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The Research and Development (R&D) deputy area of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands. Research has been part of the Forest Service mission since the agency's inception in 1905. Today, more than 500 Forest Service researchers work in a range of biological, physical, and social science fields to promote sustainable management of the Nation's diverse forests and rangelands.

Their research covers a lot of territory by maintaining programs in all 50 States, U.S. territories, and U.S. commonwealths. The work has a steady focus on informing policy and land-management decisions, whether it addresses invasive insects, degraded river ecosystems, or sustainable ways to harvest forest products.
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Principal Investigators

Absher, Jim (PSW,3)
Emeritus Scientist		Abt, Karen Lee (SRS,3)
Research Economist		Adams, Mary Beth (NRS,7)
Research Soil Scientist
Adams, Susan B. (SRS,1)
Aquatic Ecologist-Team Leader		Agarwal, Umesh P. (FPL,2)
Research Chemist		Ager, Alan (PNW,1)
Research Forester
Ager, Alan (PNW,1)
Research Forester		Alanya-Rosenbaum, Sevda (FPL,2)
ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow		Alderman, Delton (NRS,2)
Research Forest Products Technologist
Alig, Ralph (PNW,1)
Research Forester		Anderson, Nathaniel (Nate) (RMRS,1)
Research Forester		Anderson, Paul (PNW,1)
Acting Station Director
Arango, Rachel (FPL,3)
Research Entomologist		Arendt, PhD, Wayne J. (IITF,4)
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist		Aubry, Keith (PNW,2)
Emeritus Scientist
Baggett, Scott (RMRS,1)
Statistician		Baggett, Scott (FPL,1)
Statistician		Bailey, Amey (NRS,1)
Forestry Tech.
Bailey, Scott (NRS,2)
Geologist		Barrett, Tara M. (PNW,2)
Research Forester		Battaglia, Mike A. (RMRS,1)
Research Forester
Bauer, Leah (NRS,1)
Research Entomologist		Bauer, Leah (NRS,5)
Research Entomologist		Bellmore, J. Ryan (PNW,1)
Research Fish Biologist
Bengston, David N. (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Bengston, David N. (NRS,3)
Research Forester		Bentrup, Gary (SRS,1)
Res. Landscape Planner
Bentrup, Gary (WO,4)
Res. Landscape Planner		Bentz, Barbara J. (RMRS,4)
Research Entomologist		Bergman, Richard, PhD (FPL,7)
Research Forest Products Technologist
Bian, Xindi (Randy) (NRS,1)
Meteorologist		Bian, Xindi (Randy) (NRS,1)
Meteorologist		Bilek, Ted (FPL,3)
Economist
Bird, Benjamin (FPL,1)
Station Statistician		Bird, Benjamin (RMRS,2)
Station Statistician		Birdsey, Richard (NRS,1)
Program Manager
Birdsey, Richard (NRS,3)
Program Manager		Bisson, Pete (PNW,1)
Research Fishery Biologist		Black, Anne (RMRS,1)
Social Science Advisor
Blahna, Dale (PNW,1)
Research Social Scientist		Block, William M. (RMRS,7)
Scientist Emeritus		Boardman, Charles R. (FPL,2)
General Engineer
Bodine, Allison (NRS,1)
Research Analyst		Boggs, Johnny (SRS,1)
Biological Scientist		Bowker, Michael (SRS,1)
Research Social Scientist
Brackley, Allen M. (PNW,1)
Research Forester Sitka WUC		Bragg, Don C. (SRS,2)
Project Leader		Brandeis, Consuelo (SRS,1)
Research Forester
Brandeis, Tom (NRS,1)
Supervisory Research Forester		Brandeis, Tom (SRS,2)
Supervisory Research Forester		Brandt, Leslie (NRS,3)
Climate Change Specialist
Brissette, John (NRS,1)
Assistant Director, Research		Brockway, Dale (SRS,3)
Research Ecologist		Brodie, Leslie C. (PNW,1)
Forester
Brose, Patrick (NRS,2)
Research Forester		Brown, John (NRS,2)
Research Forester		Brown, Thomas C. (RMRS,3)
Economist
Buford, Marilyn (WO,1)
National Program Leader, Silviculture Research		Bumgardner, Matt (NRS,5)
Research Forest Product Technologist		Busse, Matt D. (PSW,3)
Research Social Scientist, Team Leader
Butler, Bret W. (RMRS,1)
Mechanical Engineer		Butler, Brett J. (NRS,3)
Research Forester		Butler, Jack L. (RMRS,5)
Scientist Emeritus
Butnor, John (SRS,1)
Research Plant Physiologist		Bytnerowicz, Andrzej (PSW,3)
Emeritus Scientist		Cai, Zhiyong (FPL,14)
Supervisory Materials Research Engineer
Caldwell, Peter V. (SRS,1)
Research Hydrologist		Calkin, Dave E. (RMRS,1)
Research Forester		Callaham, Mac (SRS,3)
Team Leader/Research Ecologist
Campbell, John (NRS,3)
Research Ecologist		Campbell, Lindsay K. (NRS,4)
Research Social Scientist		Carll, Charlie G. (FPL,2)
Research Forest Products Technologist
Castellano, Michael (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Cerveny, Lee K. (PNW,2)
Research Social Scientist		Cerveny, Lee K. (PNW,2)
Research Social Scientist
Chamberlain, James L. (SRS,1)
