Patrícia S. Silva Yale School of the Environment

Patrícia recently completed her PhD, where her research focused on the dynamic interactions between fire, climate, vegetation, and human activities in tropical ecosystems. Using a combination of remote sensing products and climate reanalyses/models, she examined how extreme wildfires emerge and evolve - particularly in Brazilian biomes like the Amazon rainforest.

Her current work identifies climatic thresholds for wildfires using novel fire datasets, statistical techniques, and machine learning. The ultimate goal is to build a wildfire probability model that helps fire managers assess risk and allocate resources more effectively.

Outside of research, Patrícia enjoys travelling, swimming, reading fantasy novels, and playing board games.

If you are interested in reading more about Patrícia’s research, please find her recent articles below: 

• "Fire in the Anthropocene (2025)
  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-89372-8_13
  
• "Joining forces to fight wildfires: Science and management in a protected area of Pantanal, Brazil"
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103818 

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