Brandon M Collins

Associate Adjunct Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

Rausser College of Natural Resources

Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Brandon M Collins is an Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from UC Berkeley (2007), following an M.S. in Forest Sciences from Colorado State University (2004) and a B.S. in Forestry from UC Berkeley (2001). His research focuses on forest and fire ecology, specifically examining fuel treatment effectiveness, fire severity drivers, and landscape-level fuel break configurations in Sierra Nevada and Southern California ecosystems. Recent publications explore post-fire snowpack dynamics, giant sequoia mortality, and historical timber inventories. Collins was named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2025) and has provided expert testimony to the California State Legislature and U.S. House of Representatives on wildfire policy and power sector impacts.

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Brandon M Collins

University of California, Berkeley

Associate Adjunct Professor

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environmental science forestry climate change forest ecology fire ecology ecology wildfires earth science forest ecosystems forest research wildland fire geography climatology arid environments forest policy land use natural resource management sierra nevada ecosystems biogeography applied ecology fire technology landscape ecology forest restoration vegetation science terrestrial ecology plant science forest meteorology wildlife fire research spatial ecology fire modeling northern sierra nevada climatic change forest conservation forest resource management forest structure forestry engineering restoration ecology earth observation wildlife ecology wildlife management ornithology applied plant ecology forest carbon fire suppression burned area mapping spatial patterns mixed conifer forests environmental planning plant ecology ecosystem resilience vegetation history wildfire smoke fire severity high-severity fire ecosystem adaptation forest biology land management wildlife biology forest hydrology landscape change impact assessment earth observation data forest inventory forest biometrics optical remote sensing fuels treatments severity patterns northern california southern sierra nevada forest dynamics understory plant communities fuel loads ladder fuels mixed-conifer forests

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Configurations of Fuel Break Networks Influence Landscape-Level Fire-Risk in Southern California. Ecological Informatics (2026)

natural disastersenvironmental sciencenatural hazardsfire ecologywildland fireecological applicationswildfiresecologyfire risk analysis

Cumulative Effects of Forest Fuel Reduction and Restoration Treatment Regimes on Horizontal and Vertical Structure in the Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management (2026)

forest ecologyforestryenvironmental scienceforest resource managementforest ecosystemsforest restoration

How Big is Big Enough? Exploring Drivers of Fire-Induced Giant Sequoia Mortality From the Individual to the Stand Level. Fire Ecology (2026)

fire researchforest ecologywildland firefire ecologyfire dynamicswildfiresecology

Robust Historical Timber Inventories Describe Patterns of Forest Structure, Composition, and Competition Across a Wide Latitudinal Gradient. Forest Ecology and Management (2026)

wood sciencetree physiologyforestry engineeringforest policyforest ecologysystematics (systems theory)forestrybiodiversitygeographyforest researchforest productscommunity (ecology)evolutionary biologydeforestationphysical geographybiogeographyecology

Vegetation and Topographic Controls on Post‐Fire Snowpack: Evidence From the 2021 Caldor Fire. Ecohydrology (2026)

Carbon Costs of Different Pathways for Reducing Fire Hazard in the Sierra Nevada. Ecological Applications (2025)

ecologywildfire smokefire ecologywildfires

Collapse and Restoration of Mature Forest Habitat in California. Biological Conservation (2025)

forestrygeographyrestoration ecologyforest researchdeforestationurban ecologyecology

Decreasing Frequency of Low and Moderate Fire Weather Days May Be Contributing to Large Wildfire Occurrence in the Northern Sierra Nevada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2025)

climate changeforest meteorologyfire technologyforest ecologyglobal change biologyclimatic changenatural disastersextreme environmentsearth sciencenatural hazardsclimate dynamicswildland firefire ecologygeographywildfiresecologyclimatology

Drivers of Fire Severity in Repeat Fires: Implications for Mixed-Conifer Forests in the Sierra Nevada, California. Fire Ecology (2025)

Extreme Weather Magnifies the Effects of Forest Structure on Wildfire, Driving Increased Severity in Industrial Forests. Global Change Biology (2025)