Research Forest Products Technologist		Chambers, Jeanne C. (RMRS,3)
Research Ecologist		Charney, Joseph J. (Jay) (NRS,2)
Research Meteorologist
Charney, Joseph J. (Jay) (NRS,1)
Research Meteorologist		Charnley, Susan (PNW,2)
Research Social Scientist		Chavez, Deborah J. (PSW,1)
Program Manager
Chen, Shyh-Chin (PSW,2)
Meteorologist		Claeson, Shannon (PNW,1)
Aquatic Ecologist		Claeson, Shannon (PNW,1)
Aquatic Ecologist
Clark, Ken (NRS,9)
Research Forester		Clark, Stacy (SRS,1)
Research Forester		Clausen, Carol A. (FPL,4)
Supervisory Research Microbiologist
Clemons, Craig M. (FPL,7)
Materials Research Engineer		Cohen, Warren B. (PNW,2)
Emeritus Scientist 		Collins, Brandon M. (PSW,1)
Cooperator (UC Berkeley)
Conner, Ali (SRS,1)
IM Group Leader		Considine, John M. (FPL,1)
Materials Research Engineer		Cordell, H. Ken (SRS,3)
Pioneering Research Scientist
Cordell, Susan (PSW,3)
Research Ecologist		Costello, Christine (NRS,1)
Wildlife Biologist		Coulston, John (SRS,1)
Supervisory Research Forester
Crisafulli, Charlie (PNW,1)
PNW Researcher		Crocker, Susan (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Cronn, Richard (PNW,4)
Research Geneticist
Crooks, M.E. Casey (FPL,3)
Research Microbiologist		Crow, Tom (RMRS,3)
Cullen, Daniel (FPL,5)
Research Microbiologist
Cushman, Samuel A. (RMRS,6)
Research Ecologist		D'Amico, Vince (NRS,1)
Research Entomologist		D'Amore, David V. (PNW,4)
Research Soil Scientist
De Steven, Diane (SRS,2)
Scientist Emerita		DeRose, R. Justin (RMRS,6)
Research Ecologist		Dey, Daniel C. (NRS,2)
Project Leader / Research Forester
Dey, Daniel C. (NRS,5)
Project Leader / Research Forester		Dickerson, Brian E. (RMRS,1)
Wildlife Biologist		Dickinson, Matthew B. (NRS,2)
Ecologist
Dietenberger, Mark A. (NRS,1)
Research General Engineer		Dietenberger, Mark A. (FPL,6)
Research General Engineer		Dockry, Mike (NRS,3)
Research Forester
Domke, Grant M. (NRS,2)
Team Leader, Research Forester		Donner, Deahn (NRS,2)
Project Leader / Landscape Ecologist		Donner, Deahn (NRS,5)
Project Leader / Landscape Ecologist
Donovan, Geoffrey (PNW,3)
Research Forester		Dosskey, Mike (WO,2)
Res. Riparian Ecologist		Driscoll, Katelyn P. (RMRS,1)
Ecologist, Presidential Management Fellow
Dudley, Jonathan G. (RMRS,1)
Ecologist		Dudzik, Kenneth (NRS,1)
Forester		Dumroese, Kasten (SRS,1)
Research Plant Physiologist / National Nursery Specialist
Dumroese, Kasten (RMRS,5)
Research Plant Physiologist / National Nursery Specialist		Dwire, Kathleen A. (RMRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Eberhardt, Thomas L. (FPL,1)
Research Scientist and Project Leader
Echt, Craig (SRS,1)
Research Geneticist		Edwards, Pamela (NRS,2)
Research Hydrologist		Edwards, Richard T. (PNW,1)
Research Ecologist
Elder, Thomas (SRS,1)
Research Scientist		Elliot, William J. (RMRS,3)
Research Civil Engineer		Elliott, Katherine J. (SRS,1)
Research Ecologist
Emery, Marla (NRS,3)
Research Geographer		Engert, Jan M. (RMRS,3)
Assistant Station Director		Erickson, Heather (PNW,1)
Research Ecologist
Evans, James W. (FPL,1)
Mathematical Statistician		Fajvan, Mary Ann (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Falk, Robert H. (FPL,1)
Research General Engineer
Fenn, Mark E. (PSW,5)
Research Plant Pathologist		Fettig, Chris (PSW,2)
Research Entomologist		Finch, Deborah M. (RMRS,3)
Program Manager/Supervisory Biologist
Finney, Mark A. (RMRS,3)
Research Forester		Fischer, Paige (PNW,2)
Research Social Scientist		Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc (NRS,2)
Social Scientist
Flather, Curtis H. (RMRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Flitcroft, Rebecca (PNW,1)
Research Fish Biologist		Floress, Kristin (NRS,1)
Research Social Scientist
Flower, Charles E. (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Ford, Paulette L. (RMRS,2)
Research Ecologist		Fornwalt, Paula J. (RMRS,2)
Research Ecologist
Foster, Alex (PNW,1)
Ecologist		Fowler, James F. (RMRS,1)
Volunteer Research Ecologist		Frankel, Susan J. (PSW,2)
Biologist
Fraver, Shawn (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Freeman, Elizabeth (RMRS,1)
Ecologist		Frescino, Tracey (RMRS,4)
Forester
Frey, Gregory E. (SRS,1)
Research Forester		Fried, Jeremy S. (PNW,2)
Research Forester		Friggens, Megan M. (RMRS,2)
Research Ecologist
Frihart, Charles R. (FPL,7)
Research Chemist		Fujioka, Francis M. (PSW,1)
Meteorologist		Fye, Donald (FPL,1)
Biological Science Technician
Gallagher, Michael (NRS,1)
Research Technician and Site Superintendant		Ganey, Joseph L. (FPL,1)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Ganey, Joseph L. (RMRS,4)
