Graduate Student Research – Forestry Topics
| Name | Class | Curr | Adviser | Research Project |
| Amindarbari, Reza | DR | FOR | MEENTEMEYER | A non-deterministic planning framework for land use and density: land tax in place of zoning |
| Barnes, Thomas | MS | FOR | LEGGETT | |
| Benz, Brandy | MS | FOR | FORRESTER | Response of ground-layer vegetation to oak regenration management techniques in southern Appalachian forests |
| Bohannon, Ryan | MS | FOR | NICHOLS | |
| Brodie, James | MS | FOR | BLANK | |
| Braun, William | MR | FOR | MEGALOS | Converting old use agricultural plots into Christmas tree farms |
| Caisley, Lena | MS | FOR | COOK | Impact of calcium fertilizer on the growth and sem sinuousity of Pinus taeda and PH of organic soil |
| Carrell, Ana | MS | FOR | RIVERS | Implications of urbanization on flood vulnerability in Walnut Creek watershed: a land use/land use change study |
| Cary, Austin | MS | FOR | LEGGETT | |
| Caslin, Michael | DR | FOR | KATTI | Assessing the damage and resilience of Swietenia macrophylla and Talipariti elatum in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria |
| Chizmar, Stephanie | DR | FOR | PARAJULI | An assessment of forest incentive programs of the U.S. South |
| Cohrs, Christopher | DR | FOR | COOK | Optimizing productivity for intensive pine plantation management through forest soil classification and geospatial data science |
| Cooper, Tyrik | MS | FOR | LEGGETT | A greenhouse study evaluating fiber quality and production of industrial hemp in loblolly pine soil |
| Davis, Deborah | MR | FOR | ROISE | |
| Dick, David | MS | FOR | LEGGETT | Forest floor manipulation effects on mid-rotation soil quality metrics in a U.S. coastal plain loblolly pine plantation |
| Dobson, Doug | MS | FOR | MCKEAND | Effects of genetic homogeneity on stand uniformity with intensive silvicultural regines on loblolly pine |
| George, Dalton | DR | FOR | DELBORNE | Applying inclusive approaches to biotechnology governance: Opportunities, challenges, and methodologies |
| Gerstle, Christopher | DR | FOR | SCHELLER | Mechanistic modeling of oak regeneration |
| Gossman, Elle | MS | FOR | FORRESTER | |
| Hackman, Jacob | DR | FOR | COOK | The influence of phosphorus on microbial communities in southeastern loblolly pine stands |
| Hausle, Jacqueline | MS | FOR | FORRESTER | |
| Heine, Austin | DR | FOR | MCKEAND | Impact of improved loblolly pine seedlings in the SE US since the conception of the NCSU TIP |
| Hooke, Michelle | MS | FOR | LEGGETT | |
| Hovis, Meredith | DR | FOR | CUBBAGE | Exploring the role of community forests as an innovative approach for rural livelihoods in the U.S. |
| Ibarra, Luis | DR | FOR | HODGE, ACOSTA | Quantitative genetics of hybrid populations of Eucalyptus and Pinus: Genetic parameters and implications for breeding strategies |
| Ile, Omoyemeh | DR | FOR | KING | |
| Jackson, Colin | DR | FOR | ISIK/ACOSTA | Single nucleotide polymorphism discovery in tropical and subtropical pine species |
| Jessup, Rachel | MS | FOR | FORRESTER | |
| Kaya, Elise | DR | FOR | ABT | The impact of agricultural and conservation programs on environmental quality and policy evaluation |
| Lauer, Edwin | DR | FOR | MCKEAND | Elucidation of the genetic architecture for fusiform rust resistance in Loblolly pine |
| Lin, Yu-Ming | DR | FOR | ISIK | |
| Manz, Dominic | DR | FOR | JETTON | Effects of UV light on the resistance and resilience of eastern and Carolina hemlock against hemlock woolly adelgid |
| Marques, Barbara | DR | FOR | WANG | CRISPR-based genome editing in Christmas trees |
| Martinez, Melinda | DR | FOR | ARDON | Detecting early-warning signals of forested wetland retreat along the North Carolina coast |
| Martins, Gustavo | DR | FOR | HODGE | Understanding the quantitative genetic variation of economically important traits of the species Acacia crassicarpa |
