Anna Talucci Ph.D.

I am an ecologist who studies the impacts of insect outbreaks and wildfire on vegetation across the Arctic-Boreal system. I use satellite imagery and field data to better understand how these landscapes are changing.

My dissertation work focused on mountain pine beetle outbreaks that are followed by wildfire in British Columbia, Canada and how tree mortality affects the severity of the ensuing fires and ecosystem recovery. Before joining Woodwell Climate, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Colgate University, mapping wildfires in Siberian larch forests. I also worked with Inspiring Girls Expeditions, a tuition-free program for high school girls focused on expanding their opportunities in science careers. I was an instructor for their Girls in the Forest program, which examined fire ecology in interior Alaska.