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Main Contacts
Mac Callaham
Acting Director, USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub
USDA Forest Service
USA
Sébastien Meunier
Canada Coordinator
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Emma Gates
Three Vowels, LLC, Associate U.S. Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
USA
Executive Committee
United States
Toral Patel-Weyand
Director of Sustainable Forest Management Research
USDA Forest Service Washington Office
USA
John Rothlisberger
Director of Sustainable Forest Management Research
USDA Forest Service
USA
Canada
Anthony Bourgoin
Forest Research Program Manager
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Joseph Vincent Roy
Collaborative Research Director
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Jean-Martin Lussier
Research Scientist, Silviculture and Forest Productivity
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Amélie Roberge
Director General
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Mexico
Patricia Hernández-de la Rosa
Postgraduate College of Agricultural Sciences
Mexico
Mary Cruz Ramírez Galicia
National Forestry Commission
Mexico
Rogelio Flores Velázquez
National Forest Institute, Agriculture and Livestock Research (INIFAP)
Mexico
Silvia Murillo Cardoza
General Coordinator for Production and Productivity
National Forestry Commission
Mexico
Juan Llamas
Mexico
Sebastian Gradilla
Mexico
Project Support Committee
Mac Callaham
Acting Director, USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub
USDA Forest Service
USA
Sébastien Meunier
Canada Coordinator
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Emma Gates
Three Vowels, LLC, Associate U.S. Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
USA
Cynthia F. Moser
Managing Editor
NCSU Contractor
USA
Michael Gavazzi
USDA Southeast Climate Hub Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
USA
Ricardo Luna Rendón
Mexico Coordinator
National Forestry Commission
Mexico
Edward Mundy
Web Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
USA
Mapping Team
John Pedlar
Forest Landscape Biologist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Dan McKenney
Director, Integrated Ecology and Economics
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Matthew Peters
Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Jacob Fraser
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Chuck Bargeron
Director of the Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health
University of Georgia
USA
Section Teams
Distribution and Environmental Associations Team: Co-Leads
Andrew Gougherty
USDA Forest Service
USA
Lauro López Mata
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Dan McKenney
Director, Integrated Ecology and Economics
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
John Pedlar
Forest Landscape Biologist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Distribution and Environmental Associations Team: Members
Matthew Peters
Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Barry T. Wilson
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
Christopher M. Oswalt
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
John D. Shaw
Biological Scientist
USDA Forest Service
USA
James Ellenwood
NPL Monitoring, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial Analysis Research
USDA Forest Service
USA
Franz Mora
Director of the Spatial Decision Support System for Evaluating Impacts on Biodiversity
National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity
Mexico
José Armando Alanis de la Rosa
National Forestry Commission
Mexico
Luc Guindon
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Elizabeth Campbell
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Jacob Fraser
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Anantha Prasad
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Regeneration and Management Team: Co-Leads
Laura S. Kenefic
Team Leader / Supervisory Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
Rongzhou Man
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Canada
Wilfred Previant
Assistant Professor
Colorado State University
USA
Dave Carter
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
USA
Richard Cristan
Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist
Auburn University
USA
Regeneration and Management Team: Members
Christel C. Kern
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
Tamara Heartsill-Scalley
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Nelson Thiffault
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Humfredo Marcano-Vega
Research Biologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Nicole Suzanne Rodgers
Assistant Professor of Silviculture
University of Maine
USA
Mike Battaglia
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
Susan Cordell
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Matthew Powers
Associate Professor
Oregon State University
USA
Patricia Hernández-de la Rosa
Postgraduate College of Agricultural Sciences
Mexico
Aldrete Arnulfo
Professor
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Justin S. Crotteau
Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
Aurelio M. Fierros González
Professor
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Genetics Team: Co-Leads
Nathalie Isabel
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Ronald S. Zalesny, Jr.
