Graduate Student Research – Forestry Topics
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| Name | Class | Curriculum | Advisor | Title |
| Adhikary, Anukram | DR | FOR | Sills, Parajuli | Influence of Community Forestry on the Dynamics of the Integrated Socio-Environmental System |
| Akdemir, Kerem | DR | FOR | Kern | Analyzing compound influences of heat waves and droughts on the U.S. electricity grid |
| Alirigia, Rex | DR | FOR | Delborne, Brown | |
| Arango, Laura | DR | FOR | Mmartin | |
| Ari Akdemir, Ece | DR | FOR | Kern | Multi-objective optimization of energy production pathways |
| Arteman Schulte. Morgan | DR | FOR | Forrester | Effects of harvested forest gaps on carbon dynamics and oak/hickory regeneration in the Southern Appalachian Mountains |
| Baldwin, William | MS | FOR | Whitehill | Evaluating the impact of Fraser fir aromatic compounds on deer browse |
| Beckham, Tira | DR | FOR | Richmond-Bryant | |
| Betancourt, Alejandra | DR | FOR | Mmartin | |
| Bhusal, Prabin | DR | FOR | Parajuli | Influence of Community Forestry on the Dynamics of the Integrated Socio-Environmental System |
| Bost, Jacob | MS | FOR | Cook | |
| Brigham. Michael | MR | FOR | Roise | |
| Caslin, Michael | DR | FOR | Katti | Assessing the damage and resilience of Swietenia macrophylla and Talipariti elatum in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria |
| Cherotich, Leonida | DR | FOR | Hodge | Improvement of vegetative multiplication rate of pine seed, and sterile propagation of mature pine genotypes |
| Cofre, Carlos | DR | FOR | Wang | |
| Conner, Sarah | DR | FOR | Isik | Genetic variation in Fusiform rust disease resistance in the northern breeding population of loblolly pine in the southeastern U.S |
| Cooper, Tyrik | DR | FOR | Leggett | A greenhouse study evaluating the effects future climate conditions will pose on industrial hemp |
| Cothron, Caleb | MS | FOR | Whitehill | |
| Cubas, Ana | DR | FOR | Parajuli | |
| Dahal, Bini | DR | FOR | Forrester | |
| Davis, Deborah | MR | FOR | Roise | Reassessing an established Forest Management Plan after a change in ownership and goals |
| Devihalli, Adarsha | DR | FOR | Whitehill | Investigating the interaction mechanisms Phytophthora root rot in Fraser fir |
| Deviney, Courtney | DR | FOR | Parajuli | |
| Dhaliwal, Amandeep | MS | FOR | Rathbun | |
| Dhungel, Gaurav | DR | FOR | Baker | Expanding Subregional Timber Supply Model (SRTS) to hardwood growing region in the US. |
| Fallahi, Mahdis | DR | FOR | Nelson | Regional synthesis of threats to forest carbon and water cycling across the US Southeast |
| Fuller, Madisen | DR | FOR | Gower, Baker | Carbon sequestration, carbon storage, or timber production? Modeling joint production possibilities for southern U.S. forests |
| Furgurson, Jill | DR | FOR | Delborne | Inclusive and responsible governance of environmental biotechnologies, such as the genetically engineered (GE) American chestnut tree. |
| Gade, Sai | DR | FOR | Whitehill, Wang | Interactions between Fraser fir and Elongate hemlock scale |
| Ganjam, Manaswini | DR | FOR | Gower, Baker | Carbon sequestration modeling for contrasting forest ecosystems in the United States |
| Gay, Elly | DR | FOR | MartinK | Assessing forest benefits on water quantity and quality in a developing watershed in the Southern United States |
| Gonzalez, Lauren | DR | FOR | Jetton | Impacts of silvicultural techniques on hemlock restoration and mangagement of the hemlock woolly adelgid |
| Gossman, Shelley | MS | FOR | Forrester | |
| Guner, Pinar | DR | FOR | Isik | |
| Hatling, Thomas | MS | FOR | Forrester | Effects of fire regime intensity and planting density on even aged longleaf pine growth with future simulations of economic and ecological management plans |
| Heine, Austin | DR | FOR | McKeand | Impact of the Mass Production of Controlled Pollinated Seed in Loblolly Pine and Ways to Improve Seed Yields Using New Pollen Testing and Collection Methods |
| Higuita. Maria | DR | FOR | Cook | |
| Hillborn Peters, Kristin | DR | FOR | Oten | |
| Ho, Thu Minh | MS | FOR | Baker | Global phosphorus fertilizer price trends and future volatility |
| Howell, Travis | DR | FOR | Acosta | |
| Jump, Romeo | MS | FOR | Hodge | Assessing methods for pollen quality testing in Eucalyptus |
