Andrew J. Storer
- Dean and Professor
- storer@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3470
- Noblet Building 121
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Forest insect ecology
- Insect/fungus/plant interactions in forest ecosystems
- Impacts of exotic species on forest ecosystems
- Interactions among fire, insects and disease in forests
- Urban forest health
Kathy Halvorsen
- Associate Vice President for Research Development
- University Professor of Natural Resource Policy
- Joint Appointment in Social Sciences and CFRES
- kehalvor@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3098
- Lakeshore Center 304
Areas of Expertise
- Climate change mitigation policy
- Arctic climate change impacts
- Energy conservation policy
- Renewable energy policy
- Indigeneity and climate policy
Tara L. Bal
- Assistant Professor, Forest Health
- Master of Forestry Degree Program Director
- Wood Protection Group, Microbiology/Pathology Lab Leader
- tlbal@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1898
- Noblet Building 112
Teaching Interests
- Forest Health
- Insect Ecology
- Maple Syrup Culture & Management
- Natural Resources Communication
- Vegetation and Pathology
Areas of Expertise
- Forest Health Management and Monitoring
- Earthworm Invasion Ecology
- Wood Decay Testing
- Insect, Fungi, and Environmental Education
- Forest Education, Diversity and Inclusion in Forestry and Natural Resources
Kristin Brzeski
- Assistant Professor
- kbrzeski@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1093
- Noblet Building 172
Areas of Expertise
- Conservation genetics
- Canid genomics
- Noninvasive methods in wildlife management
- Wildlife immuno- & epi- genetics
- Applied conservation in Central Africa

"Every day in the woods is a good day - don't get so caught up in the work at hand
that you forget to look around and appreciate where you are."
Andrew J. Burton
- Associate Dean and Professor
- Director, Ecosystem Science Center
- Coordinator of Interdisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Research
- ajburton@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2566
- Noblet Building 174
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Forest responses to global change factors
- Belowground processes
- Carbon and nutrient cycling
- Physiological ecology of tree roots
- Undergraduate involvement in research

"I consider myself extremely fortunate to live in a time when genome revolution in
many areas of biology is enabling unprecedented depth into our understanding of life."
Victor Busov
- Professor
- vbusov@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1728
- Horner Hall 185
Areas of Expertise
- Regulation of winter bud dormancy
- Gibberellins metabolism and signal transduction pathway
- Regulation of lateral root formation in relation to nitrogen and drought stress
- Regulation and evolution of secondary growth in woody perennials
- Micro and small RNAs regulation of development and response to environment
Molly A. Cavaleri
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies
- macavale@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2843
- Noblet Building 162
Links of Interest
- Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment (TRACE)
- Follow on Twitter: @MollyCavaleri
Areas of Expertise
- Forest canopy structure and function
- Forest response to global change
- Carbon and water cycling through forests
- Tree ecophysiology
- Stable isotope ecology
- Invasive tree species
Rodney A. Chimner
- Professor
- rchimner@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1464
- Noblet Building 114
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Peatland and wetland restoration
- Peatland and wetland carbon cycling
- Mountain wetlands
- Tropical peatlands
- Ecosystem carbon cycling
- Wetland ecohydrology
Stacy Cotey
- Advisor, Undergraduate Students
- Instructor
- srcotey@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2953
- Noblet Building 120
Areas of Interest
Student success
Scheduling, degree planning
Landscape ecology
Wildlife-habitat relationships
Science communication
Zhaohua Dai
- Research Assistant Professor
Yvette Dickinson
- Associate Professor
- yldickin@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2387
- Noblet Building 170
Links of Interest
Specialties
- Applied forest ecology and silviculture
- Stand- and landscape-scale forest structure
- Forest restoration

