Michele Buonanduci

Dr. Michele Buonanduci is a Postdoctoral Researcher working jointly with the University of Washington and The Nature Conservancy. In her role with the Collaborative, Michele is using remote sensing and field data to quantify how fire regimes are changing across the western United States. In her role with The Nature Conservancy, she is working to understand the implications of those changes for Pacific salmon population health.

Broadly, Michele is interested in harnessing quantitative methods to address both basic and applied ecological questions. She holds an MS and PhD in quantitative ecology from the University of Washington, where her research explored the causes and consequences of forest disturbances (primarily bark beetle outbreaks and wildfires) across a range of spatial scales.