Rebecca was a research fellow in Dr. Hugh Safford’s lab at the University of California, Davis. Her research focused on the effects and drivers of forest disturbances, such as wildfire and bark beetle-induced tree mortality, and the ecological impacts of forest management practices. She also served as a liaison between Safford’s lab and the 10 U.S. Forest Service ecologists based in California, with the goal of improving collaboration and communication between applied scientists and resource managers in our lab. Rebecca served as co-chair of the October 2016 Natural Areas Conference, “Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Areas Management: Turning Words into Action,” and the 2018 symposium, “Living with Fire in California’s Coastal Ranges.” Prior to joining the Safford Lab in 2015, Rebecca worked for nine years as a Senior Biologist at a small environmental consulting firm specializing in conservation lands establishment and management and natural resource assessment. After leaving the lab, she began working for CalFire as a Research Scientist.