Dr. John C. Hermanson is a Co-Executive Director for the Center for Environmental Forensic Science and a Research Scientist in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington. Formally trained in Engineering Mechanics, John’s research interest encompasses data-driven environments for physical system identification including subjects such as multi-physics applications, industrialization of research, and characterization of biological systems. His current focus research projects are machine vision and learning for wood species identification (XyloTron) and machine learning on wood trade data to identify illicit activity (Arbor Harbor).
