School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences

Chen assesses the effects of multiple environmental forces, land management, and disturbances on carbon, water, and nitrogen fluxes and storage through integrating the modeling, remote sensing and geospatial analysis approaches.

Cheng manages labs, graduate students and research scholars; teaches undergraduate classes; and conducts research on wood and lumber quality, and biomaterials (OSB, CLT, micro/nanocellulose).

Gilbert assists in all levels of forest management of the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, including the management of its 5,350 acres, the center's GIS system, and the facilitation of activities and instruction for user groups.

Isik collects, synthesizes, and analyzes environmental, meteorological, soil, and water data to test new modules of the Wetland Water Quality model (WetQual) beside maintaining the development of the WetQual.

Klingbeil studies how environmental changes (energy availability, land use, and climate) influence biodiversity of North American birds to develop predictive models that can inform conservation decisions.

Kush performs research related to forest stand dynamics, fire ecology, and restoration ecology; teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in these subject areas; and is an affiliate faculty with the Office of University Writing.

Matusick provides research and ecological monitoring support to the Natural Resources Management Branch at Fort Benning to ensure the sustainable management and restoration of military training lands.

Mendez will be managing Dr. Eckhardt's lab, and he will be using his knowledge of plant pathology to help graduate students with their projects.

Moore is currently working as the project coordinator for the Alabama Eastern Wild Turkey Research Project.

Newbolt manages research operations at the Deer Research Laboratory facility in Camp Hill, Ala., and assists graduate students with current projects. His primary research interests include ungulate reproductive ecology and wildlife census methods.

Payne plans and conducts field research and disseminates information related to herbicide use, weed control and other production issues in bareroot and container nurseries for the Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative.

Sandoval collects data for wild pig research on Lowndes Wildlife Management Area via game cameras and GPS/VHF collars and traps, handles, and processes pigs during collar deployment and removal sessions.

Sawant plans and coordinates activities and operations of the GIS and Remote Sensing applications, spatial data development and maintenance for the Center for Environmental Studies at the Urban-Rural Interface.

Stokes develops research protocols, conducts field research and disseminates research results on water and carbon relations, environmental and silvicultural influences on physiological response, and physiological mechanisms controlling productivity in forest trees.

Williams oversees a research project focused on the habits, impacts, and management of wild pigs on Lowndes Wildlife Management Area.

Wyman teaches courses within the human dimensions of natural resources field on topics that include conservation social science, environmental education, environmental interpretation, ecotourism, and conflict and collaboration in natural resource management.

Yang investigates the dynamics of ecosystem structure and functioning in context of environmental changes (such as climate change, rising CO2 concentration, and land cover change) by using ecosystem modeling, spatial analysis and remote sensing.