Graduate Students

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Dr. Thomas Buchholz (2009-2011). Research topic: Economic feasibility of small-scale bioenergy applications in the northern forest region. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Sabina Burrascano (Fall 2009). Research topic: Global meta-analysis of temperate old-growth forests. Funded as a visiting scholar from the Plant Biology Department, University of Rome – La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

Current Graduate Students

Dima Karabchuk. Visiting Fulbright Scholar (2011-2012). Topics: 1) Capacity building for carbon project development in western Ukraine; and 2) Effects of long-term forest recovery pathways and management history on carbon sequestration and co-varying ecosystem services.

Charles Kerchner. Doctoral Candidate, Natural Resources. Dissertation topic: Potential for forest carbon project development in the northern forest region.

Anna Mika. Doctoral Candidate, Natural Resources. Disseration topic: Carbon footprint analysis in urban and forested landscapes of northern New England.

Caitlin Littlefield. M.S. Candidate, Forestry. Thesis topic: Effects of biomass fuel harvesting on stand structure and carbon storage in northern hardwood forests.

Emily Russell-Roy. M.S. Candidate, Forestry. Thesis topic: Optimizing the greenhouse gas storage capacity and productivity of degraded forest lands: using rehabilitation forestry and carbon market participation to benefit overharvested forests in Vermont. Co-advised with Dr. Jennifer Pontius.

Amanda Egan. M.S. Candidate, Forestry. Thesis topic: Capacity building for carbon project development in western Ukraine. Co-advised with Dr. Cecilia Danks.

Former Graduate Students

Bradley Materick. MS, Botany, 2005. Project topic: Soil impacts from low intensity, uneven-aged silvicultural practices in northern hardwood forests. (presentation)

Heather McKenny. MS, Forestry, 2005. Thesis topic: Effects of structure-based forestry practices on amphibians in northern hardwood forests. (abstract)

Erin Copeland. MS, Forestry, 2006. Thesis topic: The riverine corridor as a mosaic of patches: riparian vegetation structure, classification, and geomorphological links, Champlain Basin, Vermont, USA. (abstract)

Katie Manaras. MS, Forestry, 2006. Thesis topic: Influence of forest structure and sampling scale on predictive accuracy in modeling avian community composition. (abstract)

Laurel Williams. MS, Forestry, 2006. Thesis topic: Predicting stand development responses to structural complexity enhancement in northern hardwood forests, using the SORTIE model and the "Structural Complexity Index." (abstract)

Kimberly Smith. MS, Forestry, 2007. Thesis topic: Effects of low-intensity, uneven-aged silvicultural practices on understory plant communities in northern hardwood forests. (abstract)

Jeremy Stovall. MS, Forestry, 2007. Thesis topic: Canopy structure and light environment over low-order streams, and effects on in-stream primary productivity, in mature and old-growth riparian northern hardwood-conifer forests, Adirondack Mountains, NY. (abstract)

Miranda Curzon. MS, Forestry, 2008. Thesis topic: Canopy gap dynamics and spatial distribution in old-growth riparian northern hardwood-conifer forests, Adirondack Mountains, NY. (abstract)

Bryan Foster (Co-advised with Dr. Deane Wang), 2008. PhD, Natural Resources. Dissertation topic: Sustainable forest management and certification systems in northern New England: ecological and economic implications. (abstract)

Jared Nunery. MS, Forestry, 2009. Thesis topic: Forest carbon storage in the northeastern United States: effects of harvesting frequency and intensity including wood products. (abstract)

 

Advisory Committees

Academic Years	Name	Program	Degree	Status
2001-2003	Thomas Lautzenheizer	Ecological Planning	MS	Graduated
2001-2003	Willard Morgan	Field Naturalist	MS	Graduated
2002-2004	Kathryn Ciarimboli	Natural Resources Planning	MS	Graduated
2002-2004	Peter Ellis	Field Naturalist	MS	Graduated
2002-2004	Kerstin Lange	Ecological Planning	MS	Graduated
2003-2005	Kate Forrer	Forestry	MS	Graduated
2003-2008	Bryan Foster	Natural Resources	PhD	Graduated
2003-2005	Ben Osborne	Botany	MS	Graduated
2003-2005	Kristen Watrous	Wildlife Biology	MS	Graduated
2003-2005	Dan Wells	Forestry	MS	Graduated
2003-2005	Mike White	Botany	MS	Graduated
2004-2006	Amanda Devine	Field Naturalist	MS	Graduated
2004-2006	Jesse Mohr	Ecological Planning	MS	Graduated
2005-	David Giuliani	Forestry	MS	Current
2005-2008	Stacie Grassano	Plant and Soil Science	PhD	Graduated
2005-	Carolyn Pucko	Botany	PhD	Current
2006-2010	Walter Auch	Plant and Soil Science	PhD	Graduated
2006-	Paul Lilly	Natural Resources	PhD	Current
2007-2009	Tiffany Larson	Geology	MS	Disenrolled
2008-2009	Kelly Goonan	Environment, Society & Public Affairs	MS	Graduated
2009-2011	Juliet Julliard	Plant and Soil Science	MS	Graduated
2010-	Ken Brown	Forestry	MS	Current
2011-	Rachel Garwin	Ecological Planning	MS	Current