Dr. David Diaz

David is a lifelong student of the “tall people”. Since leaving home as a Native Texan, he worked as a reporter covering international climate policy and carbon markets, wrote a how-to guide for forest carbon projects, designed new carbon accounting methodologies, and managed a portfolio of carbon offset projects before finding his path as a data scientist. For the past decade, he has applied ecosystem and geospatial data science to improve forest planning and monitoring systems used by thousands of landowners across Oregon and Washington. He holds a B.A. in Environmental History from Harvard, an M.S. in Soil Science from OSU, and a Ph.D. in Forestry from UW. At Vibrant Planet, David leads research and development related to growth-and-yield modeling, climate smart commodities, and tribal forestry. You can find David around Seattle where he and his wife Abby are learning along with their dog Melvin to take more deep breaths and to hunt truffles.