Crystal A. Kolden is a pyrogeographer with over two decades of experience in fire science. After beginning her career as a wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service in California, she earned graduate degrees in geography focused on remote sensing of wildfires. She researches on wildfire disaster mitigation and collaborates with communities and agencies worldwide to develop and implement adaptation strategies. Her work focuses on understanding wildfire intersections with the human-environment system through geospatial, temporal and mixed-methods approaches.
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
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