The Wildfire Research (WiRē) works side-by-side with local wildfire education practitioners to develop evidence-based community wildfire education programs. The WiRē process pairs social data from residents living in the wildland urban interface with parcel level wildfire risk data. Project are driven by a need and invitation that comes from the community partners and builds on over 30 years of world-class fire science at CO-LABS partner the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service in Ft. Collins, Colorado. In addition to the longstanding experience with the physical risks of fire, the program is using cutting edge social science and community engagement to provide tailored information to suit the needs of different audiences. See more at https://wildfireresearchcenter.org/ On November 20, 2024 CO-LABS played this video spotlight as the WiRe team was recognized as the winner of the Pathfinding Partnerships Award at the 2024 Governor's Awards for High Impact Research event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with over 200 guests from academia, research laboratories, economic development agenices and civic and technological leadership across Colorado. The Pathfinding Partnership Award is for research that engaged four or more distinct research entities in Colorado (with at least two being federally-funded labs) whose results leveraged the resources and strengths among partnering organizations – and demonstrate the power of collaboration. See more about the awards at https://www.2024govawards.com/

Through pioneering microcomb research, the team of Drs. Jennifer Black, Travis Briles, David Carlson, Daniel Hickstein, Zachary Newman, and Scott Papp has invented methods to shrink laser frequency combs from large-scale laboratory systems to portable microfabricated devices and has led the use of these microcombs in numerous innovative applications. They have also pioneered the adoption of new materials with enhanced nonlinearity and improved fabrication capabilities. The team’s advances to the field are being adopted for applications in laser science, precision frequency measurement for optical atomic clocks, quantum sensing, and optical signal processing. On November 20, 2024 CO-LABS played this video spotlight as the teams from the National Institute of Satndards and Technology in Boulder, CO and Octave Photonics in Louisville CO were recognized as the winners of the Technology Transfer Award at the 2024 Governor's Awards for High Impact Research event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with over 200 guests from academia, research laboratories, economic development agenices and civic and technological leadership across Colorado. This Award is for research that resulted in a technological solution with widespread and/or significantly measurable societal utilization, with related impact on a global challenge or issue. See more at https://www.2024govawards.com/

Dr. Manuel “Matt” Mendoza, is a geophysicist who completed his postdoc as a CIRES Fellow with Anne Sheehan’s geophysics group at CU Boulder and is currently posted at the US Bureau of Reclamation Denver​​. His specialty with CIRES was using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), a cutting-edge technique that probes both natural and human-triggered seismic activity. DAS, a new form of technology developed in the last decade, allows for continuous measurement of ground motion across large distances, utilizing fiber optic cables typically used for telecommunications. On November 20, 2024 CO-LABS played this video spotlight as Dr. Mendoza was recognized with the Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award at the 2024 Governor's Awards for High Impact Research event at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science with over 200 guests from academia, research laboratories, economic development agenices and civic and technological leadership across Colorado. This Award spotlights the discoveries and remarkable work of someone having more recently started on their path of scientific discovery. We look for significant demonstration of initiative, Inspiration, collaboration skills, and other skills and attributes, including the ability to inform and inspire others. See more about the awards at https://www.2024govawards.com/