Dr. Maya Almaraz

Biography

Maya Almaraz is a biogeochemist specializing in carbon and nitrogen cycling, with a research focus on developing carbon drawdown technology and finding ways to sustainably produce food for a growing global population. Her research incorporates fundamental scientific questions related to biogeochemical cycling and applied research aimed at solving environmental problems related to food systems and climate change. She employs emerging laboratory, field, and data science techniques to translate ecological knowledge into applications that benefit the economy and human well-being. Prior to joining Yale University, she was an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University specializing in Sustainable Food Systems and a Carbon Scientist at the Nature Conservancy, where she managed the Working Lands Innovation Center at UC Davis. Additionally, she has experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the World Wildlife Fund and UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Maya received her PhD from Brown University in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and holds a BS in Conservation Resource Studies and a BA in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley.

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