Jennifer Balch
“We really want to build a larger collaborative community because this is an all-hands-on-deck moment when we need everybody across sectors to be thinking about how we solve the fast fire problem,� she said.
Dr. Jennifer Balch, Director of the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab (ESIIL), CIRES Fellow, and Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, is leading an NSF-funded FIRE-NET project to create the Fast Fire
AGU, the world's largest Earth and space science association, celebrates individuals and teams through its annual Honors and Recognition program for their accomplishments in research, education, science communication, and
The Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab (ESIIL),Ìýa next-generation NSF synthesis center directed by Geography Professor Jennifer Balch, hosted its third annual Innovation Summit this September, bringing
CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch was named a 2025 AGU Fellow. Balch is the director of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab (ESIIL) and a professor of Geography.
New national center at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ will tackle pressing socio-environmental challenges with big data analytics, more TheÌýNational Science FoundationÌý(NSF) has funded a major new data science and diversity effort at
This panel of scholars will put Brazil’s recent period of forest fires into a larger historic, political perspective.Ìý Moderated by Joe Bryan, Associate Professor, GeographyPanelistsPeter NewtonÌý Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
TheÌýU.S. Geological SurveyÌýhas selected a University of Colorado Boulder team to host theÌýNorth Central Climate Adaptation Science CenterÌýfor the next five years, in a move that will foster both innovation and
New ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ÆÆ½â°æÏÂÔØ-led research shows that three major “switchesâ€� affecting wildfire—fuel, aridityÌýand ignition—were either flipped on and/or kept on longer than expected last year, triggering one of the largest and costliest U.S. wildfire seasons
Geography professor Jennifer Balch has been named a RIO Faculty Fellow.ÌýTheÌýResearch & Innovation Office (RIO)ÌýFaculty Fellows ProgramÌýis a campus-wide research and creative works leadership program that