Supervisory Research Plant Geneticist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Carolyn Pike
Forest Regeneration Specialist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Patrick Lenz
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Genetics Team: Members
Marcos Jimenez-Casas
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Annie DesRochers
Professor
University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Canada
Laura DeWald
Tree Improvement Specialist
University of Kentucky
USA
Fikret Isik
Professor
North Carolina State University
USA
John Major
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Ilga Porth
Laval University
Canada
Bryce Richardson
Plant Research Geneticist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Cuauhtémoc Sáenz Romero
Professor
Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Mexico
Raju Soolanayakanahally
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada
Meg Staton
Associate Professor
The University of Tennessee
USA
Barb Thomas
Professor, NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Tree Improvement
University of Alberta
Canada
Jill L. Wegrzyn
Assistant Research Professor
University of Connecticut
USA
Jessica W. Wright
Research Geneticist Plants
USDA Forest Service
USA
Insects and Diseases Team: Co-Leads
Kier Klepzig
Jones Center
USA
Insects and Diseases Team: Members
Tara L. Bal
Assistant Professor
Michigan Technological University
USA
Jeff Garnas
Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire
USA
Jiri Hulcr
Forest Entomologist
University of Florida
USA
Kamal J.K. Gandhi
Professor
University of Georgia
USA
Deborah McCullough
Professor
Michigan State University
USA
Lynne Rieske-Kinney
Professor
University of Kentucky
USA
Patrick Tobin
Associate Professor
University of Washington
USA
Christopher J. Fettig
Research Entomologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Therese Poland
Project Leader / Research Entomologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Rob Johns
Forest Insect Ecology
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Guillermo Sánchez-Martínez
Researcher
National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP)
Mexico
Miguel Montoro Girona
Forest Ecologist Researcher
University of Québec in Chicoutimi
Canada
Dionicio Alvarado Rosales
Adjunct Research Professor
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Wood Johnson
Entomologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Jorge Macias-Samano
Scientist
Synergy Semiochemicals
Canada
Véronique Martel
Research Scientist Entomology
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Michael Stastny
Forest Insect Ecologist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
James T. (JT) Vogt
Project Leader
USDA Forest Service
USA
Wildland Fire Team: Co-Leads
Sharon Hood
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Diego Pérez Salicrup
Director
Institute for Research in Ecosystems and Sustainability
Mexico
Ze’ev Gedalof
Associate Professor
University of Guelph
Canada
Wildland Fire Team: Members
Heather Alexander
Dwain G. Luce Endowed Associate Professor, Forest Ecology
Auburn University
USA
Julián Cerano-Paredes
Senior Researcher
National Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Forestry Research (INIFAP)
Mexico
Pete Fulé
Professor
Northern Arizona University
USA
Valentín José Reyes Hernández
Associate Professor
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Patrick James
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Canada
Jeffrey Kane
Professor
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
USA
Citlali Cortés Montaño
Senior Sector Coordinator
KfW Development Bank, Mexico Office
Mexico
Marc-André Parisien
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Timothy Shearman
Auburn University
USA
Brian Sturtevant
USDA Forest Service
USA
Morgan Varner
Director of Research
Tall Timbers
USA
Ellen Whitman
Forest Fire Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Larissa Yocom
Assistant Professor
Utah State University
USA
Lori Daniels
Professor
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Drought Team: Co-Leads
Charles H. Luce
Research Hydrologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
William C. Parker
Research Scientist
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Canada
Heidi Renninger
Associate Professor
Mississippi State University
USA
Dan Johnson
Associate Professor
University of Georgia
USA
Drought Team: Members
Morgane Urli
Professor
University of Québec in Montreal
Canada
Loïc D’Orangeville
Associate Professor
University of New Brunswick/Laval University
Canada
Lahcen Benomar
Forest Genetics Forester
Ontario Forest Research Institute
Canada
Catherine Périé
Researcher
Québec Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Canada
Sylvain Delagrange
Professor
University of Québec in Outaouais
Canada
Peter Ibsen
Research Ecologist
U.S. Geological Survey
USA
Steven C. Grossnickle
Consultant
NurseryToForest Solutions
Canada
Artur Stefanski
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
USA
Anthony D'Amato
Professor, Director of Forestry Program, Director of UVM Research Forests
University of Vermont
