Tina (she/her) is a conservation scientist and landscape ecologist passionate about using predictive modeling to develop more effective, efficient, and creative conservation solutions in the face of global change. She currently serves as Technical Program Manager at SIG-NAL, where she leads the AI Collaborative: Wildfires—an initiative to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in predicting and detecting wildfires, quantifying risk, and promoting beneficial fire. She also supports projects focused on optimizing riparian restoration for ecological co-benefits and advancing data-driven approaches to threatened and endangered species conservation.
Before joining SIG-NAL, Tina was a Lead Scientist at Conservation Science Partners, where she partnered with agencies and organizations across the country to deliver management-relevant science on pressing conservation challenges in ecosystems ranging from sagebrush and northeastern forests to the Great Plains and the coastal Southeast. She has also served as a postdoctoral researcher with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, a habitat biologist for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, and the riparian restoration project manager for Clark County, Nevada’s Desert Conservation Program.
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Tina’s connection to nature was sparked by childhood days spent exploring a nearby patch of woods, fishing in neighborhood ponds, and stargazing with her dad. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Evolution from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a PhD in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology from North Carolina State University, where she used landscape change modeling to explore how conservation actions and global change affect landscape connectivity and ecosystem transitions.
Tina is an adventurer at heart—rock climbing, skiing, running, and lifting keep her active—but she’s equally happy curled up with a good book by the fire. Having followed her conservation career across the country, she treasures her far-flung friendships and loves visiting the people she’s met along the way.
