Since 2013, Puneet Dwivedi is a Professor of Sustainability Sciences at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Eco-Intelligence (www.eco-intel.us), a consulting firm committed to providing smart and equitable solutions for ensuring the sustainability of environmental resources worldwide. He has published about 100 refereed articles focusing on the sustainable management of forest resources worldwide. He has secured several grants (about $5 million) to support his research program. He has advised 24 graduate students and four postdoctoral research associates as a major professor. He lives in Watkinsville, Georgia, with his wife and two daughters.

At Sustigators®, Dr. Anne Mook’s research is enhancing our understanding of the factors which affect the participation of female forest landowners in sustainable forestry. Her research interests are environmental justice, the political economy of development, gender and race, and research methods. Dr. Mook received her MA (2014) in International Studies from the University of Wyoming and Ph.D. in Sociology (2019) from the University of Florida. She specializes in environmental justice, political economy, and research methods. For more information on Dr. Mook’s research, please visit her Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators®, Dr. Yu-Kai Huang’s research is enhancing our understanding of the economic and environmental tradeoffs related to regional and state water policies in light of direct and indirect land use changes. His research interests are environmental and resource economics, climate change economics, and energy economics. He specializes in advanced econometrics, optimization modeling, and simulation techniques. Dr. Huang received his M.Sc. (2014) in Agricultural Economics at National Taiwan University and Ph.D. in Resource and Environmental Economics (2021) at Texas A&M University. For more information on Dr. Huang’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators®, Dr. Farhad Masum’s research focused on the economics and carbon benefits of using carinata-based sustainable aviation fuel in the Southeastern United States. His research interests are bioenergy, carbon emissions, and natural resource economics. He specializes in techno-economic analysis, lifecycle analysis, optimization modeling, and simulation techniques. Dr. Masum received his BS (2010) in Environmental Science from the University of Chittagong, MS (2014) at the University of Arkansas Monticello, MS (2020) in Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of Georgia, and Ph.D. (2020) in Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Masum’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators®, Dr. Noah Goyke’s research focused on assessing the extent of heirs’ property among African American family forest landowners and its impact on sustainable forestry practices and successional planning. His research interests are private land use, intergenerational land transfer, and forestland ownership. He specializes in ethnographic interviews and mixed-methods techniques. Dr. Goyke received his MS (2017) from Michigan Technological University, where he was a part of the Peace Corps Masters International Program. He received his Ph.D. (2020) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Goyke’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators^®, Hosne’s research focuses on assessing the impacts of climate change on forestry infrastructure and the role of forestry residues in meeting the demand for sustainable aviation fuel over space and time. Her research interests are forest economics, agroforestry, forest carbon modeling, environmental planning and management. Hosne received her BS (2016) in Urban and Regional Planning from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and MS (2020) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Hosne’s research, visit her ResearchGate profile.

At Sustigators^®, Rafia’s research focuses on assessing the relationship between small- and medium-sized forest landowners and timber harvesting businesses, analyzing the correlation between procurement practices of mills and timber harvesting business formation and retention, and developing a timber harvesting cost estimation model for the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of the US South. Her research interests are forest management, forest operations, and forest engineering. Rafia received her BS (2013) in Agriculture from Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh, and MS (2015) in Agroforestry from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. Later, she received her second MS (2019) in Forest Ecology and Management from Michigan Technological University. For more information on Rafia’s research, visit her Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators^®, Manuja’s research focuses on investigating the impacts of COVID-19 on family forest landowners and the corporate social responsibility practices of forestry corporations located in the Southern United States. His research interests are human dimensions of the environment, environmental communication, and corporate social responsibility practices in the forestry industry. Manuja received his MS (2021) in Interdisciplinary Ecology from the University of Florida. For more information on Manuja’s research, visit his Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators^®, Asiful’s research focuses on assessing the impact of extreme weather events (i.e., hurricanes) on forest resources in the Gulf Coast of the Southern United States. His research interests are land use modeling, transportation GIS, climate resiliency, and natural resources management. Asiful received his BS (2014) in Urban and Regional Planning from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Bangladesh and MS (2019) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Asiful’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators^®, Kanchana’s research focuses on assessing the trade-offs of forest-based ecosystem services based on socio-ecological perceptions and predicted forest cover change in the Southern United States. Her research interests are nature-based solutions, forest and landscape restoration, ecosystem service trade-offs, urban forestry, socio-ecological systems and forest governance. She received her MBA (2016) in Forestry and Environmental Management from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, India. She is also an alumnus of Anna University, India. In the past, Kanchana worked with World Resources Institute India on tree-based landscape restoration. For more information about Kanchana, please visit her LinkedIn profile.

