Meet the team.
Dr. Tony D’Amato
Professor in Silviculture & Forest Ecology
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Vermont
204E Aiken Center
81 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-8030
Dr. Peter Clark
Research Associate
Northern Institute of Applied Climate Sciences
Research topic: Examining the barriers for operationalizing assisted migration (and other adaptive regeneration efforts for global change), the tradeoffs in managing forests for multiple objectives (e.g., carbon mitigation versus adaptive capacity), and the effects of extreme climate on forest function.
peter.clark@uvm.edu
Samantha Myers
Forest Adaptation Specialist – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Sciences
Dr. Lucas Harris
Postdoctoral Associate
Research topic: Forest adaptation and restoration plantings across the Northern Forest in the context of climate change and disturbance
lucas.harris@uvm.edu
Mattison Brady
Forest Adaptation Specialist – Northern Institute of Applied Climate Sciences
Current Graduate Students
Liza Morse
2020 – present
Ph.D. topic: Impacts of sugarbush management on forest structure and diversity, carbon storage and resilience, and on forest bird and arthropod communities.
Liza.Morse@uvm.edu
Al Freeman
2020 – present
Ph.D. topic: Understanding adaptation mechanisms in the context of extreme climate events and the influence of adaptation management strategies on forest community development and function.
Alissa.Freeman@uvm.edu
Tripp Whiting
2022 – present
M.S. topic: Non-structural carbohydrates as a mechanism for resilience in northern hardwood and mixedwood forests.
Grace Smith
2022 – present
M.S. topic: Forest adaptation impacts on microclimates in lowland spruce-fir ecosystems.
Stephen Tyler
2024 – present
M.S. topic: Shifting fire regimes and the impact of climate change on unique fire-dependent forest ecosystems in Green Mountain National Forest.
Past Graduate Students
Kathleen Stutzman, M.S. (2022-2024)
Jess Wikle, Ph.D. (2019-2024)
Rachel Swanwick, M.S. (2021-2024)
Jordan Luff, M.S. (2018-2023)
Sonia Kaufman, M.S. (2022-2023)
Sophie Marinace, M.S. (2020-2023)
Jen Santoro, Ph.D. (2016-2023)
Hanusia Higgins, M.S. (2019-2022)
Tessa McGann, M.S. (2019-2021)
Peter Clark, Ph.D. (2016-2021)
Olivia Box, M.S. (2018-2021)
Elizabeth Jamison, M.S. (2018-2021)
Mathias Nevins, M.S. (2016-2019)
Nicole Rogers, Ph.D. (2015-2019)
Molly Heuss, M.S. (2015-2017)
Emma Sass, M.S. (2015-2017)
Eric North, Ph.D. (2013-2017)
Christopher Looney, Ph.D. (2012-2017)
Sawyer Scherer, M.S. (2014-2016)
Margaret Roberts, M.S. (2013-2015)
Erika Rowe, M.S. (2013-2015)
Kyle Gill, M.S. (2012-2014)
Laura Reuling, M.S. (2012-2014)
Justin Pszwaro, M.S. (2011-2014)
Miranda Curzon, Ph.D. (2009-2014)
Andrew Telander, M.S. (2011-2013)
Emily Silver, M.S. (2010-2012)
Paul Klockow, M.S. (2009-2012)
Michael Reinikainen, M.S. (2008-2011)
Nicholas Bolton, M.S. (2008-2010)
Grant Domke, Ph.D. (2007-2010)
Chris Gronewold, M.S. (2007-2010)
Stacy Troumbly, M.S. (2008-2009)
Past Postdoctoral Associates
Wu Ma(2017-2019)
Melissa Youngquist(2015-2018)
Miranda Curzon(2014-2016)
Jane Foster(2011-2016)
Alessandra Bottero(2014-2015)
Sidhanand Kukrety(2011-2015)
Brian Young(2013-2014)
Valerie Kurth(2012-2014)
Matthew Russell(2012-2014)
David McKenzie(2012-2013)