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Kevin Barnett
M.S. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Tyron Venn
Thesis Topic: Evaluating the economic efficiency of alternative wildfire management strategies.
Email address: kevin.barnett@umconnect.umt.edu
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Theodore "Ted" Adams
M.S. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Carl Seielstad
Thesis Topic: Identifying and describing the distribution of fuel elements in sagebrush and chamise using terrestrial laser scanning.
Email address: theodore.adams@ntsg.umt.edu
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Molly Barth
M.S. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Andrew Larson
Thesis Topic: My research focuses on how fire suppression has altered spation patterns of tree distribution in Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests. My study site is the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot (YFDP). A 25.6 permanent sample plot located near Crane Flat in Yosemite National Park.
Email address: molly.barth@umontana.edu
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Robert Campbell
Ph.D. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Tyron Venn
Dissertation Topic: Analyzing the economic impacts associated with the utilization of forest woody biomass for use as biofuels for bioenergy production.
Email address: robert3.campbell@umontana.edu
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Shawn Crimmins
Ph.D. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Solomon Dobrowski
Dissertation Topic: I am studying the effects of climate change on species distributions and niche dynamics.
Email address: shawn.crimmins@umontana.edu
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Jena Ferrarese
M.S. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Carl Seielstad
Thesis Topic: As part of the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis, I am using terrestrial laser scanning to improve characterization of western conifer crown profiles and allocation/distribution of biomass within the crowns.
Email address: jena.ferrarese@firecenter.umt.edu
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Woongsoon Jang
Ph.D. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Christopher Keyes
Dissertation Topic: I study the long-term effect of woody biomass utilization level and prescribed burning treatment on stand productivity and vegetation at Coram Experimental Forest, MT.
Email address: woongsoon.jang@umontana.edu
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Dong-Wook Kim
Ph.D. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Woodam Chung
Dissertation Topic: My research topic is about woody biomass energy to present a proper forest woody biomass energy system.
Email address: dong-wook.kim@umontana.edu
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Signe Leirfallom
M.S. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Solomon Dobrowski
Thesis Topic: My research explores whitebark pine regeneration dynamics after large, stand-replacing fire relative to the health of the unburned, "seed source" stand.
Email address: signe.leirfallom@umontana.edu
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Yang "Lyric" Liu
M.S. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Edwin Burke
Thesis Topic: My research focuses on the effects that screw-type fasteners have on the bearing strength of wood. This work is directly related to the strength of wood-to-wood and steel-to-wood joints using high-strength, small-diameter machine-driven screws that do not use lead holes. My goal is to provide design engineers and architects new reference data and methodology for calculating joint design values for many sizes and types of these newly-developed wood fasteners.
Email address: yang1.liu@umontana.edu
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Michael McGinty
M.S. Student, Resource Conservation
Advisor: Steve Siebert
Thesis Topic: I am a first year Resource Conservation student working with International Conservation and Development and Agroforestry. I will be leaving for the Peace Corps in roughly one year.
Email address: michael.mcginty@umontana.edu
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Chelsea McIver
M.S. Student, Resource Conservation
Advisor: Beth Dodson
Thesis Topic: Who Gets the Work? Measuring local benefit of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program in the Southwestern Crown of the Continent, Montana
Email address: chelsea.mciver@business.umt.edu
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Emily Okal
M.S. Student, Resource Conservation - International Conservation and Development
Advisor: Steve Siebert
Thesis Topic: I will be studying the effects on soil conditions of traditional Chagga farming in the region of Kilimanjaro in the country of Tanzania. I will be working on small farms that have implemented this style of farming at different times (0,1-2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 years ago) and comparing various soil conditions -- such as pH, CEC, soil nutrients, soil temperature, etc...
Email address: emily1.okal@umontana.edu
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Joseph St. Peter
M.S. Student, Forestry
Advisor: Stephen Siebert
Thesis Topic: Modeling vulnerability of rangeland goods and services to climate change.
Email address: joseph.stpeter@gmail.com
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Bridget Tinsley
M.S. Student, Resource Conservation - International Conservation and Development
Advisor: Steve Siebert
Thesis Topic: As a first year Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia I am still letting thesis ideas develop as I integrate in my community. Resource conservation use regarding soil erosion, developing bamboo product market, environmental education and tree nursery management are all projects that I am currently involved in.
Email address: bridget.tinsley@umontana.edu
