Projects and People
Current Students
Julia DeFeo, Ph.D., 2026
Julia's research is focused on the responses of upland pine communities to prescribed fire and various harvesting retention strategies in Virginia and West Virginia (research funded by the USDA Forest Service). Jennifer Weber, Ph.D., 2025
Jennifer's research is focused on pollinator responses to military-based treatments in the eastern United States |
Daria "Dasha" Maslyukova, M.S., 2024
Dasha began her research project in August 2022. She is assessing deadwood dynamics at Catoctin Mountain Park and Prince William Forest Park (researched funded by the National Park Service). Sarah "Sunny" Wolsiffer, M.S., 2025
Sunny began her research program in August 2023. She will be working with the National Park Service. |
Alumni
Julia DeFeo, M.F. (2022) - Using prescribed fire and retention forestry to restore historic pine-oak forests
Caroline Sharpe, M.S. (2022) - Hardwood stem quality following one or two prescribed fires on the Monongahela National Forest, WV, USA
Erin Wachter, M.F. (2021) - Bark thickness and taper for five eastern US tree species
George Hahn, Ph.D. (2021) - Central Appalachian Mountain prescribed fire effects: fuels, soils, tree regeneration, and water quality
Adam McClure, M.S. (2020) - Estimating heat tolerance of tree buds in the southeastern United States
Christen Beasley, M.S. (2020) - Impacts of oak-focused silvicultural treatments on the regeneration layer nine years post-treatment in the southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina
La' Portia Perkins, M.S. (2020) - African-American perspectives on prescribed fire in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
Andrew Johnson, B.S. (2020) - Undergraduate technician, co-authored two peer-reviewed publications
Chris Dukes, M.S. (2019) - Soil responses to prescribed fire and fire surrogate treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Caleb Keen, B.S. (2019) - Undergraduate technician, co-authored one peer-reviewed publication
Emma Thompson, M.F. (2019) - Wildfire and prescribed fire forest floor impacts in the central Appalachian Mountains
Caroline Sharpe, M.S. (2022) - Hardwood stem quality following one or two prescribed fires on the Monongahela National Forest, WV, USA
Erin Wachter, M.F. (2021) - Bark thickness and taper for five eastern US tree species
George Hahn, Ph.D. (2021) - Central Appalachian Mountain prescribed fire effects: fuels, soils, tree regeneration, and water quality
Adam McClure, M.S. (2020) - Estimating heat tolerance of tree buds in the southeastern United States
Christen Beasley, M.S. (2020) - Impacts of oak-focused silvicultural treatments on the regeneration layer nine years post-treatment in the southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina
La' Portia Perkins, M.S. (2020) - African-American perspectives on prescribed fire in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
Andrew Johnson, B.S. (2020) - Undergraduate technician, co-authored two peer-reviewed publications
Chris Dukes, M.S. (2019) - Soil responses to prescribed fire and fire surrogate treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Caleb Keen, B.S. (2019) - Undergraduate technician, co-authored one peer-reviewed publication
Emma Thompson, M.F. (2019) - Wildfire and prescribed fire forest floor impacts in the central Appalachian Mountains