Hana Matsumoto

Hana was raised in Columbus, Ohio and received her B.S. from Kent State University in Environmental and Conservation Biology and minored in GIS. Her previous research work involved investigating the effects of fire disturbance on tree species in New Mexico and Atlantic White Cedar mortality in New Jersey.

Hana is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the Environmental Studies and Geography departments at the University of Oregon. Her master's research centers on the impacts of climate change and disturbances on high northern latitude ecosystems. In her first chapter, she employs landscape modeling to forecast the potential future of vegetation in boreal and arctic Central Siberia, offering insights into how these regions may evolve under changing climatic conditions. Her second chapter focuses on recent changes in species composition and basal area from 2000 to 2023 in boreal Interior Alaska. This investigation leverages satellite data and machine learning to identify the mechanistic drivers behind these shifts, aiming to better understand the dynamics of northern forests in a warming world.

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