Research Wildlife Biologist
Giardina, Christian P. (PSW,5)
Research Ecologist		Gillette, Nancy E. (PSW,2)
Emeritus Scientist		Glaeser, Jessie A. (FPL,1)
Research Plant Pathologist
Glaeser, Jessie A. (NRS,4)
Research Plant Pathologist		Glass, Samuel V. (FPL,7)
Research Physical Scientist		Gobster, Paul H. (NRS,2)
Research Landscape Architect
Goeking, Sara A. (RMRS,2)
Biological Scientist		Gonzalez, Grizelle (IITF,9)
Project Leader - Research Ecologist		Gonzalez-Caban, Armando (PSW,2)
Economist
Goodrick, Scott (SRS,3)
Project Leader & Research Meteorologist 		Gormanson, Dale D. (NRS,1)
Forester		Gould, William A. (IITF,1)
Research Ecologist
Gould, William A. (IITF,12)
Research Ecologist		Graham, Russell T. (RMRS,1)
Research Forester		Grant, Gordon (PNW,4)
Research Hydrologist
Gray, Andrew (PNW,5)
Research Ecologist, Team Leader		Green, Frederick (FPL,2)
Research Microbiologist (Volunteer)		Greenberg, Katie H. (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist
Greenberg, Katie H. (SRS,2)
Research Ecologist		Greene, John L. (SRS,1)
Forest Service Volunteer		Groce, Matthew (RMRS,1)
ORISE Technology Transfer Specialist (R1/R4/R6/RMRS)
Groom, Leslie (SRS,1)
Project Leader		Groover, Andrew T. (PSW,5)
Research Geneticist Plants - agroover@fs.fed.us		Grove, Morgan (NRS,1)
Research Forester
Grulke, Nancy E. (PNW,2)
Director, WWETAC 		Guldin, Jim M. (IITF,1)
Supervisory Research Ecologist and Project Leader		Guldin, Jim M. (SRS,2)
Supervisory Research Ecologist and Project Leader
Guo, Qinfeng (SRS,3)
Research Ecologist		Gustafson, Eric J. (NRS,1)
Research Landscape Ecologist		Gustafson, Eric J. (NRS,4)
Research Landscape Ecologist
Haack, Robert A. (NRS,2)
Emeritus Research Entomologist		Haag, Wendell R. (SRS,1)
Fisheries Research Biologist		Haight, Robert G. (NRS,4)
Research Forester
Haight, Robert G. (NRS,5)
Research Forester		Hallett, Richard (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Hammel, Kenneth E. (FPL,2)
Research Chemist
Handler, Stephen (NRS,1)
Climate Change Specialist		Hansen, Mark H. (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Hanson, Joshua (NRS,1)
Forestry Tech.
Hanula, James L. (SRS,6)
Research Entomologist (Emeritus)		Hardy, Colin C. (RMRS,1)
Supervisory Biologist		Hargrove, William (SRS,3)
Research Ecologist
Harrington, Connie (PNW,3)
Research Forester		Harrington, Timothy B., Ph.D. (PNW,4)
Research Forester and Team Leader		Hartel, Dudley R. (NRS,1)
Science Delivery/Technology Coordinator
Harvey, Bret C. (PSW,3)
Research Fish Biologist, Team Leader		Hasburgh, Laura, E. (FPL,1)
Fire Protection Engineer		Hasburgh, Laura, E. (FPL,1)
Fire Protection Engineer
Havill, Nathan P. (NRS,2)
Research Entomologist		Healey, Sean P. (RMRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Healey, Sean P. (RMRS,3)
Research Ecologist
Heartsill Scalley, Tamara (IITF,1)
Research Ecologist		Heartsill Scalley, Tamara (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Heartsill Scalley, Tamara (IITF,7)
Research Ecologist
Heath, Linda S. (NRS,2)
Director, IMAR		Heilman, Warren E. (NRS,2)
Research Meteorologist		Heilman, Warren E. (NRS,4)
Research Meteorologist
Helmer, Eileen H. (IITF,1)
Research Ecologist		Helmer, Eileen H. (IITF,3)
Research Ecologist		Hennon, Paul (PNW,2)
Research Plant Pathologist
Hermansen-Baez, Annie (SRS,1)
Science Delivery/Kids in the Woods Coord.		Hermanson, John C. (FPL,1)
Research General Engineer		Hessburg, Paul F., Sr. (PNW,3)
Research Landscape Ecologist
Hines, Sarah J. (NRS,1)
Science Delivery Specialist		Hiremath, Shivanand (NRS,1)
Research Biologist		Hirth, Kolby (FPL,1)
Chemist
Hoehn, Robert (NRS,1)
Forester		Hollinger, David (NRS,1)
Plant Physiologist and Project Leader		Hollingsworth, Teresa (PNW,1)
Research Ecologist
Holmes, Thomas P. (SRS,2)
Research Forester		Hom, John (NRS,1)
Biological Scientist		Hoover, Coeli (NRS,4)
Research Ecologist
Horan, Dona (RMRS,1)
Fish Biologist		Houtman, Carl J. (FPL,3)
Chemical Engineer		Hudak, Andrew T. (RMRS,3)
Research Forester
Huebner, Cynthia (NRS,3)
Research Botanist		Hughes, Flint (PSW,3)
Ecologist		Hummel, Susan Stevens (PNW,1)
Research Forester
Hunt, Christopher G. (FPL,5)
Research Chemist		Hunt, John F. (FPL,4)
Research Mechanical Engineer (Volunteer)		Hutchinson, Todd (NRS,3)
Research Ecologist
Ibach, Rebecca E. (FPL,2)
Research Chemist		Illman, Barbara L. (FPL,1)
Supervisory Plant Pathologist		Ince, Peter J. (FPL,2)
Research Forester
Iniguez, Jose (RMRS,2)
Research Ecologist		Isaak, Daniel J. (RMRS,5)
Research Fish Biologist		Iverson, Louis (NRS,4)
