Cari Furiness
Assistant Consortium Director
Research Associate - Department of Applied Ecology
NC State University
Bio
With a background in biology and forest ecology, Cari has worked on a broad range of research projects at NCSU with a focus on atmosphere-biosphere interactions and environmental sustainability and has played a long-term role coordinating precipitation monitoring sites in NC as part of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program National Trends Network. She received an A.B. from Cornell University in 1982 and an M.S. from Duke University in 1987.
Cari is the Assistant Consortium Director for the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center. She facilitates SE CASC research project management and reporting, contributes to implementation and oversight of SE CASC operations, and coordinates university consortium and working groups. This includes planning open houses, workshops, trainings, and regional science symposia; building regional partnerships; supporting the SE CASC Global Change Research Fellows program, and contributing to National CASC activities.