"Understanding how the Earth system functions is key to sustaining its natural resources
for future generations."
Paul V. Doskey
- Professor
- pvdoskey@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2745
- Noblet Building 113
Research Interests
- Environmental Biogeochemistry
- Biogeochemistry of Surface-Atmosphere Exchange
- Atmospheric Organic Chemistry
- Environmental Analytical Chemistry
David J. Flaspohler
- Professor
- Director of Undergraduate Programs
- djflaspo@mtu.edu
- Noblet Building 115
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Conservation biology
- Avian ecology and reproduction
- Cascading effects of deer overbrowse
- Island ecology
Robert E. Froese
- Associate Professor
- Director, Ford Center and Forest
- froese@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2723
- Noblet Building 175
Links of Interest
Certifications
- Registered Professional Forester, Association of BC Forest Professionals
- Certified Forester, Society of American Foresters
- Registered Forester, State of Michigan, Board of Foresters
Areas of Expertise
- Forest Inventory, Mensuration, and Biometrics
- Silviculture, Quantitative Silviculture, and Growth & Yield
- Empirical, process and hybrid forest modelling
- Biomass and Carbon Inventory, Management, and Life Cycle Assessment

Sarah Hoy
- Research Assistant Professor
- srhoy@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3292
- Noblet Building 188
Specialties
- Predator-prey interactions
- Animal ecology and conservation
- Population biology
- Life-history trade-offs

"A good map tells a multitude of little white lies; it suppresses truth to help the
user see what needs to be seen. ...the value of a map depends on how well its content
reflects a chosen aspect of reality."
—Mark Monmonier
—Mark Monmonier
Mike Hyslop
- Principal Lecturer
- Master of Geographic Information Science Degree Program Director
- mdhyslop@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2308
- Noblet Building 140A
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Geographic information systems
- Cartography
- Global positioning systems
- Great Lakes Quaternary (glacial) geomorphology

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made
all the difference"
—Robert Frost
—Robert Frost
Mickey Jarvi
- Lecturer
- mpjarvi@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2596
- Noblet 184
Areas of Expertise
-
Forest ecology with an emphasis on belowground processes
- Ecophysiology
- Forest response to global climate change
- Tree species native range differences in nutrient cycling
- Forestry and natural resource issues identified through the use of multispectral and hyperspectral imagery attached to unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)
Chandrashekhar P. Joshi
- Department Chair and Professor, Biological Sciences
- Affiliated Professor, CFRES
- cpjoshi@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2738
- Dow 741
Links of Interest
Research Interests: Biological Sciences
- Plant Molecular Genetics
Areas of Expertise: Biology and Forestry
- Cellulose and lignin biosynthesis in trees
- Wood formation
- Tree growth and development
- Engineering trees
- Forest bioinformatics
Martin F. Jurgensen
- Research Professor
- mfjurgen@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2206
- Noblet Building 137
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Forest soil productivity, management and sustainability
- Global climate change impact on soil biology
- Organic matter decomposition and ecosystem nutrient cycling

"If trees could run away from their place of establishment, believe me many of them
probably would!"
Evan S. Kane
- Associate Professor
- eskane@mtu.edu
- 906-482-6303
- Forest Service Building 123
Areas of Expertise
- Soil carbon
- Plant/soil relationships
- Decomposition
- Dissolved organic carbon
- Wildfire
- Black carbon

"Forestry will become a major provider of key materials; from construction to high-tech
to biofuels. It is our job to ensure trees thrive."
Carsten Külheim
- Associate Professor
- ckulheim@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1615
- Noblet 167
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Genetic basis of trait variation
- Plant adaptation to local environment
- Plant secondary metabolism
- Chemical ecology including plant –herbivore interactions
- Functional genomics of plant defences
Matthew C. Kelly
- Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Management
- mackelly@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3403
- Noblet 178
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Forest operations
- Forest and natural resource management
- Human dimensions of natural resources
- Watershed management
- Natural resources policy
Peter Laks
- Research Professor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Fungal and insect resistance of wood-based composites
- Preservative systems for solid and composite wood building products
- Nanoparticle wood preservative systems
- Field-testing of wood products for biodegradation resistance
Nancy Langston
- Professor of Environmental History, Social Sciences
- Member of the Great Lakes Research Center
- Affiliated Professor, CFRES
- nelangs3@mtu.edu
- Academic Office Building 220
Areas of Interest
- Toxics, forested watersheds, and northern lakes
- Environmental history
- Watershed change and water quality
- Mining history

