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About us

Our project brings together partners from every vegetated continent. We learn from each other and drive forward the science as we push the boundaries of understanding the where’s, when’s and why’s of wildfire.

Meet the Team

Core Team

Dr. Matthew Jones

Dr. Matthew Jones

Senior Research Fellow

University of East Anglia

Dr. Francesca di Giuseppe

Dr. Francesca di Giuseppe

Team Leader

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting

Dr. Chantelle Burton

Dr. Chantelle Burton

Senior Climate Scientist

Met Office Hadley Centre

Dr. Douglas Kelley

Dr. Douglas Kelley

Land Surface Modeller

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Regional Expert

Lucy Amissah

Lucy Amissah

Principal Research Scientist

CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

Sally Archibald

Professor

University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg

Kebonye Dintwe

Kebonye Dintwe

Associate Professor

University of Botswana

Aya Brigitte N'Dri

Associate Professor

Nangui Abrogoua University

Natasha S. Ribeiro

Natasha S. Ribeiro

Professor of Environmental Impact Assessment and Restoration Ecology

Eduardo Mondlane University

Tercia Strydom

Tercia Strydom

Senior Manager: Systems Ecology

South African National Parks

Cong Gao

Cong Gao

PhD Candidate

University of Hong Kong

Elena А. Kukavskaya

Leading Researcher

V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - separate subdivision of the FRC KSC SB RAS

Bambang H. Saharjo

Bambang H. Saharjo

Professor of the Environment and Forest Fires

Bogor Agricultural University

Veerachai Tanpipat

Remote Sensing Engineer and Geographer

Kasetsart University

Bo Zheng

Bo Zheng

Associate Professor

Tsinghua University

Davide Ascoli

Davide Ascoli

Professor of Integrated Fire Management

University of Torino

Stefan H. Doerr

Stefan H. Doerr

Professor of Wildland Fire Science

Swansea University

Nikola Nikolov

Full Professor

Ss. Ciril and Methodius University

Julien Ruffault

Julien Ruffault

Researcher

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

Cristina Santín

Cristina Santín

Tenured Scientist

Research Institute of Biodiversity (IMIB), CSIC-University of Oviedo-Principality of Asturias

Johan  Sjöström

Johan Sjöström

Senior research scientist

RISE Research institutes of Sweden

Gavriil Xanthopoulos

Gavriil Xanthopoulos

Research Director (ret.)

Hellenic Agricultural Organization (DIMITRA)

Mathieu Bourbonnais

Assistant Professor

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Victoria M. Donovan

Victoria M. Donovan

Assistant Professor of Forest Management

University of Florida

Chelene C. Hanes

Chelene C. Hanes

Research Scientist

Natural Resources Canada

Piyush Jain

Research Scientist

Natural Resources Canada

Jacquelyn K. Shuman

FireSense Project Scientist

NASA Ames Research Center

Sarah Harris

Manager Research and Development at Country Fire Authority

Country Fire Authority

Dolors Armenteras

Dolors Armenteras

Professor in Landscape Ecology applied to Conservation Biology

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Bibiana A. Bilbao

Bibiana A. Bilbao

Professor at Dpto. de Estudios Ambientales

Universidad Simón Bolívar

Francisco de la Barrera

Francisco de la Barrera

Professor

Universidad de Concepción

Carlos Di Bella

Carlos Di Bella

Professor at the Faculty of Agronomy / University of Buenos Aires-Argentina

University of Buenos Aires

Mauro E. Gonzalez

Mauro E. Gonzalez

Professor

Universidad Austral de Chile

Galia Selaya

Galia Selaya

Research scientist

ECOSCONSULT

Celso H. L. Silva-Junior

Celso H. L. Silva-Junior

Research/Professor

Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM)

Science Team

Yuquan Qu

Yuquan Qu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Carmen B. Steinmann

Carmen B. Steinmann

Postdoctoral Researcher

ETH Zurich

Guilherme Mataveli

Guilherme Mataveli

Postdoctoral Researcher

National Institute for Space Research (INPE)

Esther Brambleby

Esther Brambleby

Postgraduate Researcher

University of East Anglia

Miguel Ángel Torres-Vázquez

Postdoctoral Researcher

Universidad de Alcalá

Maria Lucia Ferreira Barbosa

Maria Lucia Ferreira Barbosa

Wildfire scientist

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Andrew J. Hartley

Climate Impacts Scientist

Met Office

Fiona R. Spuler

Postgraduate Researcher

University of Reading

Zhongwei Liu

Zhongwei Liu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Leicester

Jakob B. Wessel

Jakob B. Wessel

Postgraduate Researcher

University of Exeter

Enza Di Tomaso

Scientist

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Senior Partner

Sarah Meier

Sarah Meier

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Exeter

Marco Turco

Marco Turco

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Murcia

Emilio Chuvieco

Emilio Chuvieco

Professor

Universidad de Alcalá

Guido R. van der Werf

Guido R. van der Werf

Professor

Wageningen University and Research

Niels Andela

Head of Remote Sensing

BeZero Carbon Ltd

Sander Veraverbeke

Associate professor

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Regional Panel Coordinator

Paulo M. Fernandes

Paulo M. Fernandes

Associate Professor

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Crystal A. Kolden

Crystal A. Kolden

Director UC Merced Fire Resilience Center

University of California, Merced

Hamish Clarke

Hamish Clarke

Senior Research Fellow

University of Melbourne

Liana O. Anderson

Liana O. Anderson

Researcher

Cemaden/MCTI