FRM Faculty and Staff
John R. Brooks, Ph.D. - Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
(304) 293-5313
Email: jrbrooks@mail.wvu.edu
Webpage: http://community.wvu.edu/~jrb017/
Forest Biometrics, Inventory, Volume, Weight, Taper and Growth & Yield Modeling.
Kathryn G. Arano, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor
(304) 293-5321
Email: Kathryn.Arano@mail.wvu.edu
Webpage: http://community.wvu.edu/~kga001/
Economics of Eastern hardwood management, production and utilization; economics of private forest management; forest investment; forest taxation; non-market economic; and international forestry.
Eric Heitzman, Ph.D.- Assistant Professor
(304) 293-5699
Email: Eric.Heitzman@mail.wvu.edu
Web page: http://www.forestry.caf.wvu.edu/eHeitzman/index.html
Forest stand dynamics. Species composition and structural changes over time in response to disturbances (or lack thereof). Ecological issues relating to forest health. Silviculture of Appalachian Forests.
Ray R. Hicks, Jr., Ph.D. - Professor
(304) 293-5827
Email: rhicks3@wvu.edu
Webpage: http://community.wvu.edu/~rrh004/
Forest health, forest mineral cycling, old growth forests and unique forest communities such as the rimrock pine communities in the New River Gorge.
David W. McGill, Ph.D. - Associate Professor
(304) 293-5930
Email: dmcgill@wvu.edu
Web page: http://community.wvu.edu/~dwm011/
Silviculture of mixed-species stands; Management of Family Forests; Effectiveness of Forestry Outreach Programs; Control methods for Ailanthus altissima.
Stuart Moss, M.S., MBA - Research Assistant Professor
(304) 293-6465
Email: Stuart.Moss@mail.wvu.edu
Webpage: http://community.wvu.edu/~sam049/
Forest business management: timberland investments, non-industrial private forestland management, small business management for natural resource-based enterprises.
Kathryn Piatek, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor
(304) 293-6292
Email: Kathryn.Piatek@mail.wvu.edu
Webpage: http://community.wvu.edu/~kbp004/
Effects of forest management on soil carbon and nutrient pools, forest productivity, and on nutrient export in surface waters. Developing management strategies for sustainable forest production through organic matter management. Use of chemical and isotopic analyses to study element cycling in forest ecosystem. Ecosystem reestoration
Jim Rentch, PhD - Research Assistant Professor
(304) 293-6466
Email: jrentch2@wvu.edu
Web Page: http://community.wvu.edu/~jsr008/
Silvics and plant ecology of oaks, adaptation of oak silvicultural systems to historic oak disturbance regimes, dendrochronological studies of old-growth forests, presettlement forest composition; community ecology and nutrient cycling of high-elevation wetlands; red spruce restoration in central Appalachians .
Anthony C. Tomkowski, MSF - Assistant Professor
(304) 293-6464
Email: atomkows@wvu.edu
Web Page: http://community.wvu.edu/~act002/
Areas of interest: Acid Deposition, Watershed Management, West Virginia Natural Resources, Forest Fire Protection, and Water Related Recreation.
Robert Driscole, MSF
Forest Manager
(304) 594-1003
Email: rdriscole@wvu.edu
Adjunct Faculty:
Dr. Mary Beth Adams, USDA Forest Service, Timber and Watershed Lab, Parsons, WV
Dr. Mary Ann Fajvan, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Lab, Morgantown, WV
Dr. Vic Ford, MeadWestvaco, Phenix City , AL
Dr. Kurt Gottschalk, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Lab, Morgantown, WV
Dr. Gary Miller, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Lab, Morgantown , WV
Emeriti
Dr. David White
Dr. Ken Carvel
Dr. Franklin Cech
Allied faculty
Dr. William L. MacDonald Forest Pathology Bill.MacDonald@mail.wvu.edu
Dr. Linda Butler Forest Entomology lbutler@wvu.edu
Dr. Darrell Dean Civil Engineering darrell.dean@mail.wvu.edu
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