Area(s) of Expertise

Conservation Genetics, Landscape Ecology, Forest Health, Landscape Genetics, Biodiversity, Evolutionary Ecology

Education

B.A. Drake University (1993)
M.S. North Carolina State University (2002)
Ph.D. North Carolina State University (2006)

Research Interests

Landscape genetics; Evolutionary ecology; Forest tree population genetics; Gene conservation; Landscape ecology; Biodiversity; Forest health; Invasive species.

Publications

• A forest health retrospective: national and regional results from 20 years of Insect and Disease Survey data (2020)
• Broad-scale patterns of forest fire occurrence across the 50 United States and the Caribbean Territories, 2018 (2020)
• Coordinating the IUCN Red List of North American tree species: A special session at the USFS gene conservation of tree species workshop (2020)
• Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2019 (2020)
• Introduction: Forest Health Monitoring: National Status, Trends and Analysis, 2019 (2020)
• Large-scale patterns of insect and disease activity in the conterminous United States, Alaska, and Hawaii from the national Insect and Disease Survey, 2018 (2020)
• New Seed-Collection Zones for the Eastern United States: The Eastern Seed Zone Forum (2020)
• Predicting climate change extirpation risk for central and southern Appalachian forest tree species (2020)
• Impacts of Nonnative Species on the Health of Natural and Planted Forests (2019)
• Important Insect and Disease Threats to United States Tree Species and Geographic Patterns of Their Potential Impacts (2019)

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