Dr. Katharyn Duffy

Director of Science Operations
Dr. Katharyn Duffy works at the intersection of forestry, wildfire, and EcoInformatics-ecology and ‘big data’. She co-authored the first wildfire-focused forest carbon methodology, and continues to innovate data-driven methods to support natural climate solutions. Katharyn’s focus at Vibrant Planet includes building data and interfaces to support monitoring, reporting, and forecasting the ecosystem benefits of sustainable forest management. Katharyn’s broader work also includes developing and supporting courses and open-source textbooks on “Interdisciplinary-Based Science and Ecological Informatics using Open Research Infrastructures and their Data” to support open, reproducible, and inclusive science.
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