Jim Chambers Students, Research Associates, Post Doc's and Visiting Scientists

Past and Present

 Current Research Associate:

Hughes, Melinda mhughes@lsu.edu  

Bottomland Hardwood/Forested Wetlands Research

Water Quality and Best Management Practices

Governor's Science Working Group on Coastal Wetland Forest Conservation and Use.

 

  Assistant Professor at Alabama A&M University

Ecology, silviculture, and management of oaks and other hardwoods

 Dimov, Luben Ph.D. 2005 , luben.dimov@email.aamu.edu   Oak Competition, growth and vigor in Natural Stands . 

 

Previous Visiting Scientists:

Zhou, Benzhi bzzhou@163.net Studied root density changes within loblolly pine stands, under several cultural treatments.

 

Wu, Kangsheng

Kansheng worked on loblolly pine productivity study prior to starting and completing a Ph.D. degree under Dr. Xu in our School.  He is now working as a Post Doc at South Dakota State University

Students, Research Associates, and Visiting Scientist (Under construction, not complete)

Rincon Mautner, Carlos A.  M.S.  1980.  Vegetation Damage Associated With Salt Mining Operations  At Avery Island, Louisiana.

Young, Nancy Lowe.  M.S.  1980.  Phenology of Plantation-Grown Cherrybark Oak, Yellow-Poplar, And Sweetgum. 

State Resource Conservationist (GS-457-13/04), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Little Rock, Arkansas - October 2006 to Present..

2008 Alumnus of the Year. LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources

Recent Special Assignments:

bulletTwo month temporary duty assignment through the US State Department at the Embassy in Manila, Philippines. Provided assistance to the Philippine Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation to streamline their US Debt for Nature grant process.  (2008)
bulletThree month temporary duty assignment to the US Agency for International Development in Kabul, Afghanistan.  Provided forestry planning, project proposal writing, and forestry technical training to personnel of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Food’s Forest and Range Department (2006)

Jenkins, Michael Wayne.  M.S.  1983.  Understory Light Intensity In Bottomland Hardwood Stands   As Related To Several Stand Characteristics And Thinning Intensities.

Treacy, Mark Gerard.  M.S.  1984.  Effects Of Foliar-Applied Salt (NaCl) On Seedlings Of Eleven Half-Sib Families Of Live Oak (Quercus virginiana Mill.).

 Clifton, Robert George Paul.  M.S.  1986.  Screening Container-Grown Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.)  Seedlings For Growth And Survival Differences Based On Physiological Responses.  Currently  with Providence Engineering & Environmental Group LLC in Baton Rouge, LA

 

Henkel-Morrison, Mary Weller.  M.S.  1988.  Effects Of Partial Overstory Removal On Natural And Artificial Regeneration In Bottomland Hardwood Stands. Currently with USDA Forest Service in South Carolina.

 Brissette, John Closs.  Ph.D.  1990.  jbrissette@fs.fed.us Root Growth, Root Function, And Water Relations Of Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) Bare-Root Seedlings Transplanted Into Different Edaphic  Environments. USDA FS Project Leader, Durham, NH.

Choi, Heung Seon.  M.S.  1990.  Water Potential Response Variation Among Half-Sib Families Of  Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) Exposed To Reoccurring Droughts. (Deceased)

 Allen, James Andrew.  Ph.D.  1994.  Intraspecific Variation In The Response Of Baldcypress  (Taxodium distichum) Seedlings To Salinity. Executive Director, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Gravatt, Dennis A.  Ph.D.  1994. dgravatt@sfasu.edu  Physiological Variation In Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) As  Related To Crown Position And Stand Density.  

Chair, Department of Biology, Stephan F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX

Sun, Jian. Ph.D. 1995. Submergence Impacts On Selected Wetland/Bottomland Tree Species.

Yu, Shufang. M.S. 1996. syu1@lsu.edu Foliage and crown characteristics of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) six years after thinning and fertilization. See below.

 Yu, Shufang. Ph.D. 2003  syu1@lsu.edu   Water Flux, Cultural Practices, and Climate Change in Loblolly Pine Stands. Currently working for the state of Texas.
Krauss, Kenneth Wayne. M.S. 1997. kkrauss@usgs.gov Intraspecific variation in baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) RICH.): Responses to salinity and potential for restoration of wetlands impacted by saltwater intrusion.

Research Scientist  with USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA

Ph.D.  from University of Louisiana, Lafayette.

 Horna-de-Zimmerman , Julia Viviana  M.S. 1997. Effects of soil waterlogging on xylem flux density of two bottomland hardwood species.

Horna-de-Zimmermann JV (2001) Carbon release from woody parts of trees from a seasonally flooded Amazon forest near Manaus, Brazil. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth

 Patterson, William Brown. Ph.D. 1997. wpatter@lans.latech.edu Vegetation, soils, and hydrology of Central Louisiana bottomland hardwood forest types. (co-chaired with Wayne Hudnall)

Assistant Professor of Forestry at Louisiana Tech University
Wharton, Kristi ,

kwharton@fs.fed.us

 Thinning, Cherrybark Oak Growth, and Deer Browse 

USDA Forest Service in Pineville, LA  
Stelzer, Erik Research Associate: Projects included  Thinning and Acorn Production; Coastal Wetland Forest Sustainability; Baldcypress Growth in  Plantations

Wetlands Research Center Lafayette, Louisiana

Previous Post Doc's

Williams, Hans Ph.D.  Worked with flooding and tree growth. Professor, Author Temple College of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin University.   hwilliams@sfasu.edu

Pezeshki, Reza Ph.D. Worked on flooding and salinity effects on hardwoods and baldcypress.

 Professor of Biology at University of Memphis.  srpezshki@memphis.edu

Research Scientist

 Dr. Zhemin "Jamie " Tang,   

Research on Physiological Response to Cultural Practices and Global Change.

Previous Research Associates:

Rudy Sparks,  Bottomland Hardwood and Cypress-Tupelo Research

Currently, Vice President of Lands and Timber for Williams Inc. in South Louisiana.

University of Arkansas at Monticello.
Chris Stuhlinger

Somewhere out west?

 Susan Erwin

Forestry Faculty Member,  Mount Hood Community College

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 Joan Caldwell

Young, Joy - Former Research Associate in Dendrochronology TREE Lab; Now a Private Consultant;

Forested Wetlands Research

Greenhouse and Nursery Operations.  Former Research Associate  in Forested Wetlands

 
Karen Velupillai

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