University of California, Davis, Ecology
Fellowship Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
Fellowship Site: KQED
@Al_R_Wallace
Six years ago, I moved to Northern California to study fire, and I’ve been exploring California ecosystems ever since. My dissertation research has been about wildfire in California shrublands, and I try to figure out how plants, people, and other living things survive and thrive in flammable places. Along the way, I’ve spent a lot of time talking with kids, college students, and adults about plants, fire, the scientific process, and exploring our home environments, through school-based outreach, camps, citizen science, and conversations with people I meet while working in nature. I also write about wildfire and related topics on my blog, talkaboutfire.com. I’m thrilled to join KQED this summer and bring science stories to my community here in Northern California and beyond.
Fellowship publications at KQED
7/03/2018 The Giants of California: How Redwoods and Whales Got So Big
7/10/2018 To Fight Climate Change, Grasslands May Be Safer Bet Than Forests
7/11/2018 Should All Ph.D.'s Be Called 'Doctor'? Female Academics Say Yes
7/24/2018 One Way to Save Birds: Pay Farmers to Flood Their Land
7/27/2018 California Wildfires Are Breaking the Rules By Burning Fast Downhill
7/30/2018 Redding's 'Firenado' Was Not Your Garden Variety Fire Whirl
8/16/2018 Trump Administration Says Forest Management, Not Climate Change, Is Main Concern - Radio