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Developing and implementing a Western Wildfire Resilience Index (WWRI) for the North American West

Principal Investigator(s): Benjamin S. Halpern

Jeanette Clark

Jeanette helps researchers make their research more reproducible and open by helping them publish data on the Arctic Data Center, and teaching them software and workflow techniques in training events. She is broadly interested in ways to bring reproducible research and open data practices to researchers in order to facilitate collective knowledge production in science. Prior to working at NCEAS, Jeanette brought her oceanography knowledge to a coral reef ecology research group at the NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center.

Rachel King (she/her)

Rachel King is a data analyst on the Digital Assets for Nature project, working to catalogue and summarize the extent of current digital monitoring efforts of the natural world. With a background in ecosystem and plant ecology, Rachel has conducted research that investigates the interactions between plants and soil and how humans may alter these relationships. This work can further our understanding of ecosystem responses to climate change as well as how to restore function to landscapes negatively impacted by humans.

California’s marine protected areas boost fish populations across the state

Collective Action for a Changing Arctic

Google.org invests in the Permafrost Discovery Gateway

Mapping an Invader

NCEAS applies deep learning to create first-ever map of invasive iceplant in Santa Barbara County.

Darian Gill

Darian builds software to help researchers access, manage, and analyze ecological and environmental data. His primary project at NCEAS is VegBank. While his time is often spent in the particulars of programming, Darian’s heart lies in the interdisciplinary work that makes climate action clear and realizable. Before coming to NCEAS, he spent 3 years at Mast, coding tools to revolutionize reforestation and counter the catastrophic effects of wildfires.

SeaSketch helps stakeholders explore changes to MPAs

Mike Sweeney

Mike Sweeney is a conservationist who has worked in business, government, and nonprofits and has over 30 years of experience solving major environmental challenges in the U.S. and around the world. Currently a senior fellow at Conservation International, he was previously for 17 years the Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy in California, the organization’s largest chapter. In addition to his role in California, he oversaw TNC’s chapters in Hawai’i and the Pacific Islands and led the organization’s fisheries reform efforts globally.