Forestry Graduate Student Research Projects

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List of current forestry graduate student projects: 2007-2008

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Name
Class Curr
Adviser
Research Project
Arriagada, Rodrigo
DR FOR  
SILLS/CUBBAGE
Private provision of public goods: applying matching estimators to evaluate "direct payments" for tropical forest conservation
Aspinwall, Michael
DR FOR
MCKEAND/KING
Physiology, biochemistry, and biomass production in genetically improved loblolly pine
Atmadja, Stibniata
DR FOR  
SILLS
Economic constraints and opportunities for limited resource landowners
Bauch, Simone
DR FOR  
SILLS
Environmental and development economics in the Brazilian Amazon
Bigsby, Kevin
MS FOR
SILLS
Anthropogenic influences on biological invasions: forecasting the spread of gypsy moth
Burke, Caitlyn
DR FOR  
STEELMAN
Interest group strateegies to influence natural resource policy
Butalia, Raj
DR FOR
DEVINE 
The role of soil spatial variability in watershed response for drainages at multiple scales
Carr, John David
DR FOR  
CHESHIRE
Integrating spatial information technology into undergraduate environmental science curricula
Carrasco, Luis
DR FOR  
BLANK
Applying GIS in assessment of cumulative and indirect impacts
Chen, Yi-Chiann
DR FOR  
CHIANG
Molecular cloning of lignin genes and transgenic production in Eucalyptus grandis tag.
Cohen, Susan
DR FOR  
GOLDFARB
Restoring long leaf pine to hydric soils
Conner, Cristin
MS FOR  
BULLOCK
Fraser fir growth and yield model
Emerson, Jennifer
DR FOR  
FRAMPTON
Resistance in Fraser fir to the balsam woolly adelgid
Espinoza, Jesus
DR FOR  
ALLEN/MCKEAND
Genetic and nurtitional effect on stem sinuousity of loblolly pine
Estevez, Rafael
MS FOR  
HAZEL/BARDON
Cost and benefit analysis of southern pine beetle prevention program
Frey, Gregory
DR FOR  
CUBBAGE
Production economics of small and large scale silvopastoral systems in the province of Misiones, Argentina
Garcia, Valerie
DR FOR  
CHESHIRE
Air quality and human health linkages
Grans, Daniel
DR FOR  
MCKEAND
Effects of genetics and silviculture and their interactions on loblolly pine and Norway spruce solid wood properties
Grecho, April
DR FOR  
BLANK
Education and assessment concerning historical land use and sustainable resource management
Gregory, Cheryl
MS FOR  
BLANK
Habitat characterization and development of search criteria for Lilium pyrophilum
Hannum, Lindsay
MS FOR
ROISE
Developing a small woody biomass harvester
Hester, Leslie
DR FOR  
NELSON
A landscape ecology analysis of the distribution of La Crosse encephalitis
Hibbert, Haley
MS FOR  
FRAMPTON
Grafting Fraser firs: seasonal and position effects
Hopkins, Christopher
DR FOR  
ABT
Ecologic and economic aspects of overyielding in mixerd species forest stands in southeastern US forests
Huang, Jin
DR FOR  
ABT
Economic analysis of climate change
Isaza, Nhora
MS FOR  
DVORAK
Verification and pitch canket resistance of Pinus tecunumanii x Pinus patula hybrids and flower induction in tropical and subtropical pines
Keto, Evan
MS FOR
HESS
Analysis of the composition, ecosystem effects, and economic costs of trees in parking lots in the Research Triangle, NC
Khan, George
MS FOR
WHETTEN
Investigating a low cost SNP genotype method in loblolly pine
Koesbandana, Sadharga
DR FOR
CUBBAGE
Oil palm and acacia plantation impacts on regional economy and natural resources
Laffitte, Lucy
DR FOR  
STEELMAN
Operationalizing environmental sustainability in higher education
Lourenco, Rodrigo
DR FOR  
CHIANG
Functional characterization of three families of P. trichocarpa microRNAs
McGinley, Kathleen
DR FOR  
CUBBAGE
Assessing the effectiveness of state and private sector policies for achieving sustainable forest management and protection in Central America
Montes, Cristian
DR FOR  
ALLEN
A resource driven growth and yield model
Newton, Leslie
DR FOR
HAIN
Balsam woolly adelgid resistance in Fraser fir
Payn, Kitt
DR FOR  
DVORAK
Population genetics and gene evolution study of Eucalyptus urophylla
Rhea, Lee
DR FOR  
KING
Ecophysiological impacts of anticipated atmospheric CO2 and O3 concentrations in the year 2050 on forests
Saha, Shubhayu
DR FOR  
SILLS
Essays on the dynamics between economic development and forest conservation
Sanglimsuwan, Karnjana
DR FOR
SILLS/PATTANAYAK
Three essays in environmental health
Shaw, Jasmine
MS FOR
MOORE/WARREN
Biomass harvesting extension education
Shellabarger, Rachel
MS FOR
PETERSON/WARREN
Measuring the mobilizationof human rights and environmental protection groups in the US borderlands
Sink, Scott
DR FOR  
FREDERICK
Managing for old growth conditions in second growth coastal rainforests of central Chile
Smith, Benjamin
DR FOR
MCKEAND
Incorporating realized gain from genetic improvement into loblolly pine growth and yield models
Smith, Kurt
DR FOR  
CUBBAGE
Open space and land preservation, organizational structure, policy, theory of government and non-government organizations
Stevenson, Hayley
MS FOR  
ROBISON
Weed suppression and tree growth in response to mulching using farming practices on first-year growth of loblolly, longleaf and cherrybark oak in an agroforestry system
Walker-Lane, Laura
MS FOR  
FRAMPTON
Water potential of eastern and Carolina hemlocks infested with hemlock woolly adelgid
Williams, Jay Logan
DR FOR  
HAIN
Biologically based integrated pest management in southern Appalachian Christmas tree production
Willis, Megan
MS FOR  
BRAHAM
Site requirements for Rhus michauxii
Wood, Elizabeth
MS FOR  
BULLOCK
Genetic variation and propagule effects on taper and stem form in loblolly pine clones
Wu, Yun
DR FOR
ABT
Forest-based biomass supply in the Southeastern US
Xiong, Jin
DR FOR
MCKEAND
Use of DNA markers to explore the genetic factors of forking in loblolly pine
Zerpa, Jose
DR FOR  
ALLEN
Effect of post-harvest organic matter management on soil labile carbon and its relationship with microbial growth and nutrient availability
Promo Area

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