Landscape Ecologist
Jakes, Joseph (FPL,4)
Research Materials Engineer		Jakes, Pamela J. (NRS,2)
Research Social Scientist		Janowiak, Maria (NRS,1)
Deputy Director, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
Jeffries, Thomas W. (FPL,1)
Research Microbiologist		Jennings, Viniece (SRS,2)
Biological Scientist		Jensen, Scott L. (RMRS,1)
Botanist
Jimenez, Daniel M. (RMRS,1)
Mechanical Engineer		Johnsen, Kurt (SRS,1)
Project Leader/Plant Physiologist		Johnson Gaither, Cassandra (SRS,4)
Research Social Scientist
Johnson, Kristofer (NRS,1)
Research Biologist		Johnson, Morris C. (PNW,1)
Research Fire Ecologist		Johnson, Sherri (PNW,2)
Research Ecologist
Johnson, Tracy (PSW,1)
Research Entomologist		Jolly, William M. (RMRS,2)
Research Ecologist		Jovan, Sarah, Dr (PNW,5)
 Research Ecologist
Juzwik, Jennifer (NRS,4)
Research Plant Pathologist		Kabrick, John (NRS,3)
Research Forester		Kayler, Zachary (NRS,1)
Post-doctoral Researcher
Keane II, Robert E. (RMRS,2)
Supervisory Research Ecologist		Keena, Melody (NRS,6)
Research Entomologist		Kelsey, Rick G. (PNW,2)
Research Forester
Kenefic, Laura S. (NRS,6)
Research Forester, Team Leader		Kern, Christel C. (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Kerns, Becky K. (PNW,2)
Research Ecologist
Kersten, Philip J. (FPL,2)
Research Microbiologist		Kihia, Simon M. (PNW,1)
Research Program Manager		Kilkenny, Francis F. (PNW,1)
Research Biologist
Kilkenny, Francis F. (RMRS,1)
Research Biologist		King, David (NRS,3)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Kirker, Grant T. (FPL,1)
Research Forest Products Technologist
Kitchen, Stanley G. (RMRS,2)
Research Botanist		Klepac, John (SRS,1)
General Engineer		Klepzig, Kier D. (SRS,2)
Assistant Director - Threats to Forest Health
Kline, Jeffrey D. (PNW,6)
Research Forester		Klopfenstein, Ned B. (RMRS,1)
Research Plant Pathologist		Klopfenstein, Ned B. (RMRS,2)
Research Plant Pathologist
Knapp, Eric E. (PSW,2)
Research Ecologist		Knight, Kathleen (NRS,6)
Research Ecologist		Knoepp, Jennifer D. (NRS,1)
Research Soil Scientist
Knoepp, Jennifer D. (SRS,2)
Research Soil Scientist		Koch, Frank H. (SRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Koch, Jennifer (NRS,1)
Research Biologist
Koch, Jennifer (NRS,2)
Research Biologist		Kolka, Randy (NRS,1)
Team Leader / Research Soil Scientist		Kolka, Randy (NRS,4)
Team Leader / Research Soil Scientist
Kondo, Ph.D., Michelle (NRS,6)
Research Social Scientist		Kretschmann, David E. (FPL,3)
Research General Engineer		Kruger, Linda E. , Ph.D. (PNW,1)
Research Social Scientist
Kubiske, Mark E. (NRS,1)
Research Plant Physiologist		Kurtz, Cassandra (NRS,1)
Natural Resources Specialist		Lake, Frank K. (PSW,2)
Research Ecologist
Landres, Peter B. (RMRS,2)
Ecologist		Lane, Erin (NRS,1)
Natural Resource Specialist		Larkin, Sim (PNW,4)
Climate Scientist
Latif, Quresh (RMRS,1)
Researcher Ecologist		LeDoux, Chris B. (NRS,1)
Supervisory Research Industrial Engineer		Leak, William (NRS,3)
Research Forester
Lebow, Patricia K. (FPL,2)
Mathematical Statistician		Lebow, Stan (FPL,4)
Research Forest Products Technologist		Lee, Danny C. (SRS,2)
Center Director
Liang, Christina (PSW,2)
Research Ecologist		Liebhold, Andrew M. (NRS,1)
Research Entomologist		Liknes, Greg C. (NRS,3)
Research Physical Scientist
Lind, Amy J. (PSW,3)
Wildlife Biologist		Lindner, Daniel (NRS,3)
Research Plant Pathologist		Lister, Andrew (NRS,1)
Research Forester
Lister, Tonya (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Liu, Yongqiang (SRS,2)
Research Meteorologist / Leader, Atmospheric Science Team		Lodge, D. Jean (NRS,1)
Botanist
Lodge, D. Jean (FPL,2)
Botanist		Loeb, Susan C. (SRS,4)
Research Ecologist		Long, Jonathan W. (PSW,2)
Ecologist
Long, Robert P. (NRS,4)
Supervisory Research Plant Pathologist		Long, Stephanie (NRS,1)
Biological Lab Technician		Lootens-White, Jim (NRS,1)
Natural Resource Specialist
Low, Sarah C. (NRS,1)
Biological Scientist		Lowell, Eini C. (PNW,1)
Research Forest Products Technologist		Lowell, Eini C. (PNW,3)
Research Forest Products Technologist
Luce, Charles H. (RMRS,3)
Research Hydrologist		Lugo, Ariel (IITF,4)
Ecologist Director		Lundquist, John (PNW,1)
Research Entomologist
Luppold, William (NRS,3)
Economist		Lydersen, Jamie (PSW,1)
Biological Science Technician		Lynch, Ann M. (RMRS,1)
Research Entomologist
MacFarland, Katherine (WO,1)
Program Specialist		Mackenzie, Richard A. (PSW,2)
Research Ecologist		Maier, Chris A. (SRS,1)
Team Leader/ Research Biological Scientist
Majewsky, Mark (NRS,1)
