Professor of Wildland Fire Science Leda Kobziar

397 Hutchison Drive,Davis CA 95616

01 March, 2023

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Please join the UC Davis Institute of the Environment as we host Dr. Leda Kobziar for a fascinating conversation surrounding her research surrounding fire and fuels management. Kobziar is Associate Professor of Wildland Fire Science and Director of the Master of Natural Resources program at the University of Idaho. From Researchgate.net: "Dr. Kobziar’s research explores how fire and fuels management affect vegetation communities, soil carbon cycling, tree mortality, and atmospheric smoke transport of living microbes. She is a Certified Prescribed Burn manager in Florida and Georgia and uses experimental fire in much of her research. Dr. Kobziar is an Associate Editor of the journals Fire Ecology and Forests, has been active in outreach and service with the Association for Fire Ecology’s Board of Directors 2009-2018 and as President from 2016-2018." The discussion with Kobziar will take place 4-5 p.m. Wednesday March 1, 2023 in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Student Community Center at 397 Hutchison Drive in Davis. The event is free and open to all.