Graduate Students
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Dr. Xin Chen, Ph.D. Forest Resources - Graduated in 2020.
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Sina Sinai, Research Assistant, Leites Lab.
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Alexander Curtze, M.S. Forest Resources - Graduated in 2021.
Current position: Forester at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute
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Samuel Dannenberg, M.S. Forest Resources - Graduated in 2021.
Current position: Forester, US Forest Service, Gila National Forest
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Dr. Andrew Lister, Ph.D. Forest Resources - Graduated in 2018.
Current position Research Forester, US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis
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Lauren Onofrio, M.S. Ecology – Graduated in 2020.
Current position: Natural Resource Specialist, US Forest Service Office of Sustainability and Climate
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Joshua Rittenhouse, M.S. Forest Resources – Graduated in 2020.
Current position: Forest Program Associate, National Audubon Society, Mid-Atlantic
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Zhiyue Xia, M.S. Forest Resources - Graduated in 2018.
Current position: Ph.D. Student at University of Maryland
Undergraduate Students
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Joshua Gershey, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Started a MS in Ecology in our lab in 2022.
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Jason Bateman, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Garrett Evans, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Currently working on a M.S. program at SUNY-ESF
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Abby Jamison, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Currently working on M.S. program at Penn State with Dr. Allyson Muth
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Paul Laudenslayer, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Currently an Arborist with Davey Tree Experts
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Lauren Onofrio, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Started a M.S. program in our lab in 2018.
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Joshua Rittenhouse, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Started a M.S. program in our lab in 2018.
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Alex Storm, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Alex obtained a M.S. degree from West Virginia University.
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Joao Gaia De Sousa, Former Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Joao returned to Brazil to work as a consultant