Supervisory Forester		Malone, Sparkle L. (RMRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Mankowski, Mark , E. (FPL,2)
Research Entomologist
Marcot, Bruce G. (PNW,1)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Marquardt, Paula E. (NRS,1)
Research Plant Geneticist		Mason, Andy (WO,4)
Director, USDA National Agroforestry Center
Massman Jr, William J. (RMRS,2)
Meteorologist		Matt, Frederick (NRS,1)
Forest Products Technologist		Matthews, Kathleen R. (PSW,1)
Emeritus Scientist
Matthews, Stephen (NRS,2)
Ecologist		Mayfield, Albert (Bud) E., III (SRS,2)
Research Entomologist		McCaffrey, Sarah M. (NRS,2)
Research Forester
McCaffrey, Sarah M. (NRS,4)
Research Forester		McCollum, Dan W. (RMRS,1)
Economist		McCormick, Frank H. (RMRS,4)
Research Program Manager
McDaniel, Virginia (SRS,1)
Forestry Technician		McGaughey, Robert (PNW,1)
Research Forester		McGinley, Kathleen (IITF,4)
Research Social Scientist
McGuinness, Barbara (NRS,7)
Forester/Environmental Literacy Coordinator		McKelvey, Kevin S. (RMRS,4)
Research Ecologist		McNulty, Steven (SRS,5)
Director, USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub
McPherson, E. Gregory (PSW,5)
Emeritus Scientist		McWilliams, William (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Mckeever, David B. (FPL,2)
Research Forester (Volunteer)
Meneguzzo, Dacia M. (NRS,2)
Research Forester		Mercado, Javier E. (RMRS,2)
Research Entomologist		Meyer, Susan E. (RMRS,2)
Research Ecologist
Michler, Charles H. (NRS,1)
Program Manager		Miles, Pat (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Millar, Constance I. (PSW,2)
Senior Research Ecologist
Miller, Carol L. (RMRS,4)
Research Ecologist		Miller, James (SRS,2)
Research Ecologist		Miniat, Chelcy F. (SRS,4)
Project Leader
Minocha, Rakesh (NRS,3)
Plant Physiologist / Biochemist		Miranda, Brian R. (NRS,1)
Ecologist		Mitchell, Dana (SRS,1)
Project Leader
Mockrin, Miranda H. (RMRS,1)
Research Scientist		Mockrin, Miranda H. (NRS,1)
Research Scientist		Mockrin, Miranda H. (RMRS,2)
Research Scientist
Moisen, Gretchen (RMRS,3)
Research Forester		Monleon, Vicente (PNW,1)
Mathematical Statistician		Montague, Iris (NRS,3)
Research Forester
Moon, Robert J. (FPL,6)
Materials Research Engineer		Moser, W. Keith (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Moser, W. Keith (RMRS,1)
Research Forester
Mowrer, Hobart T. (RMRS,1)
Biologist		Munoz-Erickson, Tischa A. (NRS,1)
Research Social Scientist		Munoz-Erickson, Tischa A. (IITF,3)
Research Social Scientist
Musselman, Robert (Bob) C. (RMRS,1)
Research Plant Physiologist		Muñoz Delgado, Bethany (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Nagel, David E. (RMRS,1)
GIS Analyst/Physical Scientist
Nakasone, Karen K. (FPL,1)
Volunteer (Retired Botanist)		Nakasone, Karen K. (NRS,1)
Volunteer (Retired Botanist)		Naylor, Bridgett (PNW,1)
GIS Analyst
Negron, Jose (RMRS,2)
Research Entomologist		Nelson, C. Dana (SRS,5)
Project Leader		Nelson, Mark D. (NRS,2)
Research Forester
Nislow, Keith (NRS,2)
Team Leader / Research Fisheries Biologist		Norman, Steve (SRS,2)
Research Ecologist		North, Malcolm P. (PSW,3)
Ecologist
Nowak, David J. (NRS,6)
Senior Scientist / i-Tree Team Leader		O'Brien, Joseph (SRS,2)
Research Ecologist		O'Dell, Jane (FPL,1)
Physical Science Technician
O'Neill, Susan (PNW,2)
Research Air Quality Engineer		Ohno, Katie, M (FPL,1)
Student Trainee Biological Sciences 		Olatinwo, Rabiu (SRS,1)
Research Plant Pathologist
Olson, Deanna ("Dede") H. (PNW,5)
Research Ecologist, Team Leader		Olson, Lucretia E. (RMRS,1)
Ecologist		Ortega, Yvette K. (RMRS,4)
Ecologist
Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz (NRS,1)
Botanist		Ostry, Michael E. (NRS,1)
Research Plant Pathologist		Oswalt, Christopher M. (SRS,1)
Research Forester
Ott, Jacqueline P. (RMRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Ott, Jeffrey E. (RMRS,1)
Research Geneticist		Ottmar, Roger D. (PNW,2)
Research Forester
Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. (RMRS,4)
Research Soil Scientist		Palik, Brian J. (SRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Palik, Brian J. (NRS,7)
Research Ecologist
Palmer, Jonathan M. (NRS,1)
Research Botanist		Pan, Yude (NRS,3)
Research Scientist		Pardo, Linda (NRS,1)
Environmental Engineer
Parks, Sean A. (RMRS,7)
Research Ecologist		Patterson, Paul L. (RMRS,3)
Statistician		Pattison, Robert (PNW,1)
Research Ecologist
Pearson, Dean E. (RMRS,4)
Research Ecologist		Penaluna, Brooke (PNW,1)
Research Fisheries Biologist		Perry, Charles H. (Hobie) (NRS,2)
Research Soil Scientist
