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Jingjing Liang

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Jingjing Liang, PhD, CF

Assistant Professor
Forest Ecology

Contact Information

West Virginia University
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources
PO Box 6125, Morgantown, WV 26506-6125

Telephone: (304) 293-1577
Fax: (304) 293-2441
Email: jingjing.liang@mail.wvu.edu

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Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (Forest Biometrics, Ecological Modeling, Forest Management), 2005.

Professional Employment

Assistant Professor of Forest Biometrics and Management, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2007-2011)

Post-doctoral Biometrician, Forest Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station (2006-2007)

Research Associate, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005-2006)

Research Assistant, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001-2005).

Courses Taught

FOR 205 – Dendrology
FMAN 212 – Forest Ecology
FMAN 611 – Advanced Forest Ecology

Research Interests

Climate change and disturbances
National and regional mapping of forest and carbon dynamics
Geospatial models of forest dynamics
Forest diversity

Professional Affiliations

Society of American Foresters (SAF)
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Alaska Northern Forest Cooperative
Western Forest Economists
Midwest Forest Mensurationists

Selected Publications

Liang, J., M. Zhou. 2010. A Geospatial Model of Forest Dynamics with Controlled Trend Surface. Ecological Modelling 221: 2339-2352.

Liang, J. 2010. Dynamics and Management of Alaska Boreal Forest: An All-aged Multi-species Matrix Stand Growth Model. Forest Ecology and Management 260: 491-501.

Liang, J., D.E. Calkin, K.M. Gebert, T.J. Venn, R.P. Silverstein. 2008. Factors influencing large wildland fire suppression expenditures. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17: 650-659.

Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, R.A. Monserud, E.L. Kruger, M. Zhou. 2007. Effects of diversity of tree species and size on forest basal area growth, recruitment, and mortality. Forest Ecology and Management 243: 116-127.

Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, R.A. Monserud. 2006. Bootstrap simulation and response surface optimization of management regimes for Douglas-fir/western hemlock stands. Forest Science 52(5):579-594.

Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, and R.A. Monserud. 2005. Growth and Yield of All-aged Douglas-fir/western hemlock Stands: A Matrix Model with Stand Diversity Effects. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 2369-2382.

Liang, J., J. Buongiorno, R.A. Monserud, and J. Fried. 2005. Estimation and Application of a Growth and Yield Model for Uneven-aged Mixed Conifer Stands in California. International Forestry Review 7(2):101-112.

Liang, J., 2001. Study on the desertification of Ecotone. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis 37(4): 543-549.

Liang, J., M. Zhou, D.L. Verbyla, L. Zhang, A.L. Springsteen, T. Malone. (In press). Mapping Forest Dynamics under Climate Change: A Matrix Model. Forest Ecology and Management.

Ping, C-L., G.J. Michaelson, L. Guo, M.T. Jorgenson, M. Kenevskiy, Y. Shur, F. Dou, Liang, J. 2011. Soil Carbon and Material Fluxes across the Eroding Alaska Beaufort Sea Coastline. Journal of Geophysical Research 116, G02004, doi:10.1029/2010JG001588.

Young, B., J. Liang, F.S. Chapin. (In press). Effects of Species and Tree Size Diversity on Recruitment in the Boreal Forest: A Geospatial Approach. Forest Ecology and Management.

Zhou, M., Liang, J., Buongiorno, J. 2008. Adaptive versus fixed policies for economic or ecological objectives in forest management. Forest Ecology and Management 254:178-187.

Zhou, M., Buongiorno, J., Liang, J. 2008. Economic and Ecological Effects of Diameter Caps: A Markov decision model for Douglas-fir/western hemlock forests. Forest Science 54(4): 397-407.