Professor of Fire Ecology and Paleoecology, The University of Montana
Dr. Higuera is a professor in the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the University of Montana. He directs the PaleoEcology and Fire Ecology Lab, funded largely from the National Science Foundation and Joint Fire Science Program, and he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in fire and disturbance ecology. Work from his lab spans western North America and has revealed how fire activity varies with climate change in recent decades and the distant past, and how forest ecosystems have responded to these changes. In 2018, he was named one of Clarivate Analytics’ “highly cited scientists,” for papers published over the previous decade.
Dr. Higuera holds a BA in biology and environmental studies from Middlebury College, and a MS and PhD in forest ecosystem analysis from the University of Washington. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Montana in 2015, he was an assistant professor at the University of Idaho for six years.
Oct 18, 2023 11:34 am UTC| Nature
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