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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Luzadis and Volk |
Undergraduate Institute: University of Latvia (Biology) Previous Graduate Study: University of Latvia (Biology ) Graduate Research Topic Evaluation of the drivers and effects of the land use change in Latvia, with a particular focus on abandoned agriculture lands, including the role of renewable energy production and policy incentives.
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Germain |
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Yanai |
Graduate Research Topic - Study site: northern hardwood forests in Bartlett, Jeffers Brook, and Hubbard Brook in NH.
TOPIC 1: Investigate differences in soil respiration rate across forest ages and examine the relationship between soil respiration and abiotic (soil temperature, soil moisture) and biotic (roots, litterfall) factors.
TOPIC 2: Determine changes of root respiration with trenching and root turnover with minirhizotron tubes after fertilization (+N, +P, +NP) across forest ages.
TOPIC 3: Determine the colonization rate of roots by andomycorrhizal fungal (AMF) and ectomycorrhizal fungal (EMF) on roots, and identify the EMF communities in surface and deep soils of young and old forests.
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Beier |
Undergraduate Institute: Cornell University (Atmospheric Sciences) Graduate Research Topic Sugar maple is arguably the most ecologically and economically important tree in the Northern Forest. The species is declining throughout most of the Adirondack forests; however the total cause of this decline is not fully understood. Previous work has illustrated that sugar maple decline is associated with climate change, acid rain, and insect outbreaks. My thesis research focuses on the coupled effects of acid deposition and climate change on sugar maple growth across the Adirondack region. A greater understanding of these stressors and their synergistic effects on sugar maple growth is needed to improve management practices and adapt to future changes.
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Recreation & Resource Management Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Kuehn |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Newman |
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Beier and Volk |
Undergraduate Institute: University of Connecticut Previous Graduate Study: University of Mass Amherst* Personal Statement Throughout history, forest ecosystems have provided human communities with a multitude of products, services, and values, including energy sources, structural materials, food, clean water, and important spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic values. My broad interests lie in understanding how the conservation and management of forestlands can continue to provide a diverse suite of goods and services, including both commodities and ecosystem services, as both the physical environment and human needs change and evolve over time.
Graduate Research Topic The impacts of management practices, particularly those intended to produce biomass for energy production, on the provision of a broad suite of ecosystem services and forest commodities over time and space.
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Vidon |
Undergraduate Institute: Minnesota State Univ., Mankato Graduate Research Topic Mercury cycling in the Adirondacks Favorite Quote I am a part of all that I have met. -Tennyson
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Wagner |
Undergraduate Institute: Rutgers U Rutgers College* (Natural Sciences — O) Graduate Research Topic I am researching the factors that influence land use change in the Northern Forest Region.
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Degree Sought: MF Advisor(s): Nyland |
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Degree Sought: MF Advisor(s): Germain |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Newman |
Undergraduate Institute: Beijing Forestry University (Law) Previous Graduate Study: Beijing Forestry University (Public Policy Studie) Graduate Research Topic Climate Change Policy in China
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Malmsheimer |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Wagner and Newman |
Undergraduate Institute: Wells College (Economics)
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FRM Forest Ecosystem Science & Appl Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Yanai |
Personal Statement I am broadly interested in the evolution of symbiosis and in particular mutualisms and the way that these interactions shape the ecosystems that contain them. My specific work is work concerns mycorrhizal systems. Graduate Research Topic My work involves investigating root colonization by mycorrhizal fungi across depth and stand age and the use of molecular techniques in monitoring mycorrhizal systems. I work out of the White Mountains in New Hampshire as part of the Multiple Element Limitation in Northern Hardwood Ecosystems.
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): |
Undergraduate Institute: Central South Forestry Uni (Forestry and Related) Previous Graduate Study: Chinese Academy of Forestry (Forestry and Related)
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Economics, Governance and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Newman |
Undergraduate Institute: University of Tartu (English/Economics) Previous Graduate Study: University of Konstanz, Germany (Int'l Economics ) My personal profile Web Link Personal Statement Hi, I'm Anna Ebers, Fulbright scholar at SUNY ESF in Syracuse, NY. I am passionate about the environment & renewable energy, entrepreneurship, and the great outdoors! Doctoral Research Interests Conservation easements, TIMO investments, biomass policies in the US, renewable energy project finance Favorite Quote First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-Gandhi My solar initiative Visit www.sunrazors.org or like us of Facebook www.facebook.com/sunrazors. Current activities -Founder of the SunRazors
-Idea Connector board member
-Peer minister at the Lutheran Campus Ministry
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Malmsheimer |
Undergraduate Institute: Prescott College Favorite Quote “We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Hirsch |
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Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Germain |
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FRM Forest Ecosystem Science & Appl Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Malmsheimer |
Undergraduate Institute: Michigan State University
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Nowak |
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Management Degree Sought: MF Advisor(s): Wagner |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Wagner |
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Management Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Germain |
Undergraduate Institute: Presidency College/Calcutta un Previous Graduate Study: Forest Research Institute (Forestry ) Graduate Research Topic Community based forest management with focus on India
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Newman |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Malmsheimer |
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Nowak |
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Management Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Volk |
Undergraduate Institute: SUNY-ESF (Environmental Science) Graduate Research Topic Structure and Function of Living Snow Fences in New York State Living Snow Fences at ESF Web Link Research Interests Design and management of temperate agroforestry systems. Life-cycle analysis and valuation of temperate agroforestry systems using ecological, economic, and energy metrics.
