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Forestry
Warnell is a leader in silviculture and forest biometrics, artificial intelligence, and remote sensing technologies. Our faculty and graduate students use new and emerging technology to develop ways of measuring and assessing our forests. This work leads to innovations in management practices, pest management, and disaster mitigation.
Areas of expertise and research include:
Biometrics
Drone technology
Machine learning
Forest products and bioenergy
Inventory
Operations
Planning and harvest scheduling
Policy
Silviculture
Sustainability analysis
Urban forestry
Graduate Degrees in Forestry
Warnell’s Forestry program combines the principles of ecology, silviculture, mensuration, economics, finance, statistics, and operations research in the decision-making process aimed at achieving the goals and objectives of the forest landowner. In particular, students may focus on GIS/remote sensing, forest inventory and assessment, harvest scheduling methodologies, and artificial intelligence technologies involving LiDAR, satellite imagery, and drone technology.
Through these advanced technologies and methods, our research improves understanding of the growth and development of forest populations and communities. Our graduates are in high demand across a range of forest-related industries.
CURRICULUM
Program requirements or equivalent which must be completed before or during the MFR program:
Course ID
Name
Hours
Required:
FORS 3010/L
Dendrology
FARN 3200W/L
Ecology of Natural Resources
FORS 6010/L
Silviculture
FORS 6610/L
Forest Mensuration
FORS 6620
Timber Management
Accreditation
The educational program in forestry leading to the MFR in general forestry degree is accredited by the
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
under its Forestry standard.
Questions?
For general questions about pursuing a graduate degree at Warnell, contact a member of the graduate team:
Dr. Kyle Maurice Woosnam
, Graduate Coordinator
Office: 1-301A
Email:
woosnam@uga.edu
Kate deDufour
, Graduate Program Administrator
Office: 1-217
Prospective students should also contact faculty members for questions specific to this disciplinary area. Please check faculty members’ personal pages for information about their individual research interests and projects to ensure that you are contacting the most relevant ones.
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Personnel
Dr. Doug Aubrey
Associate Professor, Forest Ecophysiology & Energy Ecology
Chuck Bargeron
Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health (Bugwood), Senior Public Service Associate
Dr. Pete Bettinger
Professor, Landscape Planning and Harvest Scheduling, Leon "Buddy" Hargreaves Jr. Distinguished Professor in Forest Management
Combinatorial optimization
Development and testing of heuristic methods for addressing large-scale or complex forest planning problems.
GPS accuracy assessments
Mapping and recreation-grade GPS unit assessments. Whitehall Forest GPS test site
Southern Forestry…
Dr. Chad Bolding
Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Langdale Endowed Chair in Forest Business
Forest harvesting logistics; forest business issues; engineering economic analysis; wood supply chain efficiency; fiber procurement; woody biomass utilization; environmental impacts and best management practices; workforce and safety issues; professional skills and career preparedness
Dr. Bronson P. Bullock
Professor, Forest Biometrics & Quantitative Timber Management, Director, Plantation Management Research Cooperative (PMRC)
My research interests include more traditional biometry topics, such as volume, taper, and weight equations derived for various species and regions; statistical sampling and inventory issues; and the impacts of various silvicultural treatments on stand development. Further, I have more wide…
David C. Clabo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Silviculture Outreach
Forest Herbicides
Invasive Plant Management
Prescribed Fire
Pine and Hardwood Regeneration
Forest Restoration
Forest Productivity
Dr. Joe Conrad
Associate Professor of Forest Operations
I conduct research in forest operations with a focus on timber harvesting efficiency and delivered wood cost. The goal of my research is to generate data that will help forest managers implement their management plans efficiently and allow timber harvesting professionals to…
Bruno Da Silva
Assistant Professor, Forest Finance
Dr. Joe Dahlen
Associate Professor - Wood and Fiber Quality
Dr. David Dickens
Professor, Forest Productivity
Dr. Kamal J.K. Gandhi
Professor, Forest Entomology
Patterns of invasion by non-native insects; Community ecology; Insect-plant interactions;Effects of forest disturbances on insects
Dr. Dale Greene
Dean Emeritus
Dr. Dan Johnson
Professor, Tree Physiology and Forest Ecology
Stephen Kinane
Assistant Professor of Silviculture
Roger C. Lowe
Academic Professional - Drones, GIS & Remote Sensing
Dr. Daniel Markewitz
Professor, Soil Site Productivity
My scientific interests are directed at quantifying how nutrient and hydrologic cycles control the chemistry of forest soils, drainage waters, and forest productivity. My research focuses on the management of the soil resource in an effort to maximize forest growth and to maintain ecosystem…
Dr. Elizabeth McCarty
Associate Professor, Forest Health Specialist
Current Research Areas
- Pine tip moth management
- Environmental effects of insecticide use in forests
- Hemlock woolly adelgid
- Bark beetles
- Aquatic insects
Dr. Scott Merkle
Professor, Forest Biology
In vitro propagation of forest treesSomatic embryogenesis in forest treesBiotechnology for restoration of threatened tree species
Holly Munro
Senior Research Scientist (Forest Biometrics and Ecology) at the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Forest Biometrics
Forest biometrics
Disturbance ecology
Forest entomology
Machine learning
Shingo Obata
Ph. D. Student
Dr. Jacek Siry
Stuckey Professor of Forest Economics and Taxation
Timber market modeling, international forestry and conservation, forest management efficiency, multiple-use natural resource management.
Dr. C.J. Tsai
Winfred N. "Hank" Haynes Professor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Caterina Villari
Associate Professor, Forest Pathology, Co-director, Southern Pine Health Research Cooperative
Dr. Sheng-I Yang
Assistant Professor of Forest Biometrics
Forest Biometrics; Applied Statistics; Forest Measurement
Dr. Dehai Zhao
Senior Research Scientist/Graduate Faculty, (Statistics, Forest Biometrics), Plantation Management Research Cooperative (PMRC)
Growth and Yield Modeling; Ecological Modeling; Advanced Statistical Analysis; Sampling Techniques; Forest Inventory; Quantitative Management; Quantitative Silviculture; Biomass Production and Carbon Sequestration
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