| Marzolf, Nicholas | DR | FOR | ARDON | Long term changes in streams at the La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica |
| Massey, Cameron | MS | FOR | PARAJULI | |
| Memis, Ugur | MS | FOR | PAYN | Genetic parameter estimates from row/column experimental designs in loblolly pine |
| Monti, Cassio | DR | FOR | ROISE | Development of statistical and optimization models for the relationship among carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat indexes and timber growth |
| Morton, Kelsey | MS | FOR | ARDON | |
| Munthali, Wiza | DR | FOR | SILLS | Evaluating household cooking technologies in Lusaka, Zambia |
| Neville, Justine | DR | FOR | EMANUEL | A multi-sensor approach to assessing vulnerability of freshwater-dependent coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion |
| Palleti, Mohan | DR | FOR | NELSON | |
| Pandey, Piyush | DR | FOR | PAYN | High throughput phenotyping of loblolly pine using hyperspectral imaging |
| Payne, Jason | DR | FOR | JETTON | The effects of overstory competition and nutrient availability on early growth and development of underplanted backcross hybrid American chestnuts |
| Pelletier, Flavie | DR | FOR | Rathbun | |
| Peters, Kristin | MS | FOR | BARDON | An educational needs assessment for non-industrial private forest landowners in North Carolina |
| Phillips, Casey | DR | FOR | ROISE | Integrating wildlife habitat conditions into an optimized forest management strategy on North Carolina’s game lands |
| Posse, Juan | DR | FOR | HODGE | Genetic parameters for growth and wood quality traits in Eucalyptus dunnli |
| Queck, Thomas | MS | FOR | COOK | Investigating the use of indaziflam on loblolly pine establishment in southeastern forestry plantations |
| Rice, Asija | MS | FOR | LEGGETT | |
| Richardson, Logan | DR | FOR | SILLS | Energy poverty and wood energy in southern Africa |
| Robbins, Zachary | DR | FOR | SCHELLER | Modeling insect disturbances across the southern Appalachians |
| Satiroglu, Sinem | MS | FOR | PAYN | Prediction of genetic merit in loblolly pine using spatial and multivariate models |
| Schnake, David | DR | FOR | FORRESTER | Mid-tolerant hardwood tree species regeneration response and spatial patterning following gap-based harvest Treatments |
| Schrum, Paul | DR | FOR | NELSON | Using computational geometry for applications in natural resources and GIS |
| Schulte, Morgan | DR | FOR | FORRESTER | |
| Setzer, Trevor | MS | FOR | ABT | International trade effects on domestic forest product markets |
| Shalizi, Nasir | DR | FOR | ISIK | Genetic parameter estimates and GXE interaction from a large cloned loblolly pine population |
| Sodiya, Olakunle | MS | FOR | PARAJULI | Wood supply assessment in North Carolina: Examining market dynamics, resource availability and sustainability |
| Stillwagon, Matthew | DR | FOR | ARDON-SAYAO | The effects of saltwater intrusion on nutrient cycling in North Carolina coastal wetlands |
| Sulis, Daniel | DR | FOR | WANG | Multigene strategic engineering of lignin biosynthesis to improve Populus trichocarpa for bioenergy and bioproducts |
| Terrell, Edward | MR | FOR | ROISE | |
| Thomas, Austin | DR | FOR | JETTON | Towards adelgid tolerant Christmas trees |
| Thompson, Andrea | MS | FOR | BLANK | Solidago spithamaea: a population census and description of vegetative diagnostics for taxonomic identification |
| Voignier, Branden | MR | FOR | MEGALOS | |
| Walker, Trevor | DR | FOR | ISIK | Loblolly pine quantitative genetics |
| Warren, Alexander | MR | FOR | ROISE | The next step in saving the American chestnut |
| Zarate, Sebastian | DR | FOR | DELBORNE | |
| Zeighami, Amir | DR | FOR | KERN | Capturing the signature of drought on electricity markets and power plant emissions |
| Zhang, Zhen Zhen | DR | FOR | MARTIN | Building urban resilience for climate adaptation using green infrastructure |
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