[3] Hudiburg attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in biology.
[6] She was then hired by the University of Idaho in 2014 where she still resides as an associate professor in the department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences in the College of Natural Resources.
[7] With this grant, Hudiburg will research the relationship between forests and the atmosphere in our changing climate, specifically relating to droughts and fires.
[3] This research is then often used in Hudiburg's ecosystem modeling lab at the university which works to understand the relationships between changing environments.
[9] Hudiburg also takes her knowledge of forestry to undergraduate students as well as high school teachers in order to educate more on the topic and gain data for her research.
[13] Hudiburg works to increase information available to the general public and governments, so that educated climate-related decisions can be made at all levels.