Environmental Impacts of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface

In this January 31, 2025, webinar, scientists from Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the University of Colorado Boulder shared information about the environmental hazards of smoke, data collected since the January 2025 fires, and lessons learned from previous similar fires.
This event was co-sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Resnick Sustainability Institute, and Linde Center for Global Environmental Sciences.
Panelists included:
Haroula Baliaka, Graduate Student in Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech
Joost de Gouw, Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
Sina Hasheminassab, Science System Engineer, JPL
Jessica Neu, Assistant Division Manager, JPL
Lauriane Quenee, Senior Director for Environmental Health and Safety, Caltech
Francois Tissot, Professor of Geochemistry and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, Caltech
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