
Member Since 2024
Holly Gibbs
Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison
Dr. Holly Gibbs is a professor at the UW-Madison where she studies how and why people use land around the world and what these changes mean for the future of our planet. She was trained as a physical scientist and focuses on interdisciplinary, applied questions around human-environment interactions, globalization, environment, and policy. Gibbs and her team have developed novel methods to map commodity supply chains in support of company and government actions to reduce tropical deforestation.
Professional Experience
University of Wisconsin Madison
Professor
2011 - Present
Stanford University
David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow
2008 - 2011
Education
Doctorate
2008
Honors & Awards
Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Mid-Career Award
Received December 2024
AGU Abstracts
The U.S. Conservation Reserve Program fails to conserve agricultural soils with the greatest capacity to store carbon
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CARBON REMOVAL: LESSONS AND EXPERIENCES FROM NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS POSTER
biogeosciences | 12 december 2023
Seth SpawnLee, Tyler J. Lark, Holly Gibbs
The U.S. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the most expansive private-land retirement program administered by the U.S. federal government and is v...
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Harmonized Global Maps of Above and Belowground Biomass Carbon Density in the Year 2010
IMPROVING ECOSYSTEM CARBON BUDGET ESTIMATES AND FORGING LINKAGES FOR INFORMING DECISIONS II POSTERS
biogeosciences | 13 december 2019
Seth SpawnLee, Clare C. Sullivan, Tyler J. Lark, H...
Satellite-based, global biomass carbon maps are widely used for myriad scientific and policy applications, but all remain limited in scope. They are o...
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Mapping annual irrigation extent at 30-m resolution across the United States, 1997-2017
MAPPING AND MODELING THE FOOD-ENERGY-WATER NEXUS: NEW METHODS AND SYNERGIES II POSTERS
biogeosciences | 11 december 2019
Yanhua Xie, Tyler J. Lark, Holly Gibbs
Improved nationwide understanding of the spatiotemporal trends in irrigated croplands is urgently needed to improve assessment and monitoring of water...
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