He was a postdoc in Dr. Lawler’s lab from 2009-2011 and helped develop and plan the Climate Adaptation Case Studies funded by the North Pacific and Great Northern LCCs. Dr. Withey has attended the workshops for the Pioneer-Craters and Columbia Plateau landscapes and will help write the case study reports, as well as communicate feedback from workshop participants to the Vulnerability Assessment team. He earned his Ph.D. from the UW’s College of Forest Resources in 2006, and his current research interests include integrating land-use and climate change modeling to better evaluate projected impacts on native species and ecosystems.