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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Avramidis, Stavros | Physical properties of wood, thermodymamics |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Day, Susan | Forestry sciences; Plants and Forests; Landscape and Restoration; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Environment Management and Protection; urban ecology; urban forestry; urban soils |
| El-Kassaby, Yousry | Forestry sciences; Applied Genetics; conservation; genomics; Seed orchards’ genetics; Tree breeding; Tree domestication |
| Ellis, Simon | Wood processing and manufacturing, Wood quality, anatomy, wood products processing program |
| Eskelson, Bianca | Natural resource management; Forest Biometrics; Forest Modelling; Disturbance Effects |
| Evans, Philip David | Wood anatomy, wood durability, wood products, wood technology |
| Gergel, Sarah | Aboriginal forestry, biodiversity, climate change, communities and livelihoods, conservation, ecology, remote sensing, sustainability |
| Grayston, Susan | Climate change, microbiology, soil science |
| Grenz, Jennifer | |
| Guy, Robert | Forestry sciences; Plants and Forests; Physiology; Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes |
| 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 |
| Konijnendijk, Cecil | Design and Planning of Space; Landscape and Environmental Organization; Urban and Rural Planning Policies; urban forestry; green infrastructure planning; green space governance; urban ecosystem services; people-nature relationships |
| 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 quality; Soil management |
| Lam, Frank | timber engineering; structural use of wood products, Engineered wood systems |
| Lemay, Valerie | Modeling, estimation, biometrics/mensuration |
| Li, Minghao | Forestry sciences; Timber, pulp and paper engineering |
| 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 |
| Montwe, David | Forestry sciences; climate change; Drought and climate change; Evaluating silvicultural treatments on timber quality and value; Forest management; Increasing forest resilience to climatic extremes using silvicultural interventions; Long-term resilience; Reducing impacts from forest disturbance agents under climate change; Regeneration; silviculture; Species selection |
| Moore, Alex | Forestry sciences; applied community and ecosystem ecology research; impact of predator-prey interactions on the health and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems; role of cultural values and knowledge in ecosystem restoration conservation |
| Nelson, Harry William | analyzing natural and environmental resource policy with an emphasis on forestry and in developing new policy options that can help enhance the long run sustainability of Canadian forests and the communities and businesses that rely upon them |
