Technical/Research Staff & Postdocs

Madison Akers Research Coordinator Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources University of Georgia Role: Coordinating baseline measurements on Tier II sites and overseeing installation and data collection on the Georgia Tier III site.
Tim Albaugh Research Associate Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech
Jose Alvarez Remote Sensing Research Specialist Weyerhaeuser
Allan Bacon Postdoc School of Forest Resources & Conservation University of Florida Role/research focus: Investigating micronutrient limitations to ecosystem cycling of carbon and nitrogen in southern pine forests; assisting with the compilation and management of Tier II metadata and data; and helping to develop bulk density pedo-transfer functions.
Wendy-Lin Bartels Assistant Research Scientist Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Florida Climate Institute Southeast Climate Consortium University of Florida Role/research focus: Developing climate-related focus groups and workshops with forest landowners in Northwest FL; examining the social and collaborative processes that foster integrated research and extension within PINEMAP.
Leslie Boby Extension Associate Southern Regional Extension Forestry Role: Assisting with formation of regional Extension teams and PINEMAP Extension Advisory Board; developing and evaluating extension products; and developing and coordinating forestry Extension needs assessment.
Evan Brooks Postdoc Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech Role: Extrapolating stand-scale measurements to the region via multitemporal satellite image analysis, focus on Tier III sites and environs
Sean Burns Extension Assistant Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Role: Developing and evaluating Extension products; coordinating Western Gulf Silvicultural workshops.
Grace Crummer PINEMAP Project Coordinator School of Forest Resources & Conservation University of Florida Role: Coordinates project-wide activities; maintains the project web site and intranet site; organizes and coordinates project meetings; manages and oversees interim and annual reporting; and coordinates project communications.
Josh Cucinella Research Associate School of Forest Resources and Conservation University of Florida Role: Assisting with measurements on Tier II sites and data collection on Florida Tier III site.
Corey Davis Applied Climatologist State Climate Office of North Carolina Role: Assisting with development of PINEMAP DSS.
Heather Dinon Aldridge Applied Climatologist State Climate Office of North Carolina Role: Facilitating interaction between PINEMAP researchers and state climatologists; working on planning for and development of the PINEMAP DSS; assisting with development of PINEMAP fact sheets.
Sam Frye Research Technician Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech Role: Assisting with CO₂ efflux and N₂O measurements and installation and data collection on Tier II and Tier III sites.
Dan Geller Climate Change Virtual Network Coordinator Southern Regional Extension Forestry Role: Create a virtual learning network to connect Climate Hubs with land grant universities.
Carlos Gonzalez Research Associate Carbon Resources Science Center University of Florida Role/research focus: Ecophysiology and Carbon Balance Modeling; support of tree transpiration measurements for Tier III; use of 3PG model to assess the effect of climate change in productivity of loblolly pine plantations in SE U.S.
Jesse Henderson Research Associate North Carolina State University Role: Taking the lead on initial stages of the SRTS integration with regional 3PG and WaSSI data.
Bob Heinemann Research Coordinator Kiamichi Forestry Research Station Oklahoma State University Role: Assists with site maintenance and data collection on Oklahoma Tier III site.
Randy Holeman Research Specialist Kiamichi Forestry Research Station Oklahoma State University Role: Assists with site maintenance and data collection on Oklahoma Tier III site.
Dipesh K.C. Post-doc Oklahoma State University - NREM Tier III data inventory and TerraC database management
John Kidd PINEMAP Intern Program Coordinator Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech Role: Developing the selection criteria, matching students, awarding proposals, developing the fall course, and working with local teachers to set up school presentations for the PINEMAP Undergraduate Intern Program.
Tomasz Koralewski Postdoc Department of Ecosystem Science & Management Texas A&M University Role/research focus: Building a location database for the progeny tests and the parents represented in those progeny tests that can be linked to climatic data. This database will form the backbone of the URF analysis to optimize seedling deployment
Andy Laviner Research Coordinator, Ph.D. student Department of Forest Resources & Environmental Conservation Virginia Tech Role: Coordinating baseline measurements on Tier II sites and overseeing data collection on Virginia Tier III site.
Saadat Malghani Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Ecosystem Science and Management Texas A&M University Role: Evaluating fertilization and throughfall reduction treatments' effects on greenhouse gas fluxes.
Casey Meek Research Associate Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Oklahoma State University Role: Assisting with ecophysiological and process measurements on Tier III and Tier II sites.
Annie Oxarart PINEMAP Education Coordinator School of Forest Resources & Conservation University of Florida Role: Working on the development of the PLT/PINEMAP Secondary Module including assisting with the needs assessment, development and pilot testing of activities, and oversight of the Education Advisory Committee.
Jason Pike Research Technician Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Oklahoma State University Role: Assisting with installation, maintenance, and data collection on Tier II sites.
Richard Plate Postdoc School of Forest Resources and Conservation University of Florida Role: Assisting with the development and evaluation of activities for the PLT/PINEMAP Secondary Module and analyzing needs assessment data; assisting with data analysis for the Extension climate perceptions survey.
Elaine Stebler Research Technician Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management Oklahoma State University Role: Coordinating baseline measurements on Tier II sites and overseeing data collection on Oklahoma Tier III site.
Tom Stokes Research Associate School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Auburn University Role: Assisting with installation, maintenance, and data collection on Tier II sites.
Andres Susaeta Postdoc School of Forest Resources & Conservation University of Florida Role/research focus: Developing a forest stand-level model to assess expected economic rents for forest landowners under hurricane risks associated with future climate change conditions; developing an economic model to analyze carbon sequestration in loblolly pine plantations under various carbon subsidies and tax rates in the context of climate change.
Nilesh Timilsina Postdoc School of Forest Resources & Conservation University of Florida Role: Working on assessing the interactions between different ecosystem services in pine flatwoods and optimizing modeling to maximize a particular ecosystem service and assess the tradeoff of the others.
Eric Ward Postdoc Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources North Carolina State University Role/research focus: Measuring and modeling forest water and carbon cycles, including quantifying uncertainty in key processes; working with both Aim 1 and 2 to integrate data and models such as 3PG and WaSSI-C across scales; assisting with data collection and analysis of water fluxes at the Virginia Tier III site.