Our Charter Members
Dr. Abigail Croker
Postdoctoral Researcher
High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University
United Kingdom (US)
Dr. Alejandra G. Martínez
Associate Scientific Researcher
Geophysical Institute of Peru
Perú
Dr. Alejandro Miranda
Research
Department of Forest Science, University of La Frontera
Chile
Dr. Alexandra D. Syphard
Senior Research Scientist
Conservation Biology Institute
United States
Mr. Amos Chege Muthiuru
PhD student
King’s College London
Kenya
Dr. Ana Prados
Senior Research Scientist, Earth and Space Institute
University of Maryland
United States
Dr. Andrés Holz
Associate Professor
Department of Geography, Director, Global Environmental Change (GEC) LAB, Portland State University
United States
Mr. Andrew Derwin Holder
Senior Fire Officer
Guyana Fire Service
Guyana
Dr. Anne Ganteaume
Directrice de Recherche
l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
France
Dr. Arindam Roy
Climate Science Advisor
Clean Air Fund
India
Dr. Avi Bar-Massada
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Environment, University of Haifa
Israel
Lt. Bernardo Lenis Duque
Institutional Development Director
Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios de Cali
Colombia
Dr. David Bowman
Research Council Laureate Fellow, Director of Transdisciplinary Fire Centre
University of Tasmania
Australia
Dr. Fantina Tedim
Professor, Department of Geography
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Universidade do Porto
Portugal
Dr. Faraz Hedayati
Lead Research Engineer
Mercury Insurance
United States
Cmd. Francisco J. Diaz Gonzalez
Chief Commander
Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios de Cali
Colombia
Dr. Iokiñe Rodríguez
Professor in Environment & Development
School of International Development, University of East Anglia
Venezuela (UK)
Dr. Johan Sjöström
Senior Research Scientist
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Sweden
Dr. Jon E. Keeley
Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
United States
Dr. Jon Fink
Professor
Department of Geology, Director of the Digital City Testbed Center, Portland State University
United States
Dr. Juan Pablo Argañaraz
CONICET Researcher
Institute for Advanced Space Studies “Mario Gulich” (CONAE–UNC)
Argentina
Dr. Juli G. Pausas
Professor of Research
Center for Desertification Research (CIDE) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Spain
Mr. Karl Peet
Senior Advisor, Global Strategy
Conservation Biology Institute
United States
Dr. Laura M. Bellis
Senior Research Scientist
National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, CONICET, and University National of Cordoba
Argentina
Dr. Lluís Brotons
Senior Researcher
Catalan Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
Spain
Dr. Maria Barbosa
Wildfire Scientist
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
United Kingdom
Dr. Marijana Kapovic Solomun
Professor
Department of Forest ecology, Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr. Markristian Madariaga Pareja
National Head of Forest Fire Risk Prevention
Cuerpo General de Bomberos Voluntarios del Perú
Perú
Mr. Marlon Castelo Branco
First Lieutenant
Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Estado do Acre (CBMAC)
Brazil
Dr. Mauro González
Profesor Titular
Institute of Conservation, Biodiversity & Territory, Faculty of Forestry, Austral University of Chile
Chile
Dr. Maya Zomer
Postdoctoral Researcher
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science and Environment at UC Berkeley
United States
Ms. Mercedes Zambrano
Specialist
ECOPAR
Ecuador
Dr. Michel Valette
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Imperial College of London & Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society
United Kingdom
Dr. Mike Flannigan
BC Innovation Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science
Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University
Canada
Mr. Óscar Enrique Tibaquicha Velandia
Presidente
Federacion Nacional de Brigadas de Incendios Forestales (FENABRIF)
Colombia
Lt. Rafael Palomino
Director
Colombian National Firefighting Academy Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios de Cali (Cali Volunteer Firefighters)
Colombia
Dr. Renata Veiga
Post-doctoral researcher
Laboratório de Aplicações de Satélites Ambientais (LASA), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Ms. Robin Jones
Director
Conservation Biology Institute
United States
Dr. Saeedeh Eskandari
Associate Professor
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands (RIFR)
Iran
Dr. Sally Archibald
Professor of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences
University of Witwatersrand
South Africa
Dr. Santos Luis Quispe Choque
Research Professor
IIGEO, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
Bolivia
Mr. Shawn Zimmermaker
Staff Chief of Law Enforcement
CAL FIRE
United States
Mr. Steve Hawks
Senior Director for Wildfire
Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)
United States
Dr. Stijn Erik R Hantson
Associate Professor
Faculty of Natural Sciences at Universidad del Rosario
Belgium (Colombia)
Dr. Susan Cutter
Carolina Distinguished Professor
Director of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina
United States
Dr. Trent Penman
Professor
Professor of Bushfire Behavior, FLARE wildfire research, University of Melbourne
Australia
Dr. William Bond
Emeritus Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
In Memoriam
South Africa