School of Forest Resources

Graduate Faculty

Jeffrey G. Benjamin, Ph.D. (University of New Brunswick, 2006), Associate Professor of Forest Operations. Supply chain management within forest industry, forest / stand production and final product quality, analysis of transportation systems, harvesting system selection

Mindy Crandall, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 2014), Assistant Professor of Forest Landscape Management.

John J. Daigle, Ph.D. (Massachusetts, 1997), Associate Professor of Forest Recreation Management. Recreation planning and management, social research methods for natural resource professionals, human dimensions of natural resources management.

Michael E. Day, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 2000), Associate Research Professor. Tree biology and physiological ecology

Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Ph.D. (University of Idaho, 2008), Assistant Professor of Nature-Based Tourism.  Sustainable tourism development.

Ivan J. Fernandez, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 1981), Professor of Soil Science.  Biogeochemistry of forested ecosystems in a changing chemical and physical climate.

Shawn Fraver, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 2004), Assistant Professor of Forest Ecosystem Science (Carbon & Climate Dynamics). Forest ecosystems science, climate change.

Douglas J. Gardner, Ph.D. (Mississippi State, 1985), Professor of Wood Science and Technology. Program Leader, Wood Science and Technology. Wood surface chemistry, phenolic-adhesive chemistry, wood anatomy, wood composites, wood adhesion.

Daniel Hayes, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 2006), Barbara Wheatland Assistant Professor of Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing.

Laura S. Kenefic, Ph.D. (Maine, 2000), Assistant Research Professor of Forest Resources. Silviculture, leaf area relationships, effects of exploitative cutting.

Alan J. Kimball, M.S. (Maine, 1978), Associate Professor of Forest Resources. Integrated management of nonindustrial forest properties, ecology and management of oak-pine forests.

Christian Kuehne, Ph.D. (Gottengen University, 2004), Research Associate.

Jessica Leahy, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 2005), Associate Professor of Forest Resources. Forest recreation, parks and tourism, community perceptions of forest recreation, quantitative survey methods.

Robert Lilieholm, Ph.D. (Berkeley, 1988), Professor of Forest Resources. Forest economics and policy, ways in which wildlands can be sustainably managed to promote a wide range of ecological and social goals.

William H. Livingston, Ph.D. (Minnesota, 1985), Associate Professor of Forest Resources. Cold tolerance of conifers, forest pathology, forest diebacks and declines.

J. Louis Morin, M.S. (Maine, 1978), Instructor of Forest Resources. Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems as they relate to natural resource management.

Robert W. Rice, Ph.D. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988), Professor of Wood Science and Technology. Wood physics, wood drying, non-destructive evaluation, forest products marketing, pulp and paper marketing and management.

Brian E. Roth, Ph.D. (University of Florida, 2010), Associate Director, Cooperative Forestry Research Unit (CFRU). Silviculture; production ecology, stand dynamics, resource use efficiency.

Steven A. Sader, Ph.D. (Idaho, 1981), Professor of Forest Resources. Cooperating Professor of Wildlife Ecology. Director, Maine Image Analysis Laboratory. Remote sensing of forest environments, tropical forest and conservation easement monitoring, landscape ecology.

Robert S. Seymour, Ph.D. (Yale, 1980), Professor of Forest Resources. Silviculture; growth and yield; ecosystem management.

Stephen M. Shaler, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 1986). Director, School of Forest Resources, Professor of Wood Science and Technology, Cooperating Professor of Chemical Engineering and Associate Director, Advanced Engineered Wood Structures and Composites Center. Wood composites and wood engineering.

Erin Simons-Legaard, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 2009). Research Scientist. Wildlife habitat ecology, applied landscape ecology, ecological modeling, conservation biology, geospatial analysis.

William (Carter) Stone, M.S. (Florida State University, 2003), Barbara Wheatland Geospatial and Remote Sensing Program Manager

Mehdi Tajvidi, Ph.D. (University of Tehran, 2003). Assistant Professor of Renewable Nanomaterials. Lignocellulosic materials, composite materials, bio-based composite materials.

Robert G. Wagner, Ph.D. (Oregon State, 1989), Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor in Forestry, Professor of Forest Resources and Director of Cooperative Forestry Research Unit and Center for Research on Sustainable Forests. Silviculture; forest ecology and regeneration; vegetation ecology and management.

Aaron R. Weiskittel, Ph.D. (Oregon State, 2006), Associate Professor of Forest Biometrics and Modeling. Empirical and process-based growth models, regional variation in forest productivity, crown structure and dynamics, quantitative silviculture.

Alan S. White, Ph.D. (Minnesota, 1981), Professor of Forest Ecology. Forest ecology, silviculture, plant competition, regeneration, old-growth stand development, disturbance ecology.

