Sierra Nevada Research Institute
UC Merced Research Week 2021
Wildfire, Air Quality and Forest Management
Monday, March 1, 2021
12:00pm to 2:00pm
The SNRI Research Week Symposium will aim to look at the issues of forest management, wildfires, and air quality, and to shine a spotlight on some of our newer SNRI researchers.
Presenters:
Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Presentation title: Fire behavior in the Sierra Nevada: a laboratory scale look at smoldering behavior of large woody fuels
Xuan Zhang
Assistant Professor
School of Natural Sciences
Presentation title: Understanding the atmospheric transformation of biomass burning emissions
Ryan Bart
Assistant Project Scientist
Office of Research & Economic Development
Presentation title: Managing Sierra Nevada forests for multiple benefits: New insights from modeling the interactions between wildfire, carbon sequestration, and hydrology under a changing climate
External link for Symposium recording:
https://ucmerced.app.box.com/s/5cc8hwqaudvr98nrq80ca3ssici3cqmv