"We are, in actuality, students of that greater order known as nature. It is into
nature that man vanishes."
—Loren Eiseley
—Loren Eiseley
Robert James Laverne
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Links of Interest
- International Society of Arboriculture
- American Society of Consulting Arborists
- iTree urban forest benefit measurement tools
- Urban & Community Forestry - USDA Forest Service
- National Arbor Day Foundation
- Urban forests and human benefits - resources
- Forestry for Urban Environments - Intro to FW4400 Urban Forestry class
Areas of Expertise
- Urban Forestry
- Arboriculture
- Tree Appraisal and Expert Witness Services
- Environmental, Economic and Social Benefits of Urban Forests
- Soundscape Ecology

"Change is the norm in ecosystems. What is new is the rate of change. How we respond
to this change will be our legacy to future generations."
Erik Lilleskov
- Adjunct Professor
- elilleskov@fs.fed.us
- 906-482-6303
- Forest Service Building
Areas of Expertise
- Forest ecology
- Ecosystems ecology
- Physiological ecology
- Community ecology
- Fungal ecology
- Mycorrhizal fungi
- Molecular ecology
- Soil ecology
- Global environmental change impacts on forest ecosystems
- Invasive species impacts
- Biogeography of invasive soil organisms
Tao Liu
- Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing and GIS
- taoliu@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1720
- Noblet Building 189
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Remote sensing
- Change detection
- Natural disaster mapping
- Invasive species mapping
- Landcover mapping
- Vegetation property extraction with remote sensing techniques

"Water is the new oil: a resource long squandered and soon to be overwhelmed by insatiable
demand."
—The Economist
—The Economist
Fengjing Liu
- Associate Professor
- fliu7@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1089
- Noblet 171
Areas of Expertise
- Ecohydrology in forests
- Watershed hydrology in montane and lake-dominated catchments
- Biogeochemistry in snow-dominated, agricultural and forested catchments
- Numerical modeling in watershed hydrology
- Forensic hydrology with natural geochemical and isotopic tracers
Ann Maclean
- Professor
- amaclean@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2030
- Noblet Building 189
Areas of Expertise
- Remote sensing
- Digital image processing
- Geographic information systems
- Spatial modeling
Audrey L. Mayer
- Professor of Ecology and Environmental Policy
- Assistant to the Provost, Academic Equity and Inclusion
- almayer@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3448
- Noblet Building 145A

Links of Interest
- Private Land Management and Voluntary Incentive Programs project
- Sustainable Futures Institute
- Follow me on Twitter! @AudreyLMayer
Areas of Expertise
- Landscape ecology
- Conservation Biology
- Environmental and Natural Resources Policy
- Sustainability science

Chris Miller
- Instructor
- Soils Lab/Greenhouse Manager
- Facility Space Coordinator
- camiller@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1058
- Noblet 134
Teaching Interests
Biometrics
Wildland Fire
Soil Science
Specialties
Ecological effects of wildland fire
Soil bulk density
Wood decay data analysis
Blair Orr
- Professor
- bdorr@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2291
- Noblet Building 145A
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Community Economics
- Forest economics
- Land use in the Upper Peninsula
- Ethnobotany
Rolf O. Peterson
- Research Professor
- ropeters@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2179
- Noblet Building 173
Areas of Expertise
- Mammalian ecology
- Predator-prey relationships
- Ecology and behavior of gray wolves

