Audrey Barker Plotkin
Audrey Barker Plotkin is Senior Scientist and Site & Research Manager at the Harvard Forest, and Director of the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology. Her research delves into how long-term forest development trajectories are shaped by disturbances such as wind and invasive insects. She has a PhD in Environmental Conservation from the University of Massachusetts, an MS in Forestry from the University of Maine that focused on forest ecology and silviculture, and a BA from Carleton College in Biology. Audrey is involved in land management as the Site Manager at Harvard Forest, and as a Massachusetts licensed forester.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.