Lab Members & Alumni

Lucy R. Hutyra is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. She received a B.S. in Forest Ecology and Management from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University for her thesis “Carbon and Water Exchange in Amazonian Rain Forests.” Dr. Hutyra’s current research centers on improving our understanding of the urban carbon cycle, particularly the role of vegetation and land use change on the flows of carbon between the biosphere and the atmosphere. She is a 2023 MacArthur Fellow, has authored over one hundred scientific publications, and served as a Visiting Faculty Fellow at Google from 2023-2024.

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Current Lab Members

Post-Docs

Ian Smith: Urban heat, vegetation, and climate solutions

Kyoungho Ryu: land-atmospheric boundary layer interactions and land surface fluxes

Chris Lee: reflectance spectroscopy, goniometry/BRDF modeling, hyperspectral imaging, spectro-polarimetry, radiative transfer modeling

PhD Students

Leeza Moldavchuk: Applications of satellite-based solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data over urban landscapes

Hristiana Stoynova: Environmental impacts of solar installations

Milena Raeber: Urban trees, policy-relevant research

Masters Students

Sophie Son: Impact of vehicle electrification and tree planting on emissions, air quality, and human health

Alumni