Forestry
Forestry offers advanced study in natural and social science, management, and economic aspects of forestry and wood science, in an interdisciplinary setting.
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Faculty Members in Forestry
Name | Research Interests |
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Aitken, Sally | forest genetics, climate change, Climate change, conservation, ecology, genetics, genomics |
Alila, Younes | Hydrology, Flood, Water Resources, Water Structures, Forest Hydrology, Forest management, hydrological engineering |
Arcese, Peter | Global change biology; Ecology; Conservation Biology; Evolutionary Biology; conservation finance |
Atleo, Tara | sustainable forest management; Communities and Indigenous Knowledge |
Avramidis, Stavros | Other natural sciences, n.e.c.; Wood-water relations and sorption thermodynamics.; Fluid flow, heat transfer, and molecular diffusion; Modeling steady-state and dynamic non-isothermal diffusion in wood.; Application of fractals and machine learning to modeling wood physical properties.; Molecular modeling of the wood nano-pore network in the cell wall.; Industrial wood kiln drying optimization and development of new drying strategies.; Radio frequency vacuum (RFV) heating and drying of wood and wood products.; Dielectric wood phytosanitation.; Wood thermal modification. |
Barbeito Sanchez, Ignacio | refining novel silvicultural practices; establishment and management of forests under global change |
Benson-Amram, Sarah | |
Boedhihartono, Agni | Forestry sciences; biodiversity; Communities and Livelihoods; conservation; Forest management; Land-use Change; social science; sustainability; Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods |
Bohlmann, Joerg | plant biochemistry, forestry genomics, forest health, conifers, poplar, bark beetle, mountain pine beetle, natural products, secondary metabolites, terpenes, floral scent, grapevine, Conifer genomics Forest health genomics Mountain pine beetle, fungus, pine interactions and genomics Chemical ecology of conifer, insect interactions |
Booker, Thomas | population and quantitative genetics |
Bulkan, Janette | aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, corporate responsibility, forest management, forest policy, international trade, social impact, social science |
Bull, Gary | international forest policy, environmental services markets, carbon markets, Government and economic systems |
Burton, Cole | Forestry sciences; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Ecological Trends; Animal; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; Landscape and Restoration; Environment Management and Protection; Biodiversity conservation; Ecological Monitoring; Landscape ecology; Mammal Ecology; Population and Community Ecology; Wildlife Management |
Cardinal-McTeague, Warren | Earth and related environmental sciences; Forestry sciences; plant biodiversity; Indigenous environmental management and food systems; monitoring of ecosystem health and function |
Carroll, Allan | climate change, mountain pine beetle, bark beetles, forest disturbance, integrated pest management, insect ecology, population dynamics, insect-plant interactions, Climate change, conservation, ecology, ecosystems, forest biology, forest management |
Chanway, Christopher | Soil microbiology |
Cool, Julie | modelling, wood products, wood science, wood |
Coops, Nicholas Charles | Forestry sciences; Telemetry (Remote Sensing, Radar); Space Techniques; Forestry Technology and Equipment; Plants and Forests |
Cranston, Emily | Nanoparticle synthesis, properties and applications; Bio-based materials and nanocellulose; Atomic force microscopy (forces, adhesion, friction, imaging); Colloid and interface science; Polymer chemistry; Cellulose nanocrystals; Bioproducts; Foams, emulsions, aerogels |
Dai, Chunping | Forestry sciences; Bamboo; Bio-products; Wood Products; Wood Science; Wood Technology |
Daniels, Lori | forest plants and trees; forest history; forest management; environmental protection and natural resource use, Climate change, ecology, fire regimes |
Davies, Jonathan | Phylogenetics & Biodiversity. Development and application of phylogenetic methods in ecology and conservation biology |
Devisscher, Tahia | Forestry sciences; adaptation; climate change; Human Health; Human Well-being; Nature Recovery; Social-Ecological Resilience |
El-Kassaby, Yousry | Forestry sciences; Applied Genetics; conservation; genomics; Seed orchards’ genetics; Tree breeding; Tree domestication |
Eskelson, Bianca | Natural resource management; Forest Biometrics; Forest Modelling; Disturbance Effects; Management Effects; Climate Effects |
Evans, Philip David | Wood anatomy, wood durability, wood products, wood technology |
Feng, Haibo | Forestry sciences; BIM; Construction; LCA; sustainability; Wood Products; Zero energy / caron building |
Gaston, Christopher | Forestry sciences; markets and economics for Canadian wood products |
Gergel, Sarah | Aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, ecology, remote sensing, sustainability |
Grayston, Susan | Climate change, microbiology, soil science |
Grenz, Jennifer | |
Hagerman, Shannon Marie | biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, forest policy, social science |
Hamelin, Richard | |
Hinch, Scott | salmon migrations, salmon ecology, salmon fisheries, fish conservation, land use impacts (e.g. forestry) on fish and habitat, Salmon, conservation, ecology, fish ecology, fisheries management, stream, and riperian ecology |
Ignace, Danielle | Impacts of global change on transitioning ecosystems |
Innes, John | Other natural sciences; Forestry; Ecology |
Jiang, Feng | bio-based nanomaterials, carbohydrate chemistry, chemistry, sustainability, wood science |
Joshi, Jaya | Biofoundries; biomass; Carbon; Engineering; Enzyme Design; sustainability; Synthetic biology |
Kim, Kwang Ho | Other engineering and technologies; Forest Bioproduction and the BioeconomyTechnology and Innovation; Biomass conversion engineering |
Kozak, Robert Antal | Forest-dependent communities in transition, international development & poverty alleviation, value-added strategies, forest certification & corporate social responsibility, forest sector sustainability & competitiveness, marketing, management & consumer behaviour |
Krzic, Maja | Soil sciences; Soil health; Soil management; Soil science education |
Lam, Tzeng Yih | Quantitiative methods in forestry; Forestry management and environment; Statistical theory and modeling; Survey methodology and analysis; Bayesian Filtering; Forest Inventory; Growth and Yield; Sampling Theory; silviculture; Timber; Tree Measurement |
Lam, Frank | timber engineering; structural use of wood products, Engineered wood systems |
Li, Minghao | Earthquake engineering; Structural engineering; Building construction engineering; Concrete, cementitious materials and other architectural and construction materials |
Loss, Cristiano | Forestry sciences; Wood; Engineered Wood Solutions; Engineering Wood Design; Hybrid Wood-Based Systems; Industrialised Wood Systems; Seismic Design and Analysis of Timber Structures; Timber Engineering; Wood Building Systems; Wood as Structural Material |
LU, JULIET | Forest ecology; Economic geography; Environmental sociology; conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use; transnational land investments; promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems; private sector sustainable governance initiatives |
Mansfield, Shawn | plant metabolism, cellulose biosynthesis, lignin biosynthesis, wood formation, wood quality, cell wall biochemistry, tree biotechnology, transgenics, Tree biotechnology |
Martin, Tara | biodiversity, climate change, climate models, conservation, ecological monitoring, ecology, land-use change, landscape ecology, landscape planning, modelling |
Mchale, Melissa | Trans-disciplinary approaches to studying complex socio-ecological systems, social drivers of ecosystem processes, cities as sustainable ecosystems, carbon dynamics in urban systems, urbanization effects on nutrient cycling, ecosystem services and dis services, consumption culture, urban metabolism, urbanization in the developing world |
Meitner, Michael | forest aesthetics and scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, environmental visualization, geographic information systems, visual perception, agent-based modeling, Public involment in planning, sustainability leadership |