Graduate Student Directory
Aref Amiri
MGIS Student Advisor: Ann Maclean
Alexander Apostle
Ph.D Student, Forest Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology Advisor: Carsten Külheim
Tanner Barnes
M.S. Forest Ecology & Management Advisor: Kristin Brzeski Searching for Red Wolf Ancestry
Along the Golf Coast of Texas
Claudia Bartlick-Georg
Ph.D Student, Forest Science Advisor: Yvette Dickinson Northern Hardwood Silvicultural
Experiment to Enhance Diversity
Parth Bhatt
Ph.D Student, Forest Science Advisor: Ann Maclean Remote Sensing and G.I.S.
Laura Burmann
M.S. Forestry Student Advisor: Matt Kelly Social Science perspectives of under-represented
groups in the fields of Forestry and Natural Resources
Michelle Cisz Brill
Forest Ecology PhD Student Advisors: Rodney Chimner and Sigrid Resh Soil carbon and
nutrients in forest bioenergy systems
Robin Clark
Forest Science Ph.D student Advisor: Yvette Dickinson Traditional ecological knowledge
and adaptive forest management
Stacy Cotey
Forest Science PhD Student Advisor: Audrey Mayer
Chinmoyee Das
Ph.D, Forest Science Advisor: Xinfeng Xie Wood Polymer Composites
Tiff DeGroot
M.S. Student, Forest Ecology & Management Advisor: Kristin Brzeski Ecology of Threatened
Mammals in Equatorial Guinea assessed through DNA Metabarcoding and Camera Trapping
Patrick Diedrich
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Houjun Ding
Master of GIS Student Advisor: Ann Maclean
Lindsey Dolinski
M.S. Student, Applied Ecology Advisor: Sigrid Resh Topic: Biological Control of Invasive
Species
Maeve Draper
M.S. Forestry Advisor: Robert Froese Assessing 65 Years of Growth and Yield from Northern
Hardwoods Cutting Trials in the Upper Great Lakes Region
Joseph Eskola
M.S. Forestry Advisor: Xinfeng Xie Wood Decay and Protection
Shallen Gurtler
M.S. Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Advisor: Carsten Külheim & Kristin
Brzeski The development of iDNA as a tool for monitoring mammal communities
Breanna Gusick
M.S. Student Advisor: Jared Wolfe Effects of different silviculture treatments on
small mammal diversity in northern hardwoods
Heidi Harmala
M.S. Forestry Advisor: Robert Froese Assessing the Carbon Life Cycle under Northern
Hardwood Silvicultural Systems
Logan Hawley
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Trenton Hibner
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Stefan Hupperts
Forest Science PhD Student Advisor: Yvette Dickinson Investigating Silvicultural systems
and regeneration mechanisms for promoting tree diversity in managed Lake States northern
hardwoods
Michael Hyslop
Forest Science PhD Student Advisor: Andrew Storer
Lauren Kamp
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Sirikorn Khumwan
Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology PhD Candidate Advisor: Oliver Gailing Topic:
Genetic differentiation between Quercus rubs provenances at gene-based and non-genic
micro satellite markers.
Jennifer Klemm
M.S. Applied Ecology Advisor: Tara Bal
Samuel Knapp
M.S. Applied Ecology Student Advisor: Chris Webster Gap dynamics and mycorrhizae
E Krause
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Tony Lammers
M.S. and MGIS Student Advisor: Jared Wolfe Winter Range Expansion of Songbird Communities
in North America
Ashley Laux
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Yanyun Li
Ph.D Student, Forest Science Advisor: Ann Maclean
Karl Meingast
Forest Science PhD Student Advisor: Evan Kane Dissolved organic matter across the
terrestrial-coastal interface
Zachary Merrill
Ph.D Student, Forest Science Advisors: John Vucetich & Chris Webster Topic: Dendroecology,
Forest Disturbance, Moose, Wolves, Spatial-temporal patterns, Isle Royale
Elizabeth A. Montgomery
Forest Science PhD Student Advisor: Andrew Burton Topic: How climate and human influence
alter decomposition processes and implications for forest conservation
Munkaila Musah
Ph.D, Forest Science Advisor: Xinfeng Xie Mechanical performance, Life Cycle analysis
and Bonding Properties of Cross Laminated low-grade timber in the Great Lakes Region
Andrea L. Myers
Ph.D Forest Science Student Advisor: Yvette Dickinson & Andrew Storer Beech Bark Disease
Seth Myers
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
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
Madeline Peterson
MS Student, Applied Ecology Advisor: Evan Kane Peatland Mycology
Ian Pope
M.S. Forestry Advisor: Robert Froese New Direction: LiDAR and Hyperspectral Data to
Predict Inventory, Growth, and Change
Veronica Porter
M.S. Student, Forest Ecology and Management Advisor: Fengjing Liu Concentration vs.
Discharge Relationships in US Catchments
Nathan Prangley
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Rafia Rahman
M.S. Forest Ecology & Management Advisor: Matt Kelly Assessing Soil Compaction in
Northern Hardwoods Following a Winter Harvest Using a Cut-to-Length System
James Rauschendorfer
Ph.D Student, Forest Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology Advisor: Carsten Külheim
Robert Richard
Ph.D Student, Forest Science Advisor: Evan Kane Spatial relationships of outwash-moraine
soil complexes, and nutrient availability to inform whole-tree harvest suitability
in the state of Wisconsin
Danielle Rupp
Forest Science PhD Student Advisor: Evan Kane Topic: Northern peatlands/Alaskan peatlands
Elsa Schwartz
M.S. Forestry Advisor: Matt Kelly Implications of Forest Tax Abatement Programs for
Rural Communities
Deanna Seil
Peace Corps Masters International Student Advisor: Audrey Mayer Human/livestock-wildlife
dynamics in the Tehuacán Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve
Joe Shannon
Ph.D, Forest Science, certificate in Data Science Advisor: Fengjing Liu Combined Impacts
of Invasive Species, Current Management Decisions, and Climate Change on Future Conditions
in Black-Ash Wetlands
Casey Sigg
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Elisabeth Stimmel
M.S., Forest Ecology & Management Advisor: Fengjing Liu Effects of emerald ash borer
and microtopography on vegetation and soil flux in black ash wetlands
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
Dominic Uhelski
Ph.D, Forest Ecology Advisors: Rod Chimner and Evan Kane Fire ecology of peatland
ecosystems
Matthew Vander Molen
M.S Student Advisors: Yvette Dickinson & Chris Webster
Ryan Warmboe
M.F. Student Advisor: Tara Bal
Sean Westley
Ph.D Student, Forest Science Advisor: Rod Chimner Restoration of Forested Wetlands
