Meet the Team
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Dr. Rafael Rubilar
Co-Director
Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
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Dr. Rachel Cook
Co-Director
NC State University
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Dr. David Carter
Co-Director
Virginia Tech University
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Dr. Otávio Campoe
Co-Director
Universidade Federal de Lavras
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Tim Albaugh
Data Manager/Analyst
Virginia Tech University
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Dr. Matthew Sumnall
Research Associate
Virginia Tech University
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Christen Beasley
Research Associate - Field Operations Manager
Virginia Tech University
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Dr. Sean Bloszies
Research Scholar
NC State University
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Dr. Karun Pandit
Research Scholar
NC State University
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Dr. Andrew Trlica
Research Scholar
NC State University
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Daniel Bozo
Research Assistant
Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
FPC Graduate Students
North Carolina State University
Chris Cohrs (2022 PhD Graduate): FPC Soil and Geologic Mapping and effects on LAI derived from Sentinel.
Jacob Hackman (2023 PhD Graduate): Soil P carryover due to fertilization rate and microbial response.
Travis Howell (PhD Student): LiDAR technologies for genetics and silvicultural management.
Ivan Raigosa-Garcia (PhD Student): Growth response of loblolly pine and economic returns from nutrient additions based on a gradient of soil characteristics across the southeastern US.
Vicent Agustí Ribas Costa (PhD Student): Soil Productivity Mapping in Loblolly Pine
Maria Higuita (PhD Student): ECM fungi with potassium and salinity.
Benjamin Rose (PhD Student): Soil P Carryover biotic drivers: fungal microbiome.
Sarah Puls (Masters Student): Forest Carbon Modeling: Longevity of Forest Products for Carbon Storage.
TJ Queck (Masters Student): Response of P. taeda and competing vegetation to Esplanade—Bayer.
Brody Hall (Masters Student): FPC Assistant and International Scholar Organizer.
Virginia Tech
David Enemo (PhD Student): Abiotic controls on P availability.
Dan Hong (PhD Student): Abiotic controls on P availability.
Grady Boyle (Masters Student): Early site index and chemical site prep prioritization in Douglas-fir stands in the PNW.
Megan Van Spanje (Masters Student): Destination of fertilizer N in midrotation stands.
Erik Platt (Masters Student): Precision thinning in loblolly pine stands.
Universidad de Concepción
Luz Yeidy García (2022 Masters Graduate): Effect of water stress on carbon assimilation among Eucalyptus genotypes under water stress at seedling stage.
Valentina Campos (PhD Student): Water stress and insect attack susceptibility: A metabolomic analysis of commercial forest species in Chile.
Juan Carlos Valverde (PhD Student): Linkages between water use efficiency and C balance among Mediterranean Eucalyptus genotypes.
Daniel Bozo (Masters Student): Modelling above and belowground C on radiata pine plantations at harvesting age.
Alejandro Pinochet (Masters Student): Remote sensing tools to assess water use and water stress in Eucalyptus genotypes.
Universidade Federal de Lavras
Lorena Barbosa (2022 PhD Graduate): Productivity and competition for light of different varieties of Pinus taeda and different spacings.
Juscelina dos Santos (2022 PhD Graduate): Meta-analysis of Eucalyptus plantation physiology.
Anny Gonçalves (2022 PhD Graduate): Effect of the interaction Variety x Spacing x Environment on light use efficiency of Eucalyptus.
Fernanda Cunha (PhD Student): Integrated analysis on carbon stock, fluxes and partitioning in Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations.
Matheus Luz (PhD Student): Carbon stock in Atlantic Forest restoration plantations in Brazil.