{"id":37385,"date":"2025-05-30T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/?page_id=37385"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:27:11","slug":"environmental-forecasting-from-computational-tools-to-scientific-insight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/programs\/focused-research-programs\/frp-program-pages\/environmental-forecasting-from-computational-tools-to-scientific-insight\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Forecasting: From Computational Tools to Scientific Insight FRP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Dietze-FRP-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Dietze-FRP-636x358.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Dietze-FRP-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Dietze-FRP-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Dietze-FRP-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Dietze-FRP.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>FY26 Focused Research Program<\/h2>\n<h3>Our Focus<\/h3>\n<p><span>The world is undergoing continuous, accelerating change, evidenced by unprecedented wildfires, droughts, floods, and extinction events\u2014many driven by the rapid decline of ecosystems, the planet\u2019s life support systems. Environmental forecasting seeks to accurately predict changes in ecosystems <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the services they provide in response to natural and human drivers. <\/span><span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of this FRP is to lay foundations to establish BU&#8217;s leadership in the convergent area of environmental forecasting by bringing together our expertise across computer science, statistics, data science, ML\/AI, biology, and ecology.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Focused Research Program led by:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/michael-dietze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Dietze<\/a>, Professor, Earth &amp; Environment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/jonathan-huggins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Huggins<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Mathematics &amp; Statistics, Professor of Computing and Data Sciences, and founding member of Faculty of Computing &amp; Data Sciences<\/p>\n<h5>Research Thrusts<\/h5>\n<h5>1. Shared, Scalable Cyberinfrastructure &amp; Methods<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This thrust will identify, then begin to address, cyberinfrastructure and methodological bottlenecks that are relevant to a range of environmental forecasting use cases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Thrust Leaders<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-7517 profile type-profile status-publish hentry centers-initiatives-air-initative people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/mark-crovella-2\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"146\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2015\/08\/13-7340-CASHSHOTS-006-423x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Mark Crovella, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor, Computer Science, Engineering, and Computing &#038; Data Sciences<br \/>\r\nFounding Member and Faculty (CDS) <br \/>\r\nData Science Faculty Fellow<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-17469 profile type-profile status-publish hentry centers-initiatives-air-initative people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-frp-leaders-fy26\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/jonathan-huggins\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2019\/10\/BU_JonathanHuggins_0190.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Jonathan Huggins, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor, Mathematics &#038; Statistics, CAS<br \/>\r\nFounding member of Faculty of Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Core Faculty<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-22780 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/yves-atchade\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2021\/03\/yves.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Yves Atchad\u00e9, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Mathematics &#038; Statistics, CAS<br \/>\r\nFounding member, Faculty of Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-7061 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/luis-carvalho\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2015\/07\/12-5872-MATHSTATS-019-e1758647050221-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Luis Carvalho, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor, Mathematics &#038; Statistics, College of Arts &#038; Sciences<br \/>\r\nDirector, MSSP<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37273 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/julio-castrillon\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/JCastrillon-636x632-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Julio Castrillon, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Research Assistant Professor, Mathematics &#038; Statistics<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-33624 profile type-profile status-publish hentry centers-initiatives-air-initative people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/boqing-gong\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2024\/08\/Gong-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Boqing Gong, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor, Computer Science, CAS<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37259 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/debarghya-mukherjee\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/26112308_1882137391826403_5236774981398809101_n-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Debarghya Mukherjee, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor, Mathematics &#038; Statistics<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-15839 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/langdon-white\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2019\/03\/langdon-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Langdon White<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Clinical Assistant Professor for the Faculty of Computing &#038; Data Sciences<br \/>\r\nBU Spark! Technical Director<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Affiliated Faculty<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37243 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/thomas-gardos\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Thomas-Gardos-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Thomas Gardos, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor of the Practice of Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-33628 profile type-profile status-publish hentry centers-initiatives-air-initative people-directors people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-steering-committee\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/deepti-ghadiyaram\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2024\/08\/Deepti-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Deepti Ghadiyaram, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor, Computer Science<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-16324 profile type-profile status-publish hentry centers-initiatives-air-initative people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/mark-kon\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"141\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2019\/04\/image001.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Mark Kon, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Mathematics &#038; Statistics, CAS<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-36766 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-junior-faculty-fellow\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/pawel-przytycki\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/04\/pawel2-600x600-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Pawel Przytycki, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Junior Faculty Fellow (2025)<br \/>\r\nAssistant Professor, Computing and Data Sciences, CDS<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-34015 profile type-profile status-publish hentry centers-initiatives-air-initative people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/xuezhou-zhang\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2024\/09\/face-e1759853431308-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Xuezhou Zhang, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor of Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h5>2. Tropical Infectious Diseases<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of this thrust is to improve forecasting of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) \u2013 a zoonotic pathogen transmitted among dogs, sandflies, and humans \u2013 in Brazil from a \u201cOne Health\u201d perspective that accounts for environmental and climatic drivers of disease incidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Thrust Leaders<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37416 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/kayoko-shioda\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Kayoko-Shioda-1024x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Kayoko Shioda, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor, Global Health<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-26572 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-frp-leaders-fy24 people-steering-committee\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/gregory-wellenius\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Gregory-Wellenius.