Perry, Roger W. (SRS,3)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Peters, Matthew (NRS,3)
Ecologist		Peterson, Charles (PNW,1)
Program Manager
Peterson, David W. (PNW,3)
Research Forester		Peterson, David L. (PNW,1)
Emeritus Scientist		Pierce, Josh B. (SRS,1)
Wildlife Biologist
Pilgrim, Kristine L. (RMRS,1)
Biology Technician		Pinchot, Leila (NRS,3)
Research Ecologist		Pinto, Jeremiah R. (RMRS,2)
Research Plant Physiologist/Tribal Nursery Specialist
Poland, Therese M. (NRS,2)
Project Leader / Research Entomologist		Poland, Therese M. (NRS,6)
Project Leader / Research Entomologist		Polivka, Karl (PNW,1)
Research Fishery Biologist
Pope, Karen L. (PSW,1)
Wildlife Biologist		Prasad, Anantha M. (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Preisler, Haiganoush K. (PSW,1)
Statistical Scientist
Preisler, Haiganoush K. (PNW,1)
Statistical Scientist		Prendeville, Holly R. (PNW,1)
Northwest Climate Hub Coordinator		Prestemon, Jeffrey (SRS,6)
Project Leader
Progar, Robert (PNW,2)
Research Entomologist		Purcell, Kathryn L. (PSW,3)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Raish, Carol B. (RMRS,1)
Archeologist/Research Social Scientist
Ralph, C. John (PSW,1)
Emeritus Scientist		Rammer, Douglas R. (FPL,3)
Research General Engineer		Ramos, Olga (IITF,1)
GIS Analyst
Raphael, Martin G. (PNW,1)
Emeritus Scientist		Raphael, Martin G. (PNW,2)
Emeritus Scientist		Rebbeck, Joanne (NRS,7)
Plant Physiologist
Reeves, Gordon (PNW,4)
Emeritus Scientist		Reeves, Matt C. (RMRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Reid, Leslie M. (PSW,1)
Emeritus Scientist
Reiner, Richard (FPL,1)
Chemical Engineer		Reynolds, Richard T. (RMRS,3)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Richardson, Bryce A. (RMRS,6)
Research Geneticist Plant
Riemann, Rachel (NRS,1)
Research Forester / Geographer		Riggan, Philip J. (PSW,3)
Research Ecologist		Riitters, Kurt (SRS,2)
Research Ecologist & Team Leader
Riley, Karin (RMRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Ristau, Todd (NRS,5)
Research Ecologist		Rodrigue, Jane (NRS,1)
Ecologist
Rorig, Miriam (PNW,1)
Research Meteorologist		Ross, Robert J. (FPL,8)
Supervisory Research Gen. Engineer		Rowland, Mary M. (PNW,1)
Research Wildlife Biologist
Royo, Alejandro A. (NRS,5)
Research Ecologist		Rudie, Alan W. (FPL,4)
Supervisory Research Chemist		Rudolph, Carline (SRS,1)
Bio. Science Technician Insects
Rudolph, D. Craig (SRS,1)
Research Ecologist		Rugg, Dave (NRS,1)
Research Data Archivist		Rummer, Robert (SRS,2)
Project Leader
Runyon, Justin B. (RMRS,5)
Research Entomologist		Rustad, Lindsey (NRS,4)
Team Leader / Research Ecologist		Saab, Victoria A. (RMRS,1)
Research Wildlife Biologist
Sabo, Ronald C. (FPL,6)
Research Materials Engineer		Sachdeva, Sonya (NRS,1)
Research Social Scientist		Saenz, Daniel (SRS,3)
Research Wildlife Biologist
Sanchez, Jose J. (PSW,1)
Research Statistician		Sanderlin, Jamie S. (RMRS,2)
Research Wildlife Biologist (Quantitative Vertebrate Ecologist)		Schaberg, Paul (NRS,2)
Research Plant Physiologist
Schelhas, John (SRS,1)
Research Forester		Schleeweis, Karen (RMRS,1)
Geographer		Schoeneberger, Michele (WO,2)
Research Leader, Research Soil Scientist
Schoettle, Anna W. (RMRS,3)
Research Plant Ecophysiologist		Schueneman, Gregory (FPL,3)
Supervisory Research Materials Engineer		Schuler, Thomas M. (NRS,7)
Project Leader / Research Forester
Schulz, Bethany K. (PNW,1)
Research Ecologist		Scott, Andy (SRS,3)
Research Soil Scientist		Scott, Charles (NRS,1)
Program Manager
Sebestyen, Stephen D. (NRS,1)
Research Hydrologist		Senalik, Christopher Adam (FPL,1)
Research General Engineer		Seybold, Steven J. (PSW,3)
Research Entomologist
Shaw, John D. (RMRS,4)
Biological Scientist		Shaw, Nancy L. (RMRS,1)
Scientist Emeritus 		Shelton, Thomas Guy (FPL,1)
Supervisory Research Entomologist
Shifley, Stephen R. (NRS,2)
Research Forester (Biometrics)		Shifley, Stephen R. (NRS,3)
Research Forester (Biometrics)		Sieg, Carolyn H. (RMRS,2)
Research Plant Ecologist
Simpson, Jim (PSW,1)
Meteorologist		Singleton, Peter (PNW,1)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Skinner, Carl N. (PSW,2)
Emeritus Scientist
Skowronski, Nicholas (NRS,5)
Research Forester		Slavicek, Jim (NRS,2)
Project Leader / Research Biologist		Smith, James (NRS,1)
Plant Physiology/Modeling
Smith, Jane E. (PNW,2)
Research Botanist		Smith, Kevin T. (NRS,5)
Supervisory Plant Physiologist		Snyder, Stephanie (NRS,2)
Operations Research Analyst
Snyder, Stephanie (NRS,5)
Operations Research Analyst		Sonti, Nancy Falxa (NRS,1)
Ecologist		Spetich, Marty (SRS,1)
