Host and Participants
Event Coordinator
Josh Magnusson, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Contact: magnuss5@msu.edu
Team Leader
Raju Pokharel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Forest Resource Economics
Contact: raju2020@msu.edu | +1 (517) 353-9447
Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd, Room. 208A, East Lansing, MI 48824
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Workshop Moderator
Emily Huff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Human Dimensions of Forestry
Contact: ehuff@msu.edu | +1 (517) 884-8485
Natural Resources Building, 480 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Travel and logistics Support
- Katie James,Research Administrator – Graduate Academic Program Coordinator, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Contact: katjames@msu.edu | 517-353-5199-
- Please contact Katie James for all travel related queries.
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- Majel Maes, Assistant to the Chair and Department, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Contact: maesmaje@msu.edu | 517.355.0097
Note-takers and facilitators
- Shivan Gc, PhD, Senior Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Contact: gc@msu.edu - Ichchha Thapa, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Contact: thapaich@msu.edu - Tara Allohverdi, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Contact: allohver@msu.edu
Agency Partners
- Jagdish Poudel, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Forest Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Forest Economist, Michigan Department of Natural Natural Resources
Contact: poudelja@msu.edu | PoudelJ@michigan.gov | +1 (517)-582-3101 - Ram Dahal, Ph.D., Forest Economist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Natural Resources
Contact: ram.dahal@wisconsin.gov
External Team
- Greg Alward, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Policy Analysis Group, University of Idaho
Contact: galward@uidaho.edu - Larry Leefers, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University
Contact: leefers@msu.edu - John Wagner, Ph.D., Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry
Contact: jewagner@esf.edu - Omkar Joshi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
Contact: omkar.joshi@okstate.edu - Rajan Parajuli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Contact: rparaju@ncsu.edu - Gary Melow, Director, Michigan Biomass & Southeast Biopower Coalition, Michigan.
Contact: gary.melow@michiganbiomass.com - Basanta Lamsal, Graduate Research Assistant, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry
Contact: blamsal@esf.edu
Expert participants
- Arun Regmi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State University
Contact: arun.regmi@psu.edu - Bijesh Mishra, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Auburn University
Contact: bijesh.mishra@okstate.edu - Christopher Saffron, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Contact: saffronc@msu.edu - Govinda R Timilsina, Ph.D.,Senior Research Economist, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Development Research Group, The World Bank
Contact: gtimilsina@worldbank.org - Kylie Clay, Ph.D., , Associate Director, Forest Climate and Carbon Program, Michigan State University
Contact: kclay@msu.edu - Mahelet Fikru, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Contact: fikruma@mst.edu - Patrick Duffy, Researcher III-Mechanical Engineering, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact: Patrick.Duffy@nrel.gov - Prakash Nepal, Ph.D.,Research Economist, Forest Products Laboratory, US Forest Service
Contact: Prakash.Nepal@usda.gov - Pralhad H. Burli, Ph.D., Economist, Modeling and Simulation, Idaho National Laboratory
Contact: Pralhad.Burli@inl.gov - Robert Idel, Ph.D., Director of Auction Economics, Tripadvisor
Contact: robert.idel@googlemail.com - Sharon Klein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Maine
Contact: sharon.klein@maine.edu - Stephanie Chizmar, Ph.D., Research Economist, Southern Research Station, US Forest Service
Contact: Stephanie.Chizmar@usda.gov - Suzanne Tegen, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University
Contact: Suzanne.Tegen@colostate.edu - Thomas Ochuodho, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Forest Economics and Policy, University of Kentucky
Contact: thomas.ochuodho@uky.edu