Senior Research Scientist
Conservation Biology Institute
La Mesa, California
Alexandra D. Syphard is a senior research scientist at the Conservation Biology Institute and Director of Science for the Global Wildfire Collective. With 120+ publications and 25+ years of experience, she focuses on the causes and consequences of landscape change, especially wildfire, vegetation dynamics, land use change, invasive species, and climate change. She also investigates structure loss and community vulnerability to wildfire, identifying management decisions that produce co-benefits for human and ecological well-being.
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THUR-C04: Myth vs. Evidence: What Science Says About Designing for Wildfire
Thursday, September 17, 2026
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT