Lucy R. Hutyra is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of Earth & Environment at Boston University. She specializes in urban climate and biogeochemistry, remote sensing, and vegetation ecology. Hutyra was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2023, was a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow, received an NSF CAREER Award, and currently serves on the NASA Earth Science Federal Advisory Committee. Hutyra received her PhD in Earth & Planetary Sciences from Harvard University.