At Sustigators^®, Parag’s research focuses on assessing forest governance by understanding the trends in forest management standardization and its impact on forest resources. His research interests are centered around sustainable forest management, market-driven conservation, political ecology, climate change governance, and forest business. Parag received his first masters (MSc) in 2013 from Durham University in Evolutionary Anthropology and the second, a Master’s of Forest Conservation, in 2018 from the University of Toronto (Canada). For more information on Parag’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators^®, Kazi’s research focuses on modeling adoption and supply chain of carinata as a potential crop for sustainable aviation fuel production in the Southern United States. His research interests are urban studies, natural resource management and geospatial data sciences. Kazi received his first MS in Urban and Regional Planning from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and a second MS in Geographical Information Sciences from Lund University, Sweden. For more information on Kazi’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Karami’s research focused on assessing the environmental and economic impacts of carinata-based sustainable aviation fuel production in the Southeastern United States. His research interests are bioenergy economics, water economics, and non-market valuation. Dr. Karami received his MS (2013) in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tehran and Ph.D. (2021) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Karami’s research, visit his Google Scholar profile. Currently, Dr. Karami is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Purdue University.

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Bawa’s research focused on modeling and assessing tradeoffs between economic benefits and ecosystem services associated with land use change in the Southeastern United States. His research interests consist of non-market valuation of ecosystem services, related work exploring emerging applications in the pricing of natural capital as well as contemporary trends shaping the global trade in non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Dr. Bawa received his MS degree in Agricultural Economics (2015) from Michigan State University and his Ph.D. (2021) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Bawa’s research, visit his Google Scholar profile. Currently, Dr. Bawa is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Wyoming.

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Masum’s research focused on lifecycle assessment and long-term supply chain analysis to make biopower from forest biomass sustainable. His research interests are bioenergy, carbon emissions, and natural resource economics. He specializes in techno-economic analysis, lifecycle analysis, optimization modeling, and simulation techniques. Dr. Masum received his BS (2010) in Environmental Science from the University of Chittagong, MS (2014) at the University of Arkansas Monticello, MS (2020) in Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of Georgia, and Ph.D.(2020) in Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Masum’s research, visit his Google Scholar profile. Currently, Dr. Masum is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Argonne National Laboratory.

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Secanho’s research focused on applying advanced GIS and spatial statistics techniques to quantify and map the provision of ecosystem services by protected and non-protected areas within the Upper Chattahoochee Watershed, which provides most of the drinking water to the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Dr. Secanho’s technical expertise includes the development of complex spatial models, map development, optimization models, and remote sensing. Dr. Secanho received his MS (2017) in Forestry at the Mississippi State University and his Ph.D. (2020) in Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Secanho’s research, visit his Google Scholar profile. Currently, Dr. Secanho is working as the Manager of Remote Sensing and GIS at Bluesource

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Karuna Paudel’s research focused on increasing efficacy of longleaf pine restoration efforts in the Southern United States at multiple scales. Her research interests are forest carbon modeling, spatial analysis, and restoration economics. Dr. Paudel received her MS (2020) in Statistics and Ph.D. (2020) from the University of Georgia. For more information on Dr. Paudel’s research, visit her Google Scholar profile. Currently, Dr. Paudel is working as a Forest Carbon Manager at Bluesource.

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Goyke’s research focused on assessing the role of race and ownership structure in determining forest management behavior among private woodland owners in Georgia, United States. His research interests are private woodland ownership, intergenerational forestland transfer, and underserved landowners. Dr. Goyke received his MS (2017) in Forestry from Michigan Technological University and Ph.D. (2020) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Goyke’s research, visit his Google Scholar profile. Currently, Dr. Goyke is working as a Teaching Fellow at Northland College in Ashland, WI.

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Suraj Upadhaya’s research focused on understanding social, ecological, and economic drivers of land-use change and its impacts on ecosystem services in Southern Georgia. His research interests are socio-ecological systems, human dimensions of natural resource conservation and management, and land use land cover change modeling. Dr. Upadhaya received his MS (2015) in Forestry from the University of Kentucky and Ph.D. (2019) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Upadhaya’s research, visit his website. Currently, Dr. Upadhaya is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Iowa State University.

