Host and Participants

 

 

Event Coordinator

Josh Magnusson, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Contact:

Team Leader

Raju Pokharel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Forest Resource Economics
Contact: raju2020@msu.edu | +1 (517) 353-9447 
Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd, Room. 208A, East Lansing, MI 48824
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University

Workshop Moderator

Emily Huff, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions of Forestry
Contact: ehuff@msu.edu | +1 (517) 884-8485 
Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University

Travel and logistics Support

  • Katie James,Research Administrator – Graduate Academic Program Coordinator, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
    Contact: katjames@msu.edu | 517-353-5199
      • Please contact Katie James for all travel related queries. 
  • Majel Maes, Assistant to the Chair and Department, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
    Contact: | 517.355.0097

Note-takers and facilitators 

Agency Partners

 External Team 

  • Greg Alward, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Policy Analysis Group, University of Idaho
    Contact: galward@uidaho.edu
  • Larry Leefers, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University
    Contact:  leefers@msu.edu 
  • John Wagner, Ph.D., Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry
    Contact: jewagner@esf.edu 
  • Omkar Joshi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
    Contact: omkar.joshi@okstate.edu
  • Rajan Parajuli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
    Contact: rparaju@ncsu.edu 
  • Gary Melow, Director, Michigan Biomass & Southeast Biopower Coalition, Michigan.
    Contact: gary.melow@michiganbiomass.com
  • Basanta Lamsal, Graduate Research Assistant, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry
    Contact: blamsal@esf.edu 

Expert participants

  • Arun Regmi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State University
    Contact: arun.regmi@psu.edu  
  • Bijesh Mishra, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Auburn University
    Contact: bijesh.mishra@okstate.edu 
  • Christopher Saffron, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Michigan State University
    Contact: saffronc@msu.edu
  • Govinda R Timilsina, Ph.D.,Senior Research Economist, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Development Research Group, The World Bank
    Contact: gtimilsina@worldbank.org 
  • Kylie Clay, Ph.D., , Associate Director, Forest Climate and Carbon Program, Michigan State University
    Contact: kclay@msu.edu
  • Mahelet Fikru, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics, Missouri University of Science and Technology
    Contact: fikruma@mst.edu 
  • Patrick Duffy, Researcher III-Mechanical Engineering, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Contact: Patrick.Duffy@nrel.gov  
  • Prakash Nepal,  Ph.D.,Research Economist, Forest Products Laboratory, US Forest Service
    Contact: Prakash.Nepal@usda.gov
  • Pralhad H. Burli, Ph.D., Economist, Modeling and Simulation, Idaho National Laboratory
    Contact: Pralhad.Burli@inl.gov
  • Robert Idel, Ph.D., Director of Auction Economics, Tripadvisor 
    Contact: robert.idel@googlemail.com
  • Sharon Klein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Maine
    Contact: sharon.klein@maine.edu
  • Stephanie Chizmar, Ph.D., Research Economist, Southern Research Station, US Forest Service
    Contact: Stephanie.Chizmar@usda.gov
  • Suzanne Tegen, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University
    Contact: Suzanne.Tegen@colostate.edu
  • Thomas Ochuodho, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Forest Economics and Policy, University of Kentucky
    Contact: thomas.ochuodho@uky.edu