Jen Baron

Background

About Jen Baron

I am a transdisciplinary ecologist and researcher with the Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions (PICS) Wildfire & Carbon Project and Canada Wildfire Strategic Network, with a current focus on wildland fire, disturbance & landscape ecology, and data science. My research interests include patterns of- and interactions between- disturbance and landscape change, synergistic approaches of historical and modern ecology, and applications of statistical and simulation modelling to address ecological questions.My doctoral research is at the nexus of theory and application, addressing landscape change and fire risk through past trends and contemporary management decisions. Using fire history records, historical aerial imagery, and simulation modelling, I aim to understand how the legacies of colonization, fire suppression, and fuel accumulation shape current and future fire regimes. I explore how the strategic application of treatments (thinning & prescribed fire, managed wildfire, cultural fire) can restore fire-adapted ecosystems. Through this work, I collaborate with a diverse group of knowledge holders to help shape management, policy, and the next generation of fire research.