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Management Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Germain |
Undergraduate Institute: New York University Previous Graduate Study: SUNY-ESF (FNRM ) Doctoral Research Topic Determining the costs of implementing Best Management Practices for protecting water quality on family forests using a combination of detailed time study and shift-level productivity methods. Favorite Quote A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. - Henry David Thoreau Masters Research Topic I used conjoint analysis to determine family forest owner preferences for incentive-based forest conservation programs.
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Degree Sought: MF Advisor(s): Wagner |
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Beier |
Undergraduate Institute: Xavier University OH (Biology) Previous Graduate Study: SUNY-ESF (EFB ) Link Web Link Graduate Research Topic
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Germain and Moran |
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Beier |
Undergraduate Institute: Pontifica University of Catolica de Ch Graduate Research Topic I'm interested in drivers and consequences of Land-use and land-cover change (LULCC). In particular I'm interested in the ongoing process of LUCC in south central Chile. In the last 40 years exotic tree plantations have expanded rapidly over eroded soils and farmlands and now are becoming a representative land use in the region. Nevertheless, political positions in regards to this change are diverse among different stakeholder. On the other hand, I am interested the landscape consequences of this change in land use over environmental variables such as soil quality, biodiversity and fire probability. My main goal is to understand the human-natural interaction in this system and how this interaction can be sustained in the long-term.
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Luzadis and Hall |
Previous Graduate Study: SUNY-ESF (EFB )
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Jane Nicholson
Recreation & Resource Management Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Kuehn |
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Monitoring, Analysis, and Modeling Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Bevilacqua |
Previous Graduate Study: Tribhuvan Univ (Forestry )
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Nowak |
Undergraduate Institute: SUNY-ESF (Resource Management)
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Kuehn |
Undergraduate Institute: SUNY-ESF
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Management Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Germain |
Previous Graduate Study: LeMoyne College (Business ) Links Web Link Personal Statement My research interests are in supply chains within saw mills, sustainability, continuous improvement,purchasing and project management. Right now the biggest driver of my research activities is the pursuit of my doctoral degree. I also want to be able to publish articles that will benefit society and help change the world in a positive manner. This past year I published my first peer reviewed article with Dr. Germain. I’m in the process working on my dissertation while finishing my course work and working full time. Graduate Research Topic Sawmill Supply Chains Favorite Quote You can please some of the people some of the time, some of the people all the time but you can't please all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Wagner |
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Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Germain |
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Newman |
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Management Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Nyland |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Yanai |
Personal Statement My interests in ecology are broad, and range from species to ecosystem level questions. I am especially interested in how human driven changes to natural processes affect ecosystem resilience. My current research focuses on above ground nutrient cycling in northern hardwood forests. I am also working on a project investigating of the effects of historic land use on nitrogen transformations in lawns, and conducting an uncertainty analysis of long term atmospheric deposition at the Sevilleta LTER in New Mexico.
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Monitoring, Analysis, and Modeling Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Zhang and Hall |
Undergraduate Institute: Beijing Forestry University (City and Regional Pl) Previous Graduate Study: Institue of Geographic Science (Physical geography ) Personal Statement I'll always see myself as a scientist from the button of my heart. During the time in ESF and SU, I am pursuing a PhD on Environmental Science with a focus on environmental health. I believe the leverages of statistics and GIS will help people make better decision on public health policy. Graduate Research Topic My dissertation research is about evaluation on intervention effects of children's lead poisoning in Syracuse, NY. Children's blood lead levels were the major health measurements, I applied time series analysis, regression and geospatial analysis to assess the long-term effects of lead poisoning prevention program on children's health. Favorite Quote “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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Economics, Policy, and Human Dimensions Degree Sought: MLP Advisor(s): Kuehn |
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Nyland |
Undergraduate Institute: Franklin Pierce College
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Monitoring, Analysis, and Modeling Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Bevilacqua |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Wagner |
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Natural Resources Mgt Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Volk |
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Yanai |
Undergraduate Institute: SUNY College Agric Tech Cobleskll Personal Statement My interest span across multiple aspects of forest ecosystems and the practical application of plants. Currently my specific interests are in forest health and factors that influence their health and productivity. Graduate Research Topic I am currently studying the health and productivity of sugar maples based on available soil nutrients in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. My research project is determining whether the percent sugar content in the sap of sugar maples is increased by application of a calcium, nitrogen, or phosphorus fertilizer in the forest stand. Research discoveries will potentially have a beneficial application to maple syrup producers. Favorite Quote "In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet."
-Albert Schweitzer
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Recreation & Resource Management Degree Sought: PHD Advisor(s): Dawson |
Previous Graduate Study: Syracuse University (Public Administratio)
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Watershed Mgt & Forest Hydrology Degree Sought: MPS Advisor(s): Vidon |
Undergraduate Institute: Clarkson University (Environmental Science) Personal Statement I am an outdoor lover with the goal to become an ADK 46er within the next 5 years. To me, nothing beats a full day of skiing or a long weekend camping.
I currently work for an environmental consulting firm where my technical writing primarily focuses on ecological risk assessments and Environmental Assessments in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). My field efforts with the company have included benthic tissue sampling, water quality monitoring, as well as surface water and sediment sampling. Favorite Quote For still there are so many things that I have never seen, in every wood, in every spring, there is a different green ((JRR Tolkein))
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Ecology and Ecosystems Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Yanai |
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FRM Envrn & Natural Resource Policy Degree Sought: MS Advisor(s): Wagner |
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