NE CASC Welcomes Lama BouFajreldin as New Research Manager
The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is delighted to announce that Lama BouFajreldin recently joined our team as the center’s new Research Manager. In this role, BouFajreldin will conduct engagement research, strengthen partnerships with governmental agencies and NGOs, and facilitate collaboration among our researchers.
BouFajreldin earned a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in human dimensions of natural resources and environmental science. Following completion of her degree, she held appointments as an associate research scientist at the Prairie Research Institute’s (PRI) Illinois Natural History Survey and Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At PRI, Lama conducted human dimensions research to help inform natural resource management. There she coordinated the River Restoration Technical Advisory Group of the Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and led human dimensions research to help enhance strategic planning for the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative.
Most recently, Lama was a teaching assistant professor in the Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC). AT UNC, Lama taught undergraduate courses on Principles of Sustainability and Social Science Research Methods in addition to capstone courses.
“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Lama to the center as our new research manager,” Emily Fusco, NE CASC Deputy University Director, said. “Her educational background, experience in helping inform and improve natural resource management, and wide array of research and planning skills make her an ideal fit for our team. I look forward to working with her in identifying strategies for improving our approach to collaboration and partnership-building, which play an essential role in advancing our objectives to produce actionable science and expand the regional climate adaptation science community.”
