Dr. Tara Hudiburg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences at the University of Idaho. Before coming to Idaho, she completed her PhD and MS degrees in Forest Science at Oregon State University and a postdoctoral appointment in Plant Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research investigates the impacts of climate, fire, and management on terrestrial biogeochemical cycling, particularly GHG implications. She uses data-model frameworks to improve and validate process-based models used for predicting future carbon cycle impacts in forest and agricultural ecosystems. She is an NSF Early Career award and PECASE recipient. Dr. Hudiburg has received over $3 million (U. Idaho portion out of $110 million total) in federal competitive funding from NSF, DOE, USDA, and the BIA. She currently mentors 3 PhD students and 2 postdoctoral researchers.