Social Sciences Team
Economic and Cultural Impacts of Forest Health
- Our goal is to better understand the value of eastern U.S. forests and the potential impacts of various abiotic and biotic tree threats
- Our team will integrate the interests of industry stakeholders, landowners, and the general public to develop strategies to conserve and improve forest species and better meet the current environmental challenges
- In addition, we will provide a forum for public discussion of issues related to available technologies to improve the sustainability of forest tree species
Meet the Social Sciences Team
Thomas Ochuodho
thomas.ochuodho@uky.edu
Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Policy
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky
Billy Thomas
billy.thomas@uky.edu
Extension Forester
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky
Research Forest Economist
USFS Forestry Sciences Laboratory
North Carolina
Yang Bai
Yang.Bai@uky.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky
Omkar Joshi
omkar.joshi@okstate.edu
Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Management
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Neelam Poudyal
npoudyal@tennessee.edu
Associate Professor Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
University of Tennessee
MoZhou
mozheou@purdue.edu
Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Management
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University
Jeff Prestemon
jprestemon@fs.fed.us
Project Leader
USFS Forestry Sciences Laboratory
North Carolina
