Academic Partners

CAFS brings the country's top forestry research programs together under a structured and supportive partnership. Our academic partners receive seed funding for for research and graduate student involvement, and they receive the recognition as a National Science Foundation research center.

Each of of our Academic Partners is considered a CAFS Site, with its own Site Director.

North Carolina State University:

Jose Stape
jlstape@ncsu.edu

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Oregon State University:

Glenn Howe
glenn.howe@oregonstate.edu

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Purdue University:

Charles Michler
michler@purdue.edu
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University of Florida:

Eric Jokela
ejokela@ufl.edu

University of Georgia:

Michael Kane
mkane@warnell.uga.edu
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University of Idaho:

Mark Coleman
mcoleman@uidaho.edu
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University of Maine:

Robert Wagner
bob_wagner@umenfa.maine.edu

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University of Washington:

Gregory Ettl
ettl@u.washington.edu

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Virginia Tech:

Thomas Fox
trfox@vt.edu
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North Carolina State University is the lead institution for CAFS:

Barry Goldfarb, Director
919-515-4471
barry_goldfarb@ncsu.edu

Lee Allen, Deputy Director
lee_allen@ncsu.edu

Lisa Schabenberger, Operations Coordinator
919-513-7368
lisa_schabenberger@ncsu.edu

Mailing Address:
Center for Advanced Forestry Systems
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
North Carolina State University
Campus Box 8008
Raleigh, NC 27695-8008
Fax: 919-515-6193