Research Forest Ecologist
Spies, Thomas (PNW,4)
Emeritus Scientist		Squires, John R. (RMRS,4)
Research Wildlife Biologist		St. Clair, Brad (PNW,3)
Research Geneticist
St. John, Franz (FPL,4)
Research Microbiologist		Stanturf, John A. (SRS,4)
Emeritus Scientist		Stark, Nicole M. (FPL,6)
Research Chemical Engineer
Stewart, Susan I. (NRS,1)
Research Social Scientist		Stoleson, Scott H. (NRS,7)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Stout, Susan (NRS,3)
Emeritus Research Forester
Straight, Richard (WO,1)
Technology Transfer Leader		Stringer, Christina (SRS,1)
Research Hydrologist		Sturtevant, Brian R. (NRS,1)
Research Ecologist
Sturtevant, Brian R. (NRS,5)
Research Ecologist		Sullivan, Brian (SRS,2)
Research Entomologist		Sun, Ge (SRS,4)
Research Hydrologist
Sutherland, Elaine K. (NRS,1)
Research Biologist & Scientist-in-Charge, Coram Experimental Forest		Sutherland, Elaine K. (RMRS,2)
Research Biologist & Scientist-in-Charge, Coram Experimental Forest		Svendsen, Erika (NRS,4)
Research Social Scientist
Swanson, Cindy S. S. (RMRS,5)
Program Manager Human Dimensions		Swanston, Chris (NRS,8)
Director - Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science		Sword Sayer, Mary Anne (SRS,1)
Research Plant Physiologist
Tang, Juliet D. (FPL,2)
Research Forest Products Technologist		Taylor, Melanie K. (SRS,1)
Ecologist		Thomas, Ed (FPL,1)
Research Computer Scientist
Thomas, Ed (NRS,3)
Research Computer Scientist		Thomas-Van Gundy, Melissa (NRS,8)
Research Forester		Thompson, Craig M. (PSW,1)
Research Ecologist
Thompson, Frank R. (NRS,1)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Thompson, Frank R. (NRS,3)
Research Wildlife Biologist		Thompson, Jason (SRS,1)
General Engineer
Thompson, Matthew P. (RMRS,3)
Research Forester		Toney, Chris (RMRS,1)
Biological Scientist		Trettin, Carl C. (SRS,2)
Team Leader
Trotter, III, R. Talbot (NRS,3)
Research Ecologist		Tshabalala, Mandla A. (FPL,2)
Research Chemist		Twery, Mark (NRS,1)
Scientist Emeritus
Ulyshen, Michael (SRS,2)
Research Entomologist		Urbanski, Shawn P. (RMRS,1)
Research Physical Scientist		Vaillant, Nicole (PNW,2)
Ecologist
Valentine, Harry (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Van Beusekom, Ashley (IITF,1)
Van Bloem, Skip (IITF,2)
Project Leader
Van Sambeek, J.W."Jerry" (NRS,1)
Research Plant Physiologist		Venette, Robert C. (NRS,1)
Research Biologist		Venette, Robert C. (NRS,2)
Research Biologist
Verrill, Steve P. (FPL,1)
Mathematical Statistician		Vose, James (SRS,5)
Project Leader		Wacker, James P. (FPL,4)
Research General Engineer
Waddell, Karen (PNW,1)
Forest Resource Analyst		Waldrop, Tom (SRS,2)
Team Leader/Supervisory Research Forester		Walker, Joan L. (SRS,1)
Research Plant Ecologist
Walters, Brian F. (NRS,1)
Forester		Wang, Xiping (FPL,7)
Forest Products Technologist		Warren, Steven D. (RMRS,1)
Disturbance Ecologist
Watson, Alan E. (RMRS,2)
Supervisory Research Social Scientist		Wear, David N. N. (SRS,4)
Project Leader		Weaver, Peter (IITF,1)
Research Forester
Weise, David R. (PSW,1)
Research Forester		Weller, Ted (PSW,2)
Ecologist		Welsh, Hart (PSW,2)
Emeritus Scientist
Westfall, Jim (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Westphal, Lynne M. (NRS,2)
Project Leader / Research Social Scientist		Westphal, Lynne M. (NRS,2)
Project Leader / Research Social Scientist
White, Angela M. (PSW,2)
Research Ecologist		White, Eric M. (PNW,2)
Research Social Scientist		White, Robert H. (FPL,4)
Research Wood Scientist
Wiedenbeck, Janice (Jan) K. (NRS,4)
Team Leader / Research Forest Products Technologist. 		Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. (FPL,2)
Research Botanist and Team Leader		Wiemann, Michael C. (FPL,2)
Botanist
Williams, Daniel R. (RMRS,1)
Research Social Scientist		Wilson, Barry T. (Ty) (NRS,1)
Research Forester		Wilson, Michael J. (RMRS,3)
Program Manager
Wing, Brian M. (PSW,1)
Research Forester		Winter, Patricia L. L. (PSW,4)
Research Social Scientist		Wisdom, Michael, Dr. (PNW,1)
Research Wildlife Biologist
Witt, Christopher (RMRS,1)
Ecologist		Woeste, Keith (NRS,2)
Research Plant Molecular Geneticist		Wondzell, Steve (PNW,1)
Research Ecologist
Woodall, Christopher W. (NRS,3)
Project Leader		Woodall, Christopher W. (NRS,6)
Project Leader		Woodward, Bessie (FPL,1)
Microbiologist
Wright, Clinton (PNW,1)
Emeritus Scientist		Wright, David K. (RMRS,1)
Ecologist		Wright, Jessica W. (PSW,3)
Research Geneticist Plants
Wunderle, Joseph M., Jr. (IITF,2)
Wildlife Team Leader		Yamasaki, Mariko (NRS,5)
Team Leader / Research Wildlife Biologist		Yang, Vina (FPL,3)
