Forests & Plants
Pepe Iniguez, Landscape Fire Ecologist
FireForests & Plants - Ph.D., University of Arizona
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A landcape fire ecologist studies: How past and present forest fires spread across areas, how the fire impacts the forest (which trees are killed and which trees survive), what trees begin to grow after the first and; how surviving trees and the new vegetation influence how future fires spread.
- Ph.D., University of Arizona
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A landcape fire ecologist studies: How past and present forest fires spread across areas, how the fire impacts the forest (which trees are killed and which trees survive), what trees begin to grow after the first and; how surviving trees and the new vegetation influence how future fires spread.
Sharon Hood, Fire Ecologist
FireForests & Plants - Ph.D., University of Montana
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Fire ecologists study how wildfire changes ecosystems. As a fire ecologist, I study the impacts of removing fire from, or changing how fires burn in, forests which originally had fire.
- Ph.D., University of Montana
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- Fire ecologists study how wildfire changes ecosystems. As a fire ecologist, I study the impacts of removing fire from, or changing how fires burn in, forests which originally had fire.
Jennifer Moore Myers, Resource Information Specialist
Forests & PlantsScience Communication - M.S., North Carolina State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A GIS analyst uses geographic data to answer questions, solve problems, and tell stories. In my work, this often means looking for spatial patterns that show how forests respond to climate change or other stressors.
- M.S., North Carolina State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A GIS analyst uses geographic data to answer questions, solve problems, and tell stories. In my work, this often means looking for spatial patterns that show how forests respond to climate change or other stressors.
John Frank, Electronics Engineer
Forests & PlantsWeather & Climate - Ph.D., University of Wyoming
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- An electronics engineer in the Forest Service usees math, physics and computers to design circuits, write programs, and build instruments to answer questions about how our forests function.
- Ph.D., University of Wyoming
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- An electronics engineer in the Forest Service usees math, physics and computers to design circuits, write programs, and build instruments to answer questions about how our forests function.
Zhiyong Cai, Material Engineer
Forests & Plants - Ph.D., Purdue University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A material engineer develops new and improved composite materials by working with wood and other non-wood fiber sources.
- Ph.D., Purdue University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A material engineer develops new and improved composite materials by working with wood and other non-wood fiber sources.
Jenna Padilla, Geologist
Forests & PlantsLandforms - B.S., University of New Mexico
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A geologist for the Forest Service conducts studies and investigations on projects where minerals and geology impact the development or management of the forest resources (e.g., trees, range land, soil, water systems, wildlife). Geologists also manage material projects that are conducted on public lands and mitigate Abandoned Mine Land features.
- B.S., University of New Mexico
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A geologist for the Forest Service conducts studies and investigations on projects where minerals and geology impact the development or management of the forest resources (e.g., trees, range land, soil, water systems, wildlife). Geologists also manage material projects that are conducted on public lands and mitigate Abandoned Mine Land features.
Barb Beasley, Paleontologist
Forests & PlantsLandformsWildlife - M.S., Fort Hays State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- As a paleontologist, I study plants and animals that are preserved in the earth. Essentially, I am a prehistoric wildlife biologist.
- M.S., Fort Hays State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- As a paleontologist, I study plants and animals that are preserved in the earth. Essentially, I am a prehistoric wildlife biologist.
Frank Koch, Invasion Ecologist
Forests & PlantsInsectsWildlife - Ph.D., NC State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- An invasion ecologist studies the ways in which species move out of their native environments and into new ones, where they sometimes have negative impacts.
- Ph.D., NC State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- An invasion ecologist studies the ways in which species move out of their native environments and into new ones, where they sometimes have negative impacts.
Susan Best, Plant Pathologist
Forests & Plants - M.S., Iowa State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A plant pathologist specializes in plant health. Keeping plants healthy requires an understanding of the organisms that cause disease, as well as an undertanding of how plants grow and are affected by disease.
- M.S., Iowa State University
- USDA Forest Service Scientist
- A plant pathologist specializes in plant health. Keeping plants healthy requires an understanding of the organisms that cause disease, as well as an undertanding of how plants grow and are affected by disease.
