Click here for a complete listing of the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science's faculty and links to their webpages and CV.
Dr. Andrew Burton. Research interests: Forest responses to global change factors, belowground processes, carbon and nutrient cycling, physiological ecology of tree roots, ecosystem ecology, undergraduate involvement in research. Email: ajburton@mtu.edu
Dr. Victor Busov. Research interests: Tree functional genomics; activation tagging for functional gene discovery in trees; hormonal regulation of tree growth and development; micro RNAs role in regulation of woody plant development. Email: vbusov@mtu.edu
Dr. Rod Chimner. Research interests: Applied wetland ecology, Riparian and wetland restoration, Peatlands, Mountain wetlands, Tropical peatlands, Ecosystem carbon cycling, Wetland ecohydrology. Email: rchimner@mtu.edu
Dr. David J. Flaspohler. Research interests: Conservation biology, ornithology, reproductive ecology and forest management, forest and openland songbird habitat use and demography, seabird habitat use, amphibian ecology, tropical ecology. Email: djflaspo@mtu.edu
Dr. Robert E. Froese. Research interests: Forest vegetation simulation modelling. Modelling tree height growth and yield. Site quality estimation using methods based on tree physiology. Applied statistical tools to support quantitative resource analysis and modelling. Measurement error models. Email: froese@mtu.edu
Dr. Margaret R. Gale. Research interests: wetland ecology, plant ecology, root ecology. Email: mrgale@mtu.edu
Dr. Jacqualine B. Grant. Research interests: Landscape Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Herpetology, Conservation Biology, Restoration Silviculture, Behavioral Ecology. Email: jbgrant@mtu.edu
Dr. Kathleen E. Halvorsen. Research interests: Sociology of natural resources; natural resource and environmental policy; ecosystem management. Email: kehalvor@mtu.edu
Dr. Scott A. Harding. Research interests: Plant cell biology, tree physiology, and molecular basis of tree development and adaptation of biotic and abiotic stresses. sahardin@mtu.edu
Dr. Chandrashekhar P. Joshi: Research interests: Plant molecular genetics, genetic engineering of cellulose and lignin in trees, regulation of gene expression during fast growth, tree genomics and forest bioinformatics. Email: cpjoshi@mtu.edu
Dr. Martin F. Jurgensen. Research interests: Forest soils/soil biology; organic matter decomposition/soil carbon relationships; management effects on soil chemical, physical, and microbiological properties; soil/forest productivity relationships. Email: mfjurgen@mtu.edu
Dr. David F. Karnosky. Research interests: Forest genetics/forest biotechnology; larch breeding, micropropagation and genetic engineering of fast-growing trees; air pollutant impacts on genetic composition of forest ecosystems; mechanisms for differences in air pollution tolerance. Email: karnosky@mtu.edu
Dr. Peter E. Laks. Research interests: Wood preservation, the development of low mammalian toxicity wood preservatives based on agricultural chemistries, the use of chemical additives to improve the properties of wood composites, phytochemistry. Email: plaks@mtu.edu
Dr. Erik Lilleskov. Research interests: Mycorrhizal communities at the stand level--examining the spatial structure of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and, through experimental lab and field studies, determining the effect of small-scale alteration of nutrient availability on mycorrhizal community dynamics. elilleskov@fs.fed.us
Dr. Ann L. Maclean. Research interests: Remote sensing, digital image processing, geographic information systems. Email: amaclean@mtu.edu
Dr. Linda M. Nagel. Research interests: Silviculture; forest vegetation dynamics; physiological processes of forest stand structures; tree ecophysiology. Email: lmnagel@mtu.edu
Dr. Blair D. Orr. Research interests: International forestry (particularly arid areas in developing countries), economic modeling of forest management and industries. Email: bdorr@mtu.edu
Dr. Rolf O. Peterson. Research interests: Ecology and population dynamics of mammals; carnivore ecology; predator-prey relationships; wolf-prey dynamics and other ecological studies at Isle Royale National Park. Email: ropeters@mtu.edu
Dr. James B. Pickens. Research interests: Management science, harvest scheduling, operations research, mathematical models. Email: jpickens@mtu.edu Master of Forestry <more information>
Dr. Tom Pypker. Research interests: Hydrology. Email: tgpypker@mtu.edu
Dr. Dana L. Richter. Research Interests: Forest mycology, pathology, fungal ecology; tree and forest disease diagnosis and assessment; wood decay and mold/stain testing of wood, composites, coatings, preservatives and fungicides; fungus isolation and identification; mycorrhizae; mushrooms. dlrichte@mtu.edu
Dr. Andrew J. Storer. Research interests: Forest insect ecology; insect/fungus/plant interactions; impacts of exotic species on forest ecosystems; interaction among fire, insects and disease; urban forest health. Email: storer@mtu.edu
Dr. Chung Jui Tsai. Research interests: Forest biotechnology, molecular biology, lignin biosynthesis, tissue culture and transformation of woody plants, genetic manipulation of tree growth and wood formation. Email: chtsai@mtu.edu
Dr. John A. Vucetich. Research interests: Quantitative ecology, demographic and genetic aspects of population biology (e.g., predation and management of genetic diversity), and the application of population models to management. Email: javuceti@mtu.edu
Dr. Leah M. Vucetich. Research interests: Molecular ecology, laboratory and statistical analysis of genetic data, analysis of survival data, and the effect of moose herbivory on forest dynamics. Email:
Dr. Christopher R. Webster. Research interests: Quantitative ecology and forest management; stand dynamics and silviculture in structurally complex, mixed-species forests; plant community ecology; ecological restoration; dendrochronology; plant herbivore interactions. Email: cwebster@mtu.edu
Last updated:
February 25, 2008
