Science – Understanding plants could make firefighting and prescribed burns safer:
Recent advances in remote sensing and modeling have opened the door to taking a deeper look at how the physical makeup of various plant species, particularly their carbon and water content, interact with fire. Accounting for these dynamic vegetation characteristics will improve not only the ability to better understand fire behavior but also fire effects and fire’s role in healthy ecosystem dynamics. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of June 20, 2022.
Connecting community members with college and career pathways:
Rebecca Estrada knows just how much education can change someone’s life and has dedicated her career to supporting and uplifting other people. Estrada works at Los Alamos National Laboratory as the higher education and workforce development specialist in the Community Partnerships Office. She routinely coordinates with the Lab’s Human Resources Department and the Partnerships and Pipelines Office to identify workforce needs and coordinate with regional education institutions—like Santa Fe Community College, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, Northern New Mexico College, UNM-Taos, Luna Community College and New Mexico Highlands University—to foster accessible, affordable training programs that lead local students down the pathway to jobs at the Lab or beyond. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL
People – Tang wins DOE Early Career Research Award:
Zhaowen Tang, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Dynamic Imaging and Radiography group, received a prestigious Early Career Research Program funding award from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. The program, now in its 13th year, is designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during crucial early career years, when many scientists do their most formative work. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL
