research focuses on modeling particle […]
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