2022 and 2023 AFE Awards Celebration

We are proud to announce our 2023 award winners—Tessa Nicolet, Ellen Whitman, Rachael Nolan, Michael Stambaugh, and Paul Hessburg! And we really enjoyed celebrating our 2022 and 2023 AFE Awardees in Monterey, CA at the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress. Congratulations all!

2023 Awardees

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• Paul Hessburg, Senior Research Ecologist, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

AFE AWARDS

• Applied Fire Science Award: Tessa Nicolet, Fire Application Specialist, US Forest Service

• Early Career: Ellen Whitman, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service

• Early Career: Rachael Nolan, Senior Research Fellowship, Western Sydney University

• Distinguished Leader in Research: Michael Stambaugh, Professor and Director, University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources

2022 Awardees

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

The 2022 Lifetime Achievement awardees have demonstrated a career's worth of meaningful contributions to expanding our understanding and application of fire ecology, and have inspired and mentored a generation of fire scientists and managers. 

• Harold Biswell Award, presented to Carl Skinner, US Forest Service Retired, for his significant contribution to fire ecology and management in the western United States

• Herbert Stoddard Award, presented to James Furman, US Forest Service, for his significant contribution to fire ecology and management in the eastern United States

• Henry Wright Award, presented to Byron Lamont, Curtin University, Australia, for his significant contribution to fire ecology and management in grasslands and shrublands

AFE AWARDS

• Early Career Award: Aya Brigitte N'Dri Kone, Nangui Abrogoua University (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)

• Early Career Award: Adrian Regos, Forest Science Center of Catalonia, Spain

• Distinguished Leader in Education, Leda Kobziar, University of Idaho

• Distinguished Leader in Research: Lori Daniels, University of British Columbia

STUDENT AWARDS

• Undergraduate Excellence Award: Nic Dutch, University of California Berkeley

• Graduate Excellence Award: Cara Applestein, Boise State University