
PhD Student
she/her
Advisor: Suchi Gopal
Mira Kelly-Fair is a PhD student who studies Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) under the guidance of Dr. Suchi Gopal, Dr. Les Kaufman, and Dr. Ethan Deyle. Advised by Dr. Roel Boumans, she is currently working on developing a Multi-scale Integrated Model of Ecosystem Services (MIMES) for Hopkins, Belize as it relates to mangrove loss; this is funded by the NSF Strong Coasts and by Boston University’s Global Development Policy (GDP) Center’s Summer in the FIeld Fellowship. Previously Mira published on land use and land cover changes in Semarang, Indonesia in MDPI and presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the American Association of Geographers (AAG), and the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). At IGARSS 2023, Mira placed second in the Young Professionals GeoPitch competition. Mira has also completed two National Science Foundation Fellowships: the Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) on Coastal Zone Hazards in summer 2023 and an International Research Experience for Students (IRES) in summer 2021. Mira is also the current president of the Earth and Environment Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the treasurer of Boston University’s out in STEM (oSTEM).