Dr Marta Yebra is an Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering at the Fenner School of Environment & Society and at the School of Engineering. She is the Director of the ANU/Optus Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence; and a Mission Specialist at the ANU Institute for Space. Her research focuses on developing applications of remote sensing for the management of fire risk and impact at local, regional and global scales. She has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship; CSIRO Pyne-Scott Career Award; and the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC's Outstanding Achievement in Research Utilization.