In this episode of Buff Innovator Insights, we meet Dr. Balch, associate professor of geography and director of Earth Lab­–a project at CU Boulder and CIRES. We’ll learn about how her work in places like Kenya and Amazon rainforests shaped her interests in the relationships between fire, Earth systems and people, and how she’s working to transform data into insights to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems.

*Intro and outro music by the artist, Broke for Free. (http://brokeforfree.com/)