
Paul An
- Ph.D Student, Forest Science
- Advisor: Tao Liu

Michael Arkwright
- Master of Forestry
- Advisor: Tara Bal

Tanner Barnes
- M.S. Forest Ecology & Management
- Advisor: Kristin Brzeski
- Searching for Red Wolf Ancestry Along the Golf Coast of Texas
- tmbarnes@mtu.edu>
- Cell: 616-648-1398
- Noblet G030

Claudia Bartlick
- Ph.D Forest Science
- Advisors: Chris Webster and Julia Burton
- Plant Ecophysiology, Forest Ecology, Species Diversity, Natural Disturbance Based Management
- cbartlic@mtu.edu
- Noblet G024

Parth Bhatt
- Ph.D Student, Forest Science
- Advisor: Ann Maclean
- Remote Sensing and G.I.S.
- ppbhatt@mtu.edu
- Cell: 906-275-8464
- Forestry 135

Mattison Brady
- M.F. ; M.S. Forestry
- Advisor: Tara Bal
- Sugar Maple Dieback, Silviculture

Chinmoyee Das
- Ph.D, Forest Science
- Advisor: Xinfeng Xie
- Wood Polymer Composites
- cdas2@mtu.edu>
- 906-487-2665
- Noblet 103

Tiff DeGroot
- Ph.D Candidate, Forest Science
- Advisors: Kristin Brzeski and Jared Wolfe
- Environmental DNA / DNA Metabarcoding for Biodiversity Surveys, Species Distribution Modeling in Tropical Forests, Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation, African Pangolin Conservation

Lindsey Dolinski
- M.S. Student, Applied Ecology
- Advisor: Sigrid Resh
- Topic: Biological Control of Invasive Species
- lfdolins@mtu.edu
- Noblet 140

Seth Finkel
- M.S. Applied Ecology
- Advisors: Jared Wolfe and David Flaspohler
- Avian Habitat Ecology, Forest Management for Wildlife
- srfinkel@mtu.edu
- Cell: 571-201-2368
- Noblet G035

Breanna Gusick
- M.S. Forest Ecology and Management
- Advisor: Jared Wolfe
- How Differing Silviculture Treatments of Northern Hardwood Forests Affect Small Mammal Communities in the U.P.

Chris Hohnholt
- Ph.D Forest Science
- Advisor: Chris Webster
- Integrated Pest Management
- cahohnho@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2570
- Administration Building 220


Sam Kurkowski
- M.S. Applied Ecology
- Advisor: Rod Chimner
- Vernal Pool Ecology in the Great Lakes Region, Wetland Ecology and Restoration, Peatlands

Emily Lindback
- M.S. Forest Ecology and Management
- Advisor: Molly Cavaleri
- Plant Physiology, Northern Red Oak Physiology, Phenology, Growth Across a Latitudinal Gradient

Samuel Lopes Oliveira
- Ph.D Forest Science Student
- Advisor: Jared Wolfe
- Assessing migrant bird communities in Mexican oil palm plantations, and determining the efficacy of using carbon offsets to conserve migrant birds on their tropical wintering grounds.

Samuel Opoku
- Ph.D Student, Forest Science
- Advisor: Andy Burton
- Tracing wood carbon in soil using isotopic signature of wood
- opoku@mtu.edu
- Cell: 906-231-2260
- Noblet G015

James Rauschendorfer
- Ph.D Student, Forest Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology
- Advisor: Carsten Külheim
- jkrausch@mtu.edu
- Noblet G035

Ryne Rutherford
- Ph.D Forest Science
- Advisor: David Flaspohler
- Glacial and Climate Change Refugia in Rock Outcrop Communities, Ecosystem Indicator Taxa, Science-Based Conservation
- rdruther@mtu.edu
- Cell: 906-553-3387
- Noblet G022

Thi Mai Anh Tran
- Ph.D Forest Science
- Advisors: Valoree Gagnon and Chelsea Schelly
- ttran1@mtu.edu
- Noblet G023

Robert Tunison
- Ph.D, Forest Science
- Advisor: Molly Cavaleri
- Plant Physiological Responses to Warming in the Tropical Response to Altered Climate Experiment (TRACE) in Puerto Rico
- rptuniso@mtu.edu
- Cell: 513-309-4071
- Noblet G022

Joel Van Diepenbos
- M.S. Geographic Information Science
- Advisors: Mike Hyslop and Mickey Jarvi
- jtvandie@mtu.edu
- Hesterberg Hall, 135

Joanna Walitalo
- Ph.D Forest Science
- Advisor: Molly Cavaleri
- Wood decomposition and preservation, herpetology, pyrography, wildlife behavior, intersection of art and science
- joannar@mtu.edu
- Noblet 136

Sean Westley
- Ph.D Student, Forest Science
- Advisor: Rod Chimner
- Restoration of Forested Wetlands
- swestley@mtu.edu
- Cell: 269-547-7601
- Noblet G015

Rachael Wilber
- M.S. Applied Ecology
- Advisor: Mickey Jarvi
- Willow Live-Staking in Wetland Restoration
- rmwilber@mtu.edu
- Noblet G035