Microbiologist
Yelle, Daniel J. (FPL,2)
Research Forest Products Technologist		Young, Michael K. (RMRS,5)
Research Fisheries Biologist		Youngblood, Anthony (PNW,3)
EPF Program Assistant
Zalesny, Ronald S., Jr. (NRS,3)
Supervisory Research Plant Geneticist		Zalesny, Ronald S., Jr. (NRS,2)
Supervisory Research Plant Geneticist		Zelinka, Samuel L. (FPL,8)
Supervisory Materials Research Engineer
Zhu, J.Y. (FPL,2)
Research General Engineer		Zimmerman, Patrick L. (NRS,1)
Statistical Assistant		Zimmerman, Tom (RMRS,1)
Supervisory Biologist
Zipperer, Wayne C. (SRS,2)
Research Forester

Research Units

Air, Water and Aquatic Environments (RMRS-4354,13)
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (RMRS-4901,12)
Biological and Environmental Influences on Forest Health and Productivity (NRS-10,27)
Building and Fire Sciences (FPL-4716,15)
Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research (SRS-4155,4)
Center for Forest Disturbance Science (SRS-4156,15)
Center for Integrated Forest Science and Synthesis (SRS-4855,6)
Center for Research on Ecosystem Change (NRS-7,35)
Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Sciences (NRS-6,41)
Communications and Science Delivery (NRS-CSD,5)
Conservation of Biodiversity Program (PSW-CB,26)
Director's Office (FPL-DO,4)
Durability and Wood Protection Research (FPL-4723,17)
Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (SRS-4854,21)
Ecological Process and Function (PNW-2662,25)
Ecological and Economic Sustainability of the Appalachian Forest in an Era of Globalization (NRS-1,32)
Ecology and Management of Invasive Species and Forest Ecosystems (NRS-3,38)
Economics, Statistics and Life Cycle Analysis Research (FPL-4851,12)
Ecosystem Function and Health Program (PSW-EFH,28)
Engineered Composites Science (FPL-4706,30)
Engineering Properties of Wood, Wood Based Materials and Structures (FPL-4714,16)
Fiber and Chemical Sciences Research (FPL-4709,6)
Fire and Fuels Program (PSW-FF,15)
Fire, Fuel and Smoke (RMRS-4405,13)
Forest Biopolymer Science and Engineering (FPL-4707,23)
Forest Economics and Policy (SRS-4804,12)
Forest Genetics & Biological Foundations (SRS-4160,7)
Forest Inventory & Analysis (NRS-FIA,22)
Forest Inventory and Analysis (SRS-4801,6)
Forest Operations Research to Achieve Sustainable Management (SRS-4703,3)
Forest Watershed Science (SRS-4353,9)
Forest and Woodland Ecosystems (RMRS-4157,44)
Genetics, Biological Control, and Management of Invasive Species (NRS-4,7)
Goods, Services, and Values (PNW-2665,24)
Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystems (RMRS-4255,36)
Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (NRS-14,2)
Human Dimensions (RMRS-4853,24)
Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants (SRS-4552,13)
Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies: Theory and Application of Scaling Science in Forestry (NRS-13,21)
Institute for Microbial and Biochemical Sciences (FPL-4712,13)
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry (PSW-IPIF,16)
Integrating Human and Natural Systems (SRS-4952,11)
International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF-4151,50)
Inventory and Monitoring (RMRS-4801,22)
Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment Research (WO-IMAR,1)
Land and Watershed Management (PNW-2663,32)
National Agroforestry Center (WO-4352,10)
People and Their Environments: Social Science Supporting Natural Resource Management and Policy (NRS-9,26)
Resource Monitoring and Assessment (PNW-2669,19)
Restoring Longleaf Pine Ecosystems (SRS-4158,5)
Science Application and Communication (RMRS-SAI,5)
Southern Pine Ecology (SRS-4159,13)
Station Director Office (PNW-2600,1)
Station Headquarters - Asheville, NC (SRS-HQ,2)
Sustainable Forest Management Research (WO-SFMR,2)
Sustainable Management of Central Hardwood Ecosystems and Landscapes (NRS-11,11)
Sustaining Forests in a Changing Environment (NRS-2,38)
The Strategic Foresight Group (NRS-15,10)
Threat Characterization and Management (PNW-2677,29)
Upland Hardwood Ecology and Management (SRS-4157,8)
Urban Ecosystems and Social Dynamics Program (PSW-UESD,15)
Urban Forests, Human Health, and Environmental Quality (NRS-8,17)
Utilization of Southern Forest Resources (SRS-4704,2)
Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment (PNW-2667,6)
Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecosystems (RMRS-4256,26)
Wood Anatomy and Forest Mycology in a Changing Global Environment (FPL-4715,3)

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