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Pyregence Consortium

The Pyregence Consortium is advancing scientific knowledge of wildfires and building next-generation forecasting tools. Guided by an open-source philosophy, the Consortium is making the tools free and available to all, while also providing access to all underlying model inputs and datasets.

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Largely funded by a grant from the California Energy Commission, the Consortium is composed of leading researchers from 18 institutions across industry, academia, and government, as well as software developers and designers.

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Within the Consortium are four interconnected teams. Our two research teams, the Extreme Weather and Wildfire Team and the Fuel Mapping and Fire Physics Team, are fundamentally advancing our understanding of fire weather and forest fuels. Data inputs from this body of research will be fed into Pyregence’s new set of accurate, fast, and simple models, which are being developed by the Wildfire Forecasting Team and the Climate Change & Fire Projections Team. These two teams are developing tools that will generate accurate wildfire forecasts for the next week—and the rest of the century.

Using Pyregrence’s free, web-based tools, government officials, electrical utilities, and other users can access the information they need to safeguard people and property and strengthen the resilience of infrastructure and ecosystems.

Pyregence Team All

David Saah, PhD

David Saah, PhD

Principal Investigator

Janice Coen, PhD

Janice Coen, PhD

Co-lead, Extreme Weather & Wildfire Team

Owen Doherty, PhD

Owen Doherty, PhD

Lead, Fuel Mapping & Fire Physics Team

Scott Stephens, PhD

Scott Stephens, PhD

Lead, Fuel Mapping & Fire Physics Team

Chris Lautenberger, PhD, PE

Chris Lautenberger, PhD, PE

Lead, Wildfire Forecasting Team

Leroy Westerling, PhD

Leroy Westerling, PhD

Lead, Climate Change & Fire Projections Team

Shane Romsos, MS

Shane Romsos, MS

Project Manager

Alexis Bernal, MS

Alexis Bernal, MS

Fuels Measurement Analyst

Andrea Drew, CPA

Andrea Drew, CPA

Project Accountant

Andreas Prein, PhD

Andreas Prein, PhD

Atmospheric Scientist

Andrew Notohamiprodjo, MS

Andrew Notohamiprodjo, MS

Machine Learning Analyst

Ashley Conrad-Saydah, MS

Ashley Conrad-Saydah, MS

Policy Analyst

Benjamin Sleeter, MA

Benjamin Sleeter, MA

LUCAS Model Lead, Climate Change & Fire Projections Team

Brandon Collins, PhD

Brandon Collins, PhD

Co-lead, Fuels Measurement and Analysis

Bryan Penfold, MBA

Bryan Penfold, MBA

Upper-Air Profiler Manager

Carlos Fernandez-Pello, PhD

Carlos Fernandez-Pello, PhD

Fire Science Advisor; Lead, Small-Scale Fire Experiments

Carrie Levine, PhD

Carrie Levine, PhD

Fuels Modeler

Charles Maxwell, PhD

Charles Maxwell, PhD

Landis-II Vegetation Modeler

Christopher Anderson, PhD

Christopher Anderson, PhD

Geospatial Analyst, Tree Mortality and Fuels Mapping

Daniel Foster, MS

Daniel Foster, MS

Co-lead, Fuels Measurement and Analysis

David Marvin, PhD

David Marvin, PhD

Tree and Fuel Mapping; LUCAS Modeler

Franz Richter, PhD

Franz Richter, PhD

Fire Scientist

Gary Johnson, PhD

Gary Johnson, PhD

Lead Software Developer

Ian Moore, MS

Ian Moore, MS

Field Forest Ecologist and Data Management

Jason Moghaddas, MS, RPF

Jason Moghaddas, MS, RPF

Fire Science Advisor: Administrative Support

Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez, PhD

Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez, PhD

Project Fire Scientist

Jean-Pierre Wack, MBA, ME

Jean-Pierre Wack, MBA, ME

Project Management; Administrative Support

Jeff Knickerbocker

Jeff Knickerbocker

Computer Technology Manager

Joe Scott, MS

Joe Scott, MS

Fire Science Advisor, Fuel Modeler

John Battles, PhD

John Battles, PhD

Fire Science Advisor; Lead, Tree Mortality Projections

Jonathan Baldwin, PhD

Jonathan Baldwin, PhD

Data Analyst

Jonathan Sam

Jonathan Sam

Fire Scientist

Justine Bui, MBA

Justine Bui, MBA

Administration and Knowledge Transfer Support

Kenneth Craig, MS

Kenneth Craig, MS

Upper-Air Profiler Analyst

Kenneth Cheung

Kenneth Cheung

Full Stack Software Developer

Kim Carr, MA

Kim Carr, MA

User Engagement Specialist

Luca Camignani, PhD

Luca Camignani, PhD

Fire Scientist

Maria Theodori, MS, PE

Maria Theodori, MS, PE

Fire Scientist

Mariko Geronimo Aydin, MA

Mariko Geronimo Aydin, MA

Cost-Benefit Analysis Lead

Mark Essig, PhD

Mark Essig, PhD

Project Science Writer

Mark Finney, PhD

Mark Finney, PhD

Fire Science Advisor; Lead, Large-Scale Fire Experiments

Matthew Hurteau, PhD

Matthew Hurteau, PhD

Fire Science Advisor; Lead Landis-II Modeler

Matthew Spencer, PE

Matthew Spencer, PE

Full Stack Developer

Max Moritz, PhD

Max Moritz, PhD

Fire Science Advisor

Michael Gollner, PhD

Michael Gollner, PhD

Fire Science Advisor

Oliver Baldwin Edwards

Oliver Baldwin Edwards

Software Developer

Paul Lackovic

Paul Lackovic

Geospatial Analyst

Phil Dye, MS

Phil Dye, MS

Fire Science Advisor

Qingqing Xu, MBA

Qingqing Xu, MBA

Fire Scientist

ShihMing Huang, MS

ShihMing Huang, MS

Upper-Air Profiler Analyst

Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin

Upper-Air Profiler Analyst

Tami Lavezzo, MBA

Tami Lavezzo, MBA

Upper-Air Profiler Analyst

Zeke Lunder

Zeke Lunder

Fire Science Advisor

Taro Pusina

Taro Pusina

Wildfire Behavior Analyst and Advisor

Richard (RJ) Sheperd

Richard (RJ) Sheperd

Full Stack Software Developer

Todd Hawbaker, PhD

Todd Hawbaker, PhD

Long-Term Risk Projection Modeler

Todd Hawbaker, PhD

Todd Hawbaker, PhD

Long-Term Risk Projection Modeler

Samrajya Thapa

Samrajya Thapa

Fire Scientist

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