Sinéad Crotty

Sinéad Crotty holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences from the University of Florida and a BS in Biology (Honors) from Brown University. She has over ten years of experience in community ecology, ecosystem restoration, engineering, and geospatial analysis (Google Scholar profile).

Over the past five years at the Carbon Containment Lab, she has led the Biologic Program's research on biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) approaches, focusing efforts on reducing wildfire risk in the western United States and evaluating higher value end uses for biomass waste materials. She has deployed over six different replicated field experiments across the United States to better understand the context dependency of BiCRS success. She also leads experimentation on post-wildfire reforestation strategies and modeling of biomass availability in highest risk firesheds.

Sinéad's previous work utilized hypothesis-driven field experiments along with regional survey techniques, geospatial analyses, and modeling efforts to investigate the effects of climate change on biodiversity, stability and functionality of coastal ecosystems. Sinéad has conducted research across the many coastal systems of the eastern US, including salt marshes, sand dunes, mangroves, cobble beaches, and live oak savannas.