| Kressuk, Jonathan | DR | FOR | Oten | Exploring lingering green ash dynamics in a post-emerald ash borer infested site |
| Lamica, Austin | DR | FOR | Parajuli | Bilateral interstate trade shifts in softwood pulpwood and sawlogs in the US Southeast |
| Laughlin. Maria | MR | FOR | Roise | |
| Ledbetter, Darius | MS | FOR | Leggett | |
| Levin, Benjamin | MR | FOR | Roise | |
| Lin, Yu-Ming | DR | FOR | Isik | Correspondence between a low-density targeted genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and high-density SNP marker panels in Pinus taeda |
| Lipscomb, C. Burke | MS | FOR | Cubbage | Implementation of Tree Planting and Forest Carbon Policies for Climate Change Mitigation in the U.S. |
| Loftis, William | MR | FOR | Jetton | |
| Manner, Richard | MS | FOR | Baker | |
| 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 |
| Mateos, Susana | DR | FOR | Katti | |
| McCarthy, Kevin | MS | FOR | Forrester | Spatial variation in belowground carbon dynamics resulting from experimental canopy gaps |
| McElvenny, Annie | MS | FOR | Kern | |
| Meeks, April | DR | FOR | Whetten | |
| Monti, Cassio | DR | FOR | Roise | Development of statistical and optimization models for the relationship among carbon sequestration, wildlife habitat indexes and timber growth |
| Munthali, Wizaso | DR | FOR | Sills | Perceptions, Uptake and Environmental Implications of Improved Cookstove Technologies in Energy Poor Communities |
| Niven, Caitlin | DR | FOR | Ercumen | An analysis of climatic factors and E. coli presence in samples from rural Bangladesh |
| O’Neal, Timothy | MR | FOR | Bardon | |
| Palleti, Mohan | DR | FOR | Nelson | |
| Poff, Missy | MS | FOR | MartinM | Impacts of Group Selection Harvest on Upland Hardwood and White Pine Regeneration in the Catskill Mountains |
| Pokhrel, Shila | MS | FOR | Parajuli | |
| Posse, Juan | DR | FOR | Hodge | Genetic parameters for growth and wood quality traits in Eucalyptus dunnli |
| Puls, Sarah | MS | FOR | Baker, Cook | Modeling carbon in harvested wood products from loblolly plantation systems |
| Pyles, Noah | DR | FOR | Mali | |
| Quate, Austin | MS | FOR | Isik, McKeand | |
| Queck, Thomas | MS | FOR | Cook | Investigating the use of indaziflam on loblolly pine establishment in southeastern forestry plantations |
| Raigosa-Garcia, Ivan | DR | FOR | Cook | |
| Razoki. Mindoro | MS | FOR | Hodge | Age-age correlations of the wood propertis of E. pellita and their estimate at various harvesting ages |
| Richardson, Logan | DR | FOR | Sills | Energy poverty and wood energy in southern Africa |
| Rodrigues, Jime | MS | FOR | Sills | Fires and policy enforcement in Brazilian Amazon |
| Rose, Ben | DR | FOR | Cook | |
| Rudd, Hayden | DR | FOR | Nichols | Using high resolution mass spectrometry to assess groundwater vulnerability and advance water quality monitoring |
| Schnake, David | DR | FOR | Forrester | Mid-tolerant hardwood tree species regeneration response and spatial patterning following gap-based harvest Treatments |
| Schunk, Nathan | DR | FOR | Baker | |
| Smith, Courtney | DR | FOR | Oten/Jetton | Alternative management of the Asian longhorned beetle |
| Snyder, Tessa | MS | FOR | Forrester | |
| Sodiya, E. Olakunle | DR | FOR | Baker | |
| Ssembatya, Henry | DR | FOR | Kern | Investigating vulnerability of the Texas power grid due to extreme weather and demographic/ technology changes |
| Suarez, Bethany | MS | FOR | Wang | DNA-free genome editing in forest trees |
| Trachta, Mariano | MS | FOR | Walker | |
| Vedoveto. Mariana | DR | FOR | Sills | Farmers’ decisions at the extensive and intensive margins in the face of precipitation changes in the Brazilian Amazon |
| Webb, Jackson | MS | FOR | Aguilos | |
| Weisbecker, Harry | MR | FOR | Roise | |
| Whitley, Margaux | MS | FOR | King | |
| Wofford, Casey | MS | FOR | Jetton | |
| Wood, Rachel | DR | FOR | Richmond-Bryant | Environmental and Health Impacts of a Wood Pellet Plant to the Ahoskie, NC Community |
| Zabala, Gina | MS | FOR | Jetton | Protocol to inoculate Ralstonia solanacearum in Eucalyptus Spp. to test susceptibility |
| Zader, Pamela | MS | FOR | Oten | |
| Zarate, Sebastian | DR | FOR | Delborne | The politics of potato germplasm conservation in the Peruvian Highlands |
| Zeighami, Amir | DR | FOR | Kern | Capturing the signature of drought on electricity markets and power plant emissions |