Our People

Professor of Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Ecology and Department Head of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Kaella Dinius

Administrative Assistant II

Karen Johnson

Administrative Financial Specialist

Academic Advisor

Khris Kohlmeier

Academic Advisor

Kristina Bartowitz, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

Research Assistant Professor of Forest Operations

Professor of Remote Sensing

Extension Professor of Forestry and Extension Forestry Specialist

Stephen Bunting, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Rangeland Ecology

Assistant Professor of Forest & Sustainable Products

Extension Educator

Professor of Forestry

Senior Ecology Instructor

Professor Emerita of Forest Policy

Professor of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Ecology

Madeline Goebel

Associate Extension Educator, Senior Instructor of Forestry

Professor Emeritus of Forest & Sustainable Products

Senior Fire Ecology & Management Instructor

Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

Area Range Extension Educator

Director of the U of I Rangeland Center, Associate Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Harold F. and Ruth M. Heady Endowed Chair of Rangeland Ecology

Associate Professor of Forest Operations, Director of the University of Idaho Experimental Forest

Research Associate Professor of Forest Resources, Director of the Intermountain Forestry Cooperative

Professor of Wildland Fire Science, Director of Master of Natural Resources Program

Professor of Rangeland Ecology

Professor of Hydrology; Director, Water Resources Graduate Program

Distinguished Professor of Forest & Sustainable Products

Jessica Miesel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Fire Ecology

Professor Emerita of Fire Ecology and Forest Ecology and Certified Senior Fire Ecologist

Associate Professor of Forestry, Director of Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery, Tom A. Alberg and Judith Beck Endowed Chair of Native Plant Regeneration

Professor Emeritus of Forest Resources

Professor Emeritus of Physiological Ecology

Area Extension Educator — Forestry

Professor of Forest & Sustainable Products

Research Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology & Geospatial Data Analysis

Associate Dean, Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Management

Eric Winford

Research Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecology & Management, Associate Director of the Rangeland Center

Ann Abbott, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alexey Egorov, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Edward Flathers, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Darcy Hammond, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Arthur Hsu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mikhail Kondratev, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vladyslav Oles, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jaslam Poolakkal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Benjamin Spei, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ebru Bilici, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate, Forest Utilization

Wayne Buck

FRAMES Content Specialist

Lana Cohen

Research Associate I

Adam Hackbarth

Nursery Production Associate

Matthan Hale

Nursery Management Specialist

Joshua Hyde

FRAMES Fuels and Smoke Project Manager

Lauren King

Financial & Outreach Specialist

Lori Mackey

Research Specialist

Blake Manley

Workforce Development Program Manager

George Naughton

Forested Watershed Project Scientist

Diana Olson

FRAMES Project Manager

Bruce Ripley

Chief Innovation Officer

Paul Robinson

Watershed Research Project Manager

Marc Rust

Director of Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative

Terry Shaw

Research Scientist III

Emily Sprague

Research Associate I

Mike Tjoelker

FRAMES Content Specialist

Lynn Wells

FRAMES Program Manager