Congratulations to becky kerns for being awarded 2023 Outstanding Associate Editor for Fire Ecology.
Becky Kerns is a Research Ecologist at the USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW: Fire, Fuels, and Smoke) located in Corvallis Oregon. She has held several leadership roles for USFS, including National Program Lead for Invasive Species, Assistant Director for Research at PNW, and PNW Research Team Leader. She is also Affiliate Faculty at Oregon State University in the College of Forestry. Her research focuses on understanding how fire and other disturbances such as invasive plants and climate change interact and alter forest vegetation and resilience across space and time. Kerns is committed to expanding diversity in the fire sciences and creating a culture where everyone feels welcome, including Barbie.
Editor’s Note: Becky has been a mainstay for the journal, almost since its inception. Her reviews are always thoughtful, constructive, and of the highest quality. She has never turned down an assignment, even when her work schedule was total chaos. Her unceasing quest to get comprehensive reviews in a timely fashion has made her one of our most valuable Associate Editors. Thank you, Becky, for all that you do for the journal Fire Ecology.
