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 integrates experimental and modeling methods to uncover knowledge about the biological and physical drivers controlling terrestrial carbon uptake and release. She uses knowledge gained to improve and validate process-based models and to predict potential climate and management impacts to the carbon cycle in forest and agricultural ecosystems.