Valeria Briones

Current position: Research assistant within the Arctic Research Group at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA

Hometown: San Rafael, CA

M.S., Forest Resources, 2021

Thesis: “Forest phenology in Maine: Trends and drivers over the past two decades and implications for resource managers” (available to download here)

Advisors: Daniel Hayes, Sandra De Urioste-Stone

 

How did participating in the NRT program help prepare you for what you’re doing now?

I think the NRT gave me the opportunity and training to think about certain problems or topics from diverse perspectives. Not just thinking about a problem from a strictly scientific perspective but a social perspective as well.