At Sustigators^®, Dr. Jagadish’s research focused on assessing the role of socio-economic factors in determining the adoption of improved cooking stoves in Himachal Pradesh, India. Her research interests are scaling and diffusion, development studies, cultural models and decision making, and socio-ecological systems. Dr. Jagadish received her MS (2012) in Environmental Studies from The Environmental Research Institute (TERI), India and Ph.D. (2018) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Dr. Jagadish’s research, visit her Google Scholar profile. Currently, Dr. Jagadish is working as a Social Scientist at Conservation International.

At Sustigators®, Chambers’s research focuses on the economic and hydrologic impacts of longleaf pine restoration in South Georgia. His research interests are environmental policy, land management, and ecological restoration. Chambers received his BA (2019) in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Philosophy from Furman University in South Carolina. For more information on Chambers’s research, please visit his LinkedIn profile.

At Sustigators®, Katie’s research focuses on the tradeoffs between forestland and solar power generation as it relates to water quality, carbon sequestration, and economic viability. Her other research interests are environmental policy and sustainable practices. Katie received her BS (2016) in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia.

At Sustigators®, Anna’s research focuses on documenting the challenges faced by minority, beginning, and young logging business owners in Georgia and Florida, and assessing the succession plans of logging business owners who are approaching retirement. Her research interests are business succession planning, business owner demographics, and barriers of entry for minority owners within the logging industry. Anna received her BS (2020) in Forestry and Applied Ecology from Michigan Technological University.

At Sustigators®, Jax’s research focuses on assessing stakeholder perspectives of female forest landowner’s challenges and opportunities in forestland management as well as identifying management motivations of female forest landowners. Her research interests are sustainability, human dimensions, and sustainable forestry. Jax received her BSed (2020) in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Georgia. For more information on Jax’s research, please visit her Google Scholar profile.

At Sustigators®, Caroline’s research focused on assessing the impact of Sustainable Forestry Initiative Fiber Sourcing Standard on biodiversity in the Southeastern United States and analyzing the portrayal of forest certification in media. Her research interests are wildlife biology, ecology, sustainability, and human dimensions. Caroline received her BA (2018) in English from Georgia College & State University and MS (2021) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Caroline’s research, please visit her LinkedIn profile. Currently, Caroline lives and works in Missoula, Montana.

At Sustigators®, Madisen’s research focused on the economic valuation of reforested and afforested lands in South Georgia for mitigating climate change. Her research interests are forest carbon, natural resource economics, environmental justice, and global inequity. Madisen received her BS (2018) in Economics from the University of Georgia Terry School of Business and MS (2019) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Madisen’s research, please visit her Google Scholar profile. Currently, Madisen is pursuing her doctorate at North Carolina State University.

At Sustigators®, Hosne’s research focused on assessing the economic and environmental feasibility of intercropping loblolly pine with oilseed crops for producing sustainable aviation fuel. Her research interests are forest economics, agroforestry, forest carbon modeling, environmental planning and management. Hosne received her BS (2016) in Urban and Regional Planning from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and MS (2020) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Hosne’s research, please visit her ResearchGate profile. Currently, Hosne is pursuing her doctorate at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

At Sustigators®, Asiful’s research focused on assessing the production potential and economic feasibility of carinata-based sustainable aviation fuel in Southeastern United States. His research interests are life cycle assessment, transportation modeling, climate resiliency, and natural resources management. Asiful received his BS (2014) in Urban and Regional Planning from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Bangladesh and MS (2019) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Asiful’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile. Currently, Asiful is pursuing his doctorate at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

At Sustigators®, Chantal’s research focused on assessing the perceptions of stakeholder groups about forestry best management practices and the role of Sustainable Forestry Initiative Fiber Sourcing Standard on the mean implementation rate of forestry best management practices in Georgia. Chantal received her BA (2006) from Agnes Scott College and MS (2018) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Currently, Chantal is pursuing her doctorate at Oregon State University.

At Sustigators®, Surendra’s research focused on assessing the production of wood pellets on the water availability in Oconee River Basin in Georgia. His research interests focus on the investigation of forest ecosystem carbon, water, and energy dynamics following forest disturbance events by using field-based measurements, remote sensing, and modeling. Surendra received his BS (2009) from the Institute of Forestry, Nepal and MS (2016) from the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. For more information on Surendra’s research, please visit his Google Scholar profile. Currently, Surendra is pursuing his doctorate degree at Clark University.