Wildland Fire Research at Stanford
Winter 2021-22
Wednesdays at 12:15 pm – Seminars are held via Zoom*

Join Center for Sustainability Data Science, the Woods Institute, Precourt, and The Bill Lane Center in this series of discussions at the intersection of wildland fire research and data science.
In recent years, wildfire has gone from an infrequent and distant news item to a centerstage issue spanning many consecutive weeks for urban and suburban communities.
Frequent wildfires are changing everyday lives for California in numerous ways -- from public safety power shutoffs to hazardous air quality -- that seemed inconceivable as recently as 2015. Moreover, elevated wildfire risk in the western United States (and similar climates globally) is here to stay into the foreseeable future.
There are a plethora of problems that need solutions in the wildland fire arena; many of them are well suited to a data-driven approach. In this seminar series, we will hear from several Stanford researchers and industry experts about current problems of interest in wildfires. Each speaker will present a particular problem of interest, followed by a Q&A session in hopes of creating a dialogue about wildland fire research and finding creative solutions.
Current Series (YouTube Playlist)
January 12, 2022: “Wildfire mitigation and protection: Which expenses make the most sense?”
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Michael Wara
Climate and Energy Policy Program, Stanford Woods Institute
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January 19, 2022: “Climate Change, wildfires, and the impacts on health”
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Mary Prunicki
Sean Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research
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January 26, 2022: “Strategies, Approaches & Tools – Addressing Wildfire Risk & Climate Change Risk in PG&E’s Service Territory”
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Andy Abranches
Wildfire Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Management, PG&E
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February 2, 2022: “Approaches to constructing a historical database of wildfire evacuation orders”
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Sam Heft-Neal
Center on Food Security and the Environment
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February 9, 2022: “Improving the Fidelity of Coupled Atmosphere-Fire Simulations to Manage Our Fiery Future”
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Jeff Mirocha
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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February 16, 2022: “Responding to Wildfires”
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Luke Beckman
American Red Cross
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February 23, 2022: “Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in reducing exposure to wildfire smoke among low-income hard-to-reach populations”
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Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences
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March 2, 2022: “Firewise Communities in California”
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Rebecca Miller
University of Southern California
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March 9, 2022: “Stanford Wildfire Management Plan”
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Scott Conway
Vibrant Planet
Tania Treis
Panorama Environmental, Inc.
Jessica von Borck
Stanford Land Use Planning
Aaron McCarthy
Stanford Environmental Health and Safety
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Past Series
Spring 2020-21
Mondays at 12:30pm
April 5, 2021: “Simultaneous management of fire risk, carbon storage, and human and ecosystem co-benefits”
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Prof. Chris Field
Director, Woods Institute on the Environment
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April 12, 2021: “Zombie Forests: Fire Risk of the Standing Dead in the Sierra Nevada”
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Avery Hill
PhD Candidate, Dept. of Biology
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April 19, 2021: “Data-Driven vegetation moisture as a tool for mapping wildfire risk in the western US”
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Krishna Rao
PhD Candidate, Dept. of Earth Systems Science
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April 26, 2021: “Health Impacts of Smoke Exposure: What do we know?”
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Dr. Mary Prunicki
Sr. Research Scientist, Sean Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research
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May 3, 2021: “The Clean Air Act and wildfire smoke: What are the options?”
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Dr. Michael Wara
Director, Climate and Energy Policy Program
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May 10, 2021: “Better measures of outdoor and indoor exposure to wildfire smoke”
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Prof. Marshall Burke
Deputy Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment
Sam Heft-Neal
Research Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment
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May 17, 2021: “Trends in California Wildfire-related Legislature, 2001-2020”
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Rebecca Miller
PhD Candidate, Emmettt Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
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May 24, 2021: “Using public records to study wildfires”
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Dr. Iris Hui
Senior Researcher with the Bill Lane Center
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*For seminar/zoom information, please contact Derek Fong at dfongatstanforddotedu
Past Events
- Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Responding to Wildfires
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Improving the Fidelity of Coupled Atmosphere-Fire Simulations to Manage Our Fiery Future
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Approaches to constructing a historical database of wildfire evacuation orders
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Strategies, Approaches & Tools – Addressing Wildfire Risk & Climate Change Risk in PG&E’s Service Territory
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Climate Change, wildfires, and the impacts on health
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Wildland Fire: Wildfire mitigation and protection: Which expenses make the most sense?
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online - Past Event Wildland Fire Research
Data-Driven Wildland Fire Research
-*This event has passed.Online