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  • Natural Inquirer bee with a magnifying glass
    Ryan Vinhal is a forester for the Northern Research Station of the Forest Service.
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    Ryan Vinhal

  • Dr. Heath in her office
    I study ways to provide estimates of multiple environmental benefits.  An example of a benefit is forest carbon.  The estimates…
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    Linda Heath

  • Dr. Kenefic wears a hard hat and safety vest and looks up at a tree
    As a silviculturist, I study ways to sustainably manage forests for desired products and outcomes.
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    Laura Kenefic

  • Dr. Lawson wears a climbing harness and climbs up a large tree.
    A plant physiologist studies the physical aspects of plants in relation to one another, such as color, leaf shape, and size.
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    Shaneka S. Lawson

  • Dr. Lodge wear waders and a backpack
    Mycologists explore a diverse range of problems relating to the fungal kingdom, including their diversity, classification, their roles in sustaining…
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    D. Jean Lodge

  • Dr. Minocha sits on a blue tarp in a forest and processes samples.
    I monitor health of forests by measuring the content of stress-related compounds (biochemcial indicators) in the way doctors use cholesterol…
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    Rakesh Minocha

  • Dr. Pinchot stands in the woods beside a sapling tree
    A restoration ecologist studies how to restore species that have experienced significant population declines.  These declines are often caused by…
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    Leila Pinchot

  • Dr. Royo stands beside seedlings in a greenhouse.
    Ecologists study how interactions among organisms within communities and environmental factors influence the diversity, distribution, and dynamics of species.
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    Alejandro Royo

  • Dr. Skowronski stands on the platform of a lift in a forest
    A forest ecologist studies how plants and animals interact within a forest community.  Some of these scientists are particularly interested…
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    Nick Skowronski

  • Dr. Smith holds a cross-section of a tree trunk.
    As a plant physiologist, I study how plants and fungi capture energy, grow, protect themselves, and eventually die.  I also…
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    Kevin T. Smith