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Emeritus Graduate Faculty

Michael S. Greenwood, Ph.D. (Yale, 1969), Ruth Hutchins Emeritus Professor of Forest Tree Physiology and Emeritus Professor of Forest Resources. Emeritus Cooperating Professor, Department of Biological Sciences. Forest tree improvement, tree regeneration, tree physiology.

G. Bruce Wiersma, Ph.D. (SUNY, 1968), Emeritus Professor of Forest Resources and Emeritus Director, Center for Research on Sustainable Forests. Pollutant transport and monitoring, environmental science.

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External Graduate Faculty

Mark Ashton, Ph.D. (Yale University), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.

Mohammad Bataineh, Ph.D. (Stephen F. Austin State University, 2006), Assistant Research Professor. Silviculture; established regeneration in the northern conifer forest.

Steven Bick, Ph.D. (Viginia Tech, 1996), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.

Mary Bird, Ed.D. (Harvard Grad School of Education), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Regeneration ecology of native forests.

John C. Brissette, Ph.D. (Louisiana, 1990), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. U.S. Forest Service. Silviculture of northern conifer ecosystems, ecophysiology of conifer regeneration.

Zhiyong Cai, Ph.D. (Purdue, 1997).  External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Cellulose nanofibrils, wood composites, nanomaterials.

Anthony D’Amato, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts, 2007), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Environmental impacts of forest-derived biomass feedstock harvests; adaptation and mitigation strategies for managed forests in the face of global change.

Andrea Ednie, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 2007), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Recreation and Park Management.

Marla R. Emery, Ph.D. (Rutgers University, 1998), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.

Andew Finley, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 2007), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Hierarchical model for large geostatistical datasets NIH.

Gregory Fiske, M.S. (Oregon State University, 2001), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Application of GIS, Remote Sensing, and other techniques of geographic information science to sustain the health of the natural environment.

David Foster, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 1983), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Forest Ecology, Paleoecology and Conservation.

Barry S. Goodell, Ph.D. (Oregon State, 1983), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Control of decay in wood, wood microbiology, wood preservation, wood biotechnology.

Anthony Halog, Ph.D. (University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2002), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Industrial Ecology, Green Supply Chain Modeling and Management, Environmental, Industrial and Systems Sustainability, Simulation and Modeling, Systems Dynamics.

Yoosoo Han, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, 2002), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Environment-friendly thermoplastic composites, wood polymer composites, chemical modification of natural polymers.

Lloyd C. Irland, Ph.D. (Yale, 1973), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources, Principal, The Irland Group (Forestry Consultants). Forest economics.

John Kershaw, Ph.D. (University of Washington, 1993), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Forest inventory design, forest growth and yield modeling, applications of panoramic photography in forest inventory.

Michael Kilgore, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, 1990).  External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Global to local trends in natural resources conditions, utilization, ownership, management and societal interests.

Yuseung Kim, Ph.D. (University of Colorad0, 2010).  External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Sustainable development.

David Kittredge, Ph.D. (Yale University, 1986), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Conservation awareness index for private woodland owners, social network analysis of private woodland owners.

Lois-Ann Kuntz, Ph.D. (University of Florida, 1996), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Psychology and community studies.

Samantha J. Langley-Turnbaugh, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Soils, urban land use impacts on soil quality, soil evolution.

Donald MacKay, PhD. (University of Minnesota), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Economics, policy and administration, marketing.

David MacLean, Ph.D. (University of New Brunswick, 1978), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  CO2 emissions in forest operations, landscape pattern of naturally disturbed forest, high resolution mapping of biophysical indicators for grown and yield prediction.

Kevin T. McCarthy.  (M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1977). External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.

Kathryn Miller. (M.S., University of Maine, 2006). External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  NPS inventory and monitoring.

Richard Morrill.  (M.F., University of Maine, 2009).  External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.

Todd S. Rushing, Ph.D. (University of Southern Mississippi, 2004).  External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.  Enhancement of high strength, high density cement based composites via nanocements, nanocarbon, nano and micro cellulose and other additives.

Lindsey Rustad, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 1988). External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources.

Michael R. Saunders, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 2006). External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Influence of precommercial thinning on long-term stand growth.

David B. Struble, M.S. (University of Maine, 1974). External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. The onset of radial growth reduction caused by balsam woolly adelgid damage on balsam fir in relation to climate using dendroecological methods.

Bret P. Vicary, Ph.D. (Maine, 1986), External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources, James Sewall Co., Consultants. Forest economics, financial analysis, forest appraisal.

Jeremy S. Wilson, Ph.D. (University of Washington, 1988). External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Silviculture; integration of GIS technology, growth and yield models, stand and landscape visualization, and analysis tools to evaluate future landscape conditions under a variety of management scenarios, forest development patterns.

Stephen Wyatt, Ph.D. (Universite Laval, 2003). External Graduate Faculty in Forest Resources. Aboriginal forestry, forest management, forest policy, forest certification.