USA
Matthew Powers
Associate Professor
Oregon State University
USA
Heidi Asbjornsen
Professor
University of New Hampshire
USA
Drew Peltier
Assistant Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
USA
Miranda Redmond
Associate Professor
University of California, Berkeley
USA
Ramón Trucios Caciano
Researcher
National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP)
Mexico
Alejandro Castellanos Villegas
Professor
University of Sonora
Mexico
Additional Disturbances Team: Co-Leads
Tara M. Barrett
Research Forester, retired
USDA Forest Service
USA
Olivier Villemaire-Côté
Assistant Professor
Laval University
Canada
Seth Bigelow
Senior Research Ecologist
Tall Timbers
USA
Goods and Services Team: Co-Leads
Lisa Venier
Research Scientist
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Julie Ballweg
Research Economist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Goods and Services Team: Members
Michael Wiemann
Botanist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Adam Taylor
Professor / Forest Products Extension Specialist
University of Tennessee
USA
Deahn Donner
Project Leader / Landscape Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Manuel de Jesús González Guillén
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Teresa González Martínez
Research Associate
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Julie Ballweg
Research Economist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Scott Bowe
Professor / Wood Products Specialist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
USA
Poonam Khatri
Postdoctoral Fellow
ORISE Fellow with USDA Forest Service
USA
David Nicholls
Research Forest Products Technologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Zhen Cai
Research Economist
USDA Forest Service
USA
José Carlos Monárrez González
National Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP)
Mexico
Urban Forestry Team: Co-Leads
Richard Hallett
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Max R. Piana
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Aileen Duncan
Manager, Science Policy Integration
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Hanah Dhanani
Policy Analyst (PARDP)
Canadian Forest Service
Canada
Urban Forestry Team: Members
Andrew Almas
Program Director, Urban Forestry
University of British Columbia
Canada
Sara Barron
Program Director
University of British Columbia
Canada
Nina Bassuk
Emeritus Faculty
Cornell University
USA
Leslie Brandt
Assistant Director, Office of Sustainability and Climate
USDA Forest Service
USA
Peter Duinker
Professor Emeritus (Retired)
Dalhousie University
Canada
Robert Fahey
Professor
University of Connecticut
USA
Jason Henning
Research Urban Forester
The Davey Tree Expert Company
USA
Michelle Johnson
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Ritikaa Gupta
Policy Analyst
National Capital Region Science Policy Integration Branch
Canada
Joe McBride
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley
USA
Amory Ngan
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Canada
Alessandro Ossola
Assistant Professor / Assistant Agronomist
University of California, Davis
USA
Danijela Puric-Mladenovic
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Canada
Lara Roman
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Nancy Sonti
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Clara Pregitzer
Deputy Director
Natural Areas Conservancy
USA
Ryan Senechal
Sessional Lecturer
University of British Columbia
Canada
Sandy Smith
Director, Forestry
University of Toronto
Canada
Natalie Van Doorn
Research Urban Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Species Group Teams
Coniferous Team: Co-Leads
Miguel Montoro Girona
Forest Ecologist Researcher
University of Québec in Chicoutimi
Canada
Jesús Vargas Hernández
Postgraduate College of Mexico (COLPOS)
Mexico
Terrie Jain
Emeritus Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
Keith Moser
Research Forester (Silviculturist) and Scientist-in-Charge, Fort Valley Experimental Forest
USDA Forest Service
USA
Deciduous Team: Co-Leads
Stacy Clark
USDA Forest Service
USA
Daniel C. Dey
Retired
USDA Forest Service
USA
Deciduous Team: Members
Eric Searle
Research Scientist
Ontario Forest Research Institute
Canada
Exotic and Invasives Team : Lead
Lauren S. Pile Knapp
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Exotic and Invasives Team: Members
Chuck Bargeron
Director of the Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health
University of Georgia
USA
David Coyle
Assistant Professor
Clemson University
USA
Jacob Fraser
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Cynthia D. Huebner
Research Botanist
USDA Forest Service
USA
James Jacobs
Plant Pathologist
USDA Forest Service
USA
Melissa Thomas-Van Gundy
Project Leader / Research Forester
USDA Forest Service
USA
Lance Vickers
Assistant Professor of Forest Management
University of Kentucky
USA
Geoff Wang
Professor
Clemson University
USA
Jeffrey S. Ward
Chief Scientist
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
USA
Roger A. Williams
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
USA
J.T. Vogt
USDA Forest Service
USA