Lab Members and Alumni

Hutyra

Lucy R. Hutyra is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University.  She received her PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences in 2007 from Harvard University for her thesis “Carbon and Water Exchange in Amazonian Rain Forests.” In 1998 she received BS in Forest Ecology and Management from the University of Washington.  Professor 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.  Hutyra is the Faculty Director for the BU Biogeosciences Program, has authored over one hundred scientific publications and is currently serving as a Visiting Faculty Research with Google.

Link to Hutyra CV Sept 2023.

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  • Hris collecting soil cores under solar panels

  • Yorum and Leeza examining our SIF instruments at Harvard Forest

  • Taylor checking sap flow

  • Madison with a soil core

  • Lucy and Hris looking for a good spot to place soil sensors

Fellowship & Research Funding Opportunities!

CURRENT LAB MEMBERS:

Post-Docs

Yorum Hwang: Monitoring vegetation structure and function using remote sensing-based data.
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Ian Smith: Urban heat, vegetation, and climate solutions


PhD Students

Leeza Moldavchuk: Applications of satellite-based solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence data over urban landscapes
Hristiana Stoynova: Environmental impacts of solar installations

Laboratory Manager

Madison Barney

Masters Students

Sophie Kaye: Impact of public transportation on emissions, air quality, and human health

Undergraduate Students

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Sofiya Filippova

Alumni:

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Taylor Jones
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Sarah Garvey
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Luca Morreale
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Xiaojing Tang
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Julia Marrs
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Joy Winbourne
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Wiley Hundertmark
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Drew Trlica
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Conor Gately
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Laura Schifman
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Steve Decina
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Ha Nguyen
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Afshin Pourmokhtarian
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Andy Reinmann
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Brady Hardiman
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Britt Briber
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Steve Raciti
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Max Brondfield
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Brian Yoon
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Preeti Rao
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Marc-Andre Giasson
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Jackie Getson-Hardiman
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Tori Dearborn
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Lauren Cabrera
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Kirsten Johnson
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Irene Palazzoli