Spatial Informatics Group, LLC

Dr. Jenkins is an internationally-recognized expert in developing methods for quantifying C sequestration in forests at local, regional, and national scales, as well as in understanding the spatial and temporal patterns of forest productivity and C storage. In addition to being a Senior Scientist for SIG, she is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont and President of Carbon Dynamics, LLC. She was the lead scientist in developing the biomass equations that provide the foundation for the biomass estimates in the USDA Forest Service carbon accounting model, which are also incorporated into the Forest Carbon Protocols for California's AB32 legislation and implemented in the US DOE 1605(b) Guidelines. Nominated by the USDA Forest Service as a US contributor to the 2006 IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Inventories in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector, she was the Lead Author for the chapters on Settlements (ch. 8) and Other Land (ch. 9), and a Contributing Author to the chapter on Forests (ch. 3). She has also been a pioneer in the rapidly-evolving field of GHG measurement and accounting in settlements and other land.