Mark Finney is a Senior Scientist and Research Forester with the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory. He has devoted his career to understanding fire as an ecological and physical process and has conducted research on prescribed burning and fuel treatment effects across the western United States. His wildfire modelling forms basis for operational wildfire predictions throughout the US. He holds a PhD in wildland fire science from the University of California at Berkeley (1991), a Master’s in Fire Ecology from University of Washington, and a Bachelor’s in Forestry from Colorado State University.
