Jonathan Fink is Professor of Geology at Portland State University, where he studies natural hazards, climate change and urban sustainability. He also is an adjunct professor in UBC's EOAS Department, where he leads the Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke webinar series (https://research.ubc.ca/cascadia-wildfire-urban-smoke). From 2017-2022 he worked in UBC's Office of Vice-President, Research and Innovation, building collaborations between UBC faculty and collaborators in universities and companies across the Pacific Northwest. He previously served as Vice President for Research at both PSU and Arizona State University. He received a PhD in Geology from Stanford University and is an elected fellow of the Geological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.