Dr. Suvan Cabraal

Suvan A. Cabraal is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Wildland Fire whose research focuses on ecohydrology and land–atmosphere interactions in fire-prone ecosystems. His work emphasizes vegetation water dynamics, drought stress, and ecosystem resilience, integrating custom environmental sensor networks, micrometeorological observations, satellite remote sensing, and data-driven modeling approaches. He investigates how biomass water storage and plant hydraulic processes influence wildfire susceptibility, linking in-situ measurements with analytical and machine learning methods to improve wildfire monitoring and understanding of coupled ecological and atmospheric processes. These efforts aim to inform more accurate fire behavior assessment, improve ecosystem management strategies, and support decision-making related to risk and resilience.

Research Interests

Wildland fire–ecosystem interactions
Vegetation water dynamics
Drought stress and resilience
Land–atmosphere coupling
Environmental sensing and IoT

Education

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2025
B.S., Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology (Honors), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2019