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Wildfire-induced Air Pollution Assessment & Mitigation Symposium

A scorched tree at the edge of a field on fire.

Wildfires are becoming an existential threat to the well-being of the U.S. population, with wildfire-induced air pollution as one of the most severe contributors to economic and life losses. This symposium will report on recent research advancements in the assessment and mitigation of wildfire effects on human health, with presentations by accomplished researchers from a multidisciplinary team supported by the University of California Office of the President, through the UCOP Lab Fees program. This applied research has the ultimate goal to support the state of California and the U.S. federal government in their science-informed decision-making processes to reduce the negative impacts produced by wildfire-induced air pollution.

Symposium Speakers

(in alphabetical order)

  • Allison Aiken
    Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    “Emission factors from laboratory burns of urban fuels”
  • Michele Barbato
    Co-director, UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center
    Faculty Director, CITRIS Climate
    “Wildfire risk mitigation in the WUI: From ignition-resistant to fire-resistant houses”
  • Katie Benedict
    Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
    “Emission factors from laboratory burns of urban fuels”
  • Kathryn “Katie” Conlon
    Co-director, UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center
    Assistant Professor, UC Davis
    “Developing exposure risk profiles for populations experiencing wildfire smoke”
  • Quinn Hart
    Professor, UC Davis
    “Real-time updates to GOES weather data processing”
  • William Lassman
    Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    “Connecting wildfire dynamics to air quality: a case study of the 2020 Northern California wildfire season”
  • Matthew Moody
    Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis
    “Modeling wildfire in complex terrain”
  • LeRoy Westerling
    Professor, UC Merced
    “Statistical wildfire simulation”

Support for this symposium comes from:

  • UC Office of the President (award LFR-20-651032)
  • UC Davis Air Quality Research Center
  • UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center
  • UC Davis College of Engineering
  • CITRIS and the Banatao Institute