Luz’s research focuses on understanding how prescribed fire followed by grazing, known as pyric herbivory, affects aboveground carbon storage in semi-arid rangelands. She combines drone-based multispectral, thermal, and LiDAR imagery with satellite data and field vegetation measurements to estimate biomass and quantify carbon sequestration before and after fire events.

By comparing grazed and ungrazed plots, she assesses how herbivory influences post-fire vegetation recovery and carbon dynamics. This work provides insights into the ecological interactions among fire, grazing, and carbon cycling, with the goal of informing sustainable land management strategies that enhance ecosystem resilience and support climate mitigation.

Her research interests include carbon sequestration, remote sensing applications, machine learning for ecological modeling, and the sustainable management of rangeland ecosystems.

Luz holds a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering from the Universidad Católica Boliviana in La Paz, Bolivia. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management at Texas A&M University, where she serves as a Graduate Research Assistant.