Tara Hudiburg

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Tara Hudiburg
Alma materPh.D, M.S. Oregon State University. B.S. Pacific Lutheran University
AwardsPECASE 2019, NSF CAREER 2018
Scientific career
FieldsForestry and Ecosystem Modeling
InstitutionsUniversity of Idaho College of Natural Resources
Website https://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/faculty/hudiburg

Tara W. Hudiburg is an American forest scientist who specializes in ecosystem modeling. [1] She is an associate professor at the University of Idaho in the department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences. [2] Hudiburg was honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019. [3]

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Early life and education

Hudiburg attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in biology. [2] Following that, she attended Oregon State University where she graduated in 2008 with a M.S. in Forest Science. [2] She then continued at Oregon State University earning a Ph.D. in Forest Science in 2012. [2] Hudiburg's Ph.D. work centered on biofuel production from forests in the pacific northwest. [4] She measured the greenhouse gas emissions from harnessing certain biofuels. [4] This work was completed with Oregon State University professor Beverly Law. [4] Hudiburg credits some of her early interest in forestry to her love of climbing trees as a child. [5]

Career and research

Hudiburg began her post-doctoral research at the University of Illinois where she focused on the impact of global warming on forests. [6] She was then hired by the University of Idaho in 2014 where she still resides as an associate professor in the department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences in the College of Natural Resources. The National Science Foundation awarded Hudiburg with a career award and research grant of roughly $650,000 in 2016. [7] With this grant, Hudiburg will research the relationship between forests and the atmosphere in our changing climate, specifically relating to droughts and fires. [7] This research has a planned timeline of five years. [7] In 2018, Hudiburg received a $750,000 grant in order to conduct a study on biofuel sustainability. [8] The study focuses on three crops and their viability as a source of fuel in comparison to fossil fuels. The study uses a process called biogeochemical modeling. [8] Hudiburg conducts much of her forestry research on Moscow mountain as well as in the University of Idaho's experimental forest. [3] This research is then often used in Hudiburg's ecosystem modeling lab at the university which works to understand the relationships between changing environments. [9]

Hudiburg is also a researcher for the MILES (Managing Idaho's Landscapes for Ecosystem Services) program. [10] This project measures human impact on the environment, and how it alters ecosystem services and their value. [10] Hudiburg's official title in this project is Social Ecological Systems Researcher. [9]

Hudiburg also takes her knowledge of forestry to undergraduate students as well as high school teachers in order to educate more on the topic and gain data for her research. [3]

In 2019, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) was awarded to Hudiburg. This award is earned by scientists who are beginning their individual science careers with exceptional work. [11] She earned this award through her study of forestry and the relationships between forests and their carbon intake. [12] Hudiburg found links between forest type and residence time of carbon in these forests, which are critical in understanding future carbon sequestration tactics to reduce climate change. [13] Hudiburg works to increase information available to the general public and governments, so that educated climate-related decisions can be made at all levels. [14]

Publications

The following are Hudiburg's highest cited publications on google scholar. [15]

Awards and honors

Related Research Articles

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References

  1. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#1553049 - CAREER: Forest-atmosphere interactions in an era of fire and drought". www.nsf.gov. U.S.: NSF, United States government agency . Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Forests: Guests (Science Trek: Idaho Public Television)". idahoptv.org. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "U of I Researcher Tara Hudiburg Honored with Presidential Early Career Award". www.uidaho.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  4. 1 2 3 "Production of biofuel from forests will increase greenhouse emissions". Life at OSU. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  5. ↑ Ask a CABBI Scientist: What did you want to be when you grew up? , retrieved 2019-09-11
  6. ↑ "Report: Warming bringing big changes to forests". MPR News. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  7. 1 2 3 "CAREER: Forest-atmosphere interactions in an era of fire and drought". vivo.nkn.uidaho.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  8. 1 2 Fisher, Sharon (2018-06-01). "Grant aids University of Idaho biofuel program". Idaho Business Review. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  9. 1 2 "Tara Hudiburg | MILES". www.idahoecosystems.org. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  10. 1 2 "Program Overview | MILES". www.idahoecosystems.org. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  11. ↑ "Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  12. ↑ Frederick, Brady (2019-07-22). "University of Idaho professor to receive presidential award". KXLY. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  13. 1 2 Duane, Maureen; Donato, Dan; Campbell, John; Turner, David P.; Law, Beverly; Hudiburg, Tara (2009-01-01). "Carbon dynamics of Oregon and Northern California forests and potential land-based carbon storage". Ecological Applications. 19 (1): 163–180. doi:10.1890/07-2006.1. ISSN   1939-5582. PMID   19323181. S2CID   2789347.
  14. ↑ Spokesman-Review, Eli Francovich / The. "Forest Fires Release Less CO2 Than Previously Thought, Challenging Some Forest Management Practices, Study Says". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  15. ↑ "Tara Hudiburg - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  16. ↑ Luyssaert, Sebastiaan; Christian Wirth; Law, Beverly E.; Hudiburg, Tara W. (2011). "Regional carbon dioxide implications of forest bioenergy production". Nature Climate Change. 1 (8): 419–423. Bibcode:2011NatCC...1..419H. doi:10.1038/nclimate1264. ISSN   1758-6798. S2CID   3652566.
  17. ↑ Anderson-Teixeira, Kristina J.; Miller, Adam D.; Mohan, Jacqueline E.; Hudiburg, Tara W.; Duval, Benjamin D.; DeLucia, Evan H. (2013). "Altered dynamics of forest recovery under a changing climate". Global Change Biology. 19 (7): 2001–2021. Bibcode:2013GCBio..19.2001A. doi:10.1111/gcb.12194. ISSN   1365-2486. PMID   23529980. S2CID   3015027.
  18. ↑ DeLucia, Evan H.; Hartman, Melannie; Parton, William J.; Puneet Dwivedi; Long, Stephen P.; Khanna, Madhu; Wang, WeiWei; Hudiburg, Tara W. (2016). "Impacts of a 32-billion-gallon bioenergy landscape on land and fossil fuel use in the US". Nature Energy. 1 (1): 15005. Bibcode:2016NatEn...115005H. doi:10.1038/nenergy.2015.5. ISSN   2058-7546. S2CID   18986129.
  19. ↑ Dwivedi, Puneet; Wang, Weiwei; Hudiburg, Tara; Jaiswal, Deepak; Parton, William; Long, Stephen; DeLucia, Evan; Khanna, Madhu (2015-02-17). "Cost of Abating Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Cellulosic Ethanol". Environmental Science & Technology. 49 (4): 2512–2522. Bibcode:2015EnST...49.2512D. doi:10.1021/es5052588. ISSN   0013-936X. PMID   25588032. S2CID   8532194.
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