Experience

Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist of Forest Operations

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  My Extension programming primarily consists of facilitating the Alabama Professional Logging Manager (PLM) initial trainings along with organizing and presenting at continuing forestry education (CFE) workshops for loggers and foresters, but I also organize and present at landowner workshops and field events. My Extension programming focus area is around forest operations and includes timber harvesting methods/equipment, forestry best management practices (BMPs), Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones), forest management, site preparation, biodiversity and many other topics. I teach Timber Harvesting, Forest Surveying, and Forest Business Statistics. I have also taught Silviculture, Urban Forestry, and Forest Operations and Manufacturing (Field class visiting loggers and sawmills). My research focus areas include forest operations, forestry BMPs, water quality, and UAVs. Show less



Kentucky State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Research Professor of Forestry

  • Apr 2017 - Jan 2020

  Appointment consists of research, extension, and teaching Research focus areas include: silviculture, water quality, sediment and erosion control, forest operations, agroforestry practices, and habitat restoration Appointment consists of research, extension, and teaching Research focus areas include: silviculture, water quality, sediment and erosion control, forest operations, agroforestry practices, and habitat restoration



University of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate-Silviculture

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2017

  Working on a Section 319 Grant- Effectiveness of silviculture best management practices for forest fertilization in pine straw production using sulfur coated urea polymers on excessively drained soils in the Suwannee Valley of Florida -Coordinating a study on ammonia volatile losses from fertilization -Lab work (Chemistry-making acid solutions and other solutions used to trap and extract ammonium) -Assisting with many aspects of the study including: Soil sampling, Litter sampling, Lysimeter sampling, Tree measurements, Foliar sampling, and Well sampling Coral Ardisia study (coordinating) -Comparison of standard triclopyr amine and ester herbicide treatments to new choline and free acid triclopyr formulations, imazamox, and flumioxazin for controlling coral Ardisia (Ardisia crenata) in Florida forests and natural areas -4 study sites throughout Florida -Sampling Coral Ardisia cover prior to treatments and 6 months and 12 months post treatments -Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission- Invasive Plant Management grant Supervise OPS hourly employees (4) Show less



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2016

  Dendrology lab Forest Procurement Forestry Field Skills Helped with other forestry labs & classes Dendrology lab Forest Procurement Forestry Field Skills Helped with other forestry labs & classes



Florida Forest Service

• United States
• Public Safety
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Environmental Specialist II-Silviculture Best Management Practices (BMP) Forester

  • May 2011 - Jan 2013

  -Covered BMP issues, questions, and concerns for 18 counties in the Florida Panhandle (NW Florida) -Conducted BMP Implementation Survey’s and courtesy checks -Selected BMP survey sites at random by flying in Florida Forest Service airplanes -Worked with landowners, loggers, timberland companies, and foresters -Conducted BMP workshops for foresters and loggers that could be used for SAF CFE credits -Covered BMP issues, questions, and concerns for 18 counties in the Florida Panhandle (NW Florida) -Conducted BMP Implementation Survey’s and courtesy checks -Selected BMP survey sites at random by flying in Florida Forest Service airplanes -Worked with landowners, loggers, timberland companies, and foresters -Conducted BMP workshops for foresters and loggers that could be used for SAF CFE credits



University of Tennessee

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2010

  Forest measurement and sampling labs Graded papers Helped students by having office hours Helped with other Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries classes Forest measurement and sampling labs Graded papers Helped students by having office hours Helped with other Forestry/Wildlife/Fisheries classes



Tennessee Division Of Forestry

• United States
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Forest Inventory and Analysis Internship

  • May 2007 - Aug 2007

  -Internship with Tennessee Division of Forestry- Forest Inventory and Analysis -Measured tree diameters, heights, and crown widths -Used clinometer, hypsometer, and a compass -Identified trees, saplings, seedlings, and invasive species -Internship with Tennessee Division of Forestry- Forest Inventory and Analysis -Measured tree diameters, heights, and crown widths -Used clinometer, hypsometer, and a compass -Identified trees, saplings, seedlings, and invasive species