Faculty Profile
Danielle Kloster

Assistant Professor

Department of Sustainable Resources Management
303A Bray Hall

[email protected]
315-470-6594

Education

PhD in Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, 2020

Graduate Certificate in College Instruction, University of Connecticut, 2017

MS in Environmental Science, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2014

BS in Environmental Science, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2012

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, September 2023 - present

Lecturer, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2020 - 2023

Visiting Instructor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2019

USDA National Needs Doctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut, 2014 - 2018

Graduate Assistant, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2012 - 2014

Publications

Kloster, DP, AT Morzillo. (2026). Motivations and barriers to environmental engagement among women of color. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 16(1), 48-61.

Worthley, T, A Bunce, AT Morzillo, C Witharana, Z Zhu, J Cabral, E Crocker, N Cranmer, S DiFalco, D Hale, D Joshi, DP Kloster, N Marek, J Parent, J Rogers, M Rudnicki, K Song, J Volin, J Ward, H Wedegedara, RT Fahey. (2024). Stormwise: Innovative forest management to promote storm resilience in roadside forests. Journal of Forestry, 122(4), 398-409. 

Arodudu, O, O Therasme, T Volk, R Malmsheimer, P Crovella, R Germain, D Kloster, D Kumar. (2023). Towards a carbon accounting framework for assessing the benefits of biogenic wood carbon to net zero carbon targets. Forests, 14(10), 1959. doi: 10.3390/f14101959 

Ali, A, TW Koch, TA Volk, RW Malmsheimer, MH Eisenbies, D Kloster, TR Brown, N Naim, O Therasme. (2022). The Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Production in New York State from Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Systems. Energies, 15(19), 7278. doi: 10.3390/en15197278

Kloster, DP, TA Volk. (2022). Predicted soil loss from shrub willow production systems across the production cycle using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE2). BioEnergy Research. doi: 10.1007/s12155-022-10477-3 

Kloster, DP, AT Morzillo, BJ Butler, T Worthley, JC Volin. (2021). Amenities, disamenities, and decision-making in the residential forest: An application of the means-end chain theory to roadside trees. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 65, 127348. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127348

Kloster, DP, AT Morzillo, JC Volin, TE Worthley. (2020). Tree crew perspectives on wood product recovery from utility vegetation management. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 46(3):197-209.

Kloster, DP, AT Morzillo, JC Volin. (2018). A national and local media perspective on responsibility for and solutions to storm-related power outages in the northeastern United States. Environmental Hazards 18(3):228-245. doi: 10.1080/17477891.2018.1544114

Dreiss, LM, J-M Hessenauer, LR Nathan, KM O’Connor, MR Liberati, DP Kloster, JR Barclay, JC Vokoun, AT Morzillo. (2017). Adaptive management as an effective strategy: Interdisciplinary perceptions for natural resources management. Environmental Management 59(5):218-229. doi: 10.1007/s00267-016-0785-0

Dreiss, LM, DP Kloster, MR Liberati, JR Barclay, J-M Hessenauer, LR Nathan, KM O’Connor, JC Vokoun. (2015). Introducing adaptive management for natural resources: An estuary case study. Journal of Natural Sciences Education 44:149-158. doi: 10.4195/nse2015.0023

Current Courses

FOR110 Environmental Physics

SRE150 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Management

SRE325 Energy Systems

SRE337 Energy Resources Assessment

FOR472 Fundamentals of Outdoor Recreation