Lucy Hutyra

Lucy R. Hutyra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University.  She received her PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences in 2007 from Harvard University. At Boston University, she is the co-director of the Urban Climate Initiative and an associate director of the NSF-funded Graduate Program in Urban Biogeoscience and Environmental Health. Professor Hutyra’s current research centers on improving our understanding of the urban carbon cycle, particularly the role of vegetation and land use change on the flows of carbon between the biosphere and the atmosphere.