"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship
of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement
and mystery of the world we live in."
—Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
—Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Sigrid Resh
- Research Assistant Professor
- Coordinator, Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA)
- scresh@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1139
- Noblet Building 116
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Invasive species research, treatments, and education/outreach
- Forest restoration
- Soil sustainability
Robert Ross
- Research Professor
- rjross@mtu.edu
- 608-231-9221
- USDA Forest Products Laboratory
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Forest Biomaterials
- Nondestructive Evaluation
- Structural Condition Assessment
Mark Rudnicki
- Professor of Practice in Forest Biomaterials
- Coordinator of Industrial Research, Innovation, and Commercialization
- mrudnick@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2603
- Noblet Building 168
Areas of Expertise
- Forest Biomaterials
- Tree biomechanics
- Wind and trees
- Dendrochronology
- Extension and Outreach
James M. Schmierer
- Senior Lecturer
- jmschmie@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2963
- Noblet Building 130
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Management and silviculture of northern hardwoods and boreal forests
- Timber harvesting and site preparation effects on forest regeneration
- Forest recreational development and management
Terry Sharik
- Research Professor
- Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus
Areas of Interest/Study
- Academic leadership in natural resources
- Educational reform in natural resources
- Trends in natural resource enrollments
- Regeneration ecology of forests
Christopher W. Swanston
- Research Ecologist
- Adjunct Professor
- Director, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
- cswanston@fs.fed.us
- 906-482-6303
- Forest Service Building
Areas of Expertise
- Soil organic carbon stabilization and cycling
- Radiocarbon analysis and interpretation
- Forest response and adaptation to climate change
- Landscape scale conservation

Ken Vrana
- Director, Isle Royale Institute
- kjvrana@mtu.edu
- 906-487-4335
- Noblet 132
John A. Vucetich
- Professor
- javuceti@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1711
- Noblet Building 186
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Demographic and genetic elements of population biology
- Ecology of wolves and moose
- Environmental ethics

"Whether working with students in the lab, field or classroom, nothing beats seeing
the spark of understanding ignite a passion for learning."
Leah M. Vucetich
- Research Assistant Professor
- lmvuceti@mtu.edu
- 906-370-2374
- Noblet Building 188
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Isle Royale wolf genetics
- Field research methods
Christopher R. Webster
- Professor
- cwebster@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3618
- Noblet Building 166
Areas of Expertise
- Gap dynamics and disturbance ecology
- Invasion biology of exotic species
- Landscape ecology
- Plant community response to herbivory
- Restoration silviculture
- Wildlife habitat relationships

"We are doing excellent job in describing how an individual gene functions, but not
how life functions. Systems biology is to fill this gap."
Hairong Wei
- Professor
- Editor-in-Chief, Forestry Research (ForRes): http://www.maxapress.com/journal/forres
- Affiliated Professor, Mathematical Sciences & Computer Science
- hairong@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1473
- Noblet Building 176
Areas of Expertise
- Identification of genes regulating complex traits via systems biology approaches
- Gene expression data analysis
- Gene network construction and decomposition
- Developing software for mining large-scale biological data
- Genomics of wood formation
Jared D. Wolfe
- Assistant Professor
- jdwolfe@mtu.edu
- 906-487-3608
- Noblet Building
Fields of Expertise
- Wildlife conservation in working landscapes
- Temperate and tropical avian ecology
- Demographic modeling
- Avian molts and plumage
Xinfeng Xie
- Assistant Professor of Forest Biomaterials
- xinfengx@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2294
- Noblet Building 110
Areas of Expertise
- Carbon materials derived from wood, lignin, and cellulose
- Integrated thermochemical conversion and fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass
- Carbon-polymer composites and hybrid materials
- Wood protection and preservation
- Wood properties, quality, and modification

"The RNA regulatory system might have been essential prerequisite to both the evolution
of developmentally sophisticated multicellular organisms and the rapid expansion of
phenotypic complexity into uncontested environment."
Yinan Yuan
- Assistant Professor
- yinyuan@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1835
- Noblet Building 180
Areas of Expertise
- Identification and characterization of natural antisense transcripts in woody plants
- Alternative splicing and salicylic acid metabolism in populus
- Sequencing complex plant genome through gene-enriched methods