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 |
