About Benjamin
Ben is a postdoctoral researcher working with Yu Wei. He collaborates closely with the USDA Forest Service Wildfire Risk Management Science Team on a research agenda focused on wildfire risk and firefighting effectiveness. His applied work includes wildfire risk assessment and other forms of decision support for land and fire management.
Interests
- wildfire risk assessment
- fire planning
- firefighting effectiveness
- fire ecology
- GIS and remote sensing
- watershed modeling
- recreation management
Education
PhD, Forest Science - Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO, 2020
MS, Ecology - Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO, 2012
BS, Program in the Environment - University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, 2007
Memberships
- Association for Fire Ecology