Kathleen Savage is a Senior Research Scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center. She received her undergraduate in geography at York University, Toronto, Ontario Canada, and her Master of Science in geography at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has an external faculty appointment at the University of Maine Orono. Her research focuses on the impact of climate change on forest, wetland and agricultural ecosystems with an emphasis on soil carbon and nitrogen cycles in New England forests. She has designed and built automated systems for continuous greenhouse gas (methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide) fluxes, including integrating low cost sensors, for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. She is a reviewer for scientific journals and competitive grants, including NSF and NSERC.