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Gregory Wellenius, ScD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor, Environmental Health (SPH)<br \/>\r\nDirector, Center for Climate and Health at the School<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Core Faculty<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37279 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-steering-committee\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/elizabeth-barnes\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2026\/03\/BU-Elizbeth-Barnes-CAS-EE-600x600-1-600x600-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Elizabeth Barnes, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Dalton Chair of Environmental Data Science, Faculty of Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37266 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/david-hamer\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/David-Hamer_40e-1024x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">David Hamer, MD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor, Global Health, Medicine<br \/>\r\nProfessor of Medicine, Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37262 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/jessica-leibler\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Jessica-Leibler-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Jessica Leibler, DrPH ScM<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor, Environmental Health<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h5><b>3. Urban Terrestrial Ecosystems<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This thrust will develop and iteratively refine prototype forecasts of urban ecosystems with a focus on trees and microbes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Thrust Leaders<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-27292 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/jennifer-bhatnagar\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2023\/06\/Bhatnagar-Thumb-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Jennifer Bhatnagar, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor of Biology<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-21584 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-frp-leaders-fy26 people-steering-committee\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/michael-dietze\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"147\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2020\/10\/MDietze.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Michael Dietze, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor, Earth and Environment, CAS<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Core Faculty<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-8738 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-frp-leaders-fy24 people-steering-committee\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/lucy-hutyra\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-07-at-8.53.32-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Lucy Hutyra, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Distinguished Professor of Earth &#038; Environment, Earth &#038; Environment (CAS);<br \/>\r\nDirector of the BU Biogeosciences Program<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-11165 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate people-frp-leaders-fy-27\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/daniel-segre\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2017\/02\/bme.profile.Segre-Daniel-318_1729_pp-copy-600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Daniel Segr\u00e8, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Physics<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37167 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/pamela-templer\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/image001-424x636-1-e1759851220605-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Pamela Templer, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Distinguished Professor and Chair, Biology<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h5><b>4. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This thrust aims to develop and then improve forecasting capabilities of complex biogeochemical, ecological, and community population dynamics in the coastal ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Thrust Leaders<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-42109 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/sasha-kramer\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2026\/04\/SashaKramer-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Sasha Kramer, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor, Earth &#038; Environment (CAS)<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Core Faculty<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37279 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-core-faculty people-faculty-affiliate people-steering-committee\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/elizabeth-barnes\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2026\/03\/BU-Elizbeth-Barnes-CAS-EE-600x600-1-600x600-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Elizabeth Barnes, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Dalton Chair of Environmental Data Science, Faculty of Computing &#038; Data Sciences<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37252 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/roelof-boumans\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/bouman-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Roelof Boumans, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Visiting Research Fellow, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, BU<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37256 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/peter-buston\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Thumb_203_203.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Peter Buston, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor of Biology; Director of the BU Marine Program<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37249 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/sarah-w-davies\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/1.Sarah_Davies-636x632-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Sarah Davies, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor, Biology<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37246 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/cedric-fichot\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-11-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Cedric Fichot, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Associate Professor, Earth &#038; Environment<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37239 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/sucharita-gopal\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"143\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/SuchiGopal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Sucharita Gopal, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor, Earth &#038; Environment<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37235 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/les-kaufman\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-18-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Les Kaufman, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Professor, Biology<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-37624 profile type-profile status-publish hentry people-faculty-affiliate\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/profile\/patrick-pat-keys-phd\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/hic\/files\/2025\/06\/PatKeys-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Patrick (Pat) Keys, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Assistant Professor, Earth and Environment, CAS<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h3>Sponsor<\/h3>\n<p>This Focused Research Program is funded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science &amp; Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to get involved?<\/h3>\n<p><span>For program specific inquiries and questions, please contact FRP leaders:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dietze@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Dietze<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:huggins@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Huggins<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a p=\"\"><\/a><span>Faculty interested in submitting a Focused Research Programs proposal are strongly encouraged to discuss their ideas with <a href=\"mailto:yannisp@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yannis Paschalidis<\/a>, director of\u00a0the Hariri Institute for Computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To learn more details about the Hariri Institute\u2019s Focused Research Programs,<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/how-to-get-involved\/for-faculty\/focused-research-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>visit here<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FY26 Focused Research Program Our Focus The world is undergoing continuous, accelerating change, evidenced by unprecedented wildfires, droughts, floods, and extinction events\u2014many driven by the rapid decline of ecosystems, the planet\u2019s life support systems. Environmental forecasting seeks to accurately predict changes in ecosystems and the services they provide in response to natural and human drivers. 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