2010 Fellows:
Andrew Koeser, a PhD student at the University of Illinois, Horticulture.
Frank Michael Grano, undergraduate at Penn State majoring in urban forestry with a minor in arboriculture.
Sarah K. Mincey, Ph.D. student. Her research addresses the interplay of local institutions and policies on urban forest canopy. She is applying the theoretical framework of one of her committee members, (a 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Elinor Ostrom) regarding the management of the environmental commons to urban forestry.
Nancy Falxa-Raymond, did her undergraduate work at Stanford and is now at Columbia seeking her Master’s degree, working with nitrogen deposition in the urban forest of New York City.
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2009 Fellows:
Tara Trammel, PhD student at the University of Louisville
Jana Dilley, a Master’s student at the University of Washington is pursuing a double degree in urban forestry and public policy. Her research looks at the public acceptance of tree planting and the influence of social marketing strategies on the success of tree planting programs.
Mac Cloyes, undergraduate at University of Massachusetts. Tree biomechanics.
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2008 Graduate Fellow - Tara L. E. Trammell, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Project Title: Urban Forest Patches along Interstate Corridors in Louisville, KY: Community Composition, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Their Potential to Provide Ecosystem Services.
2008 Graduate Fellow- Evan Keto, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Project Title: Analysis of the Composition, Ecosystem Effects, and Economic Costs of Trees in Parking Lots in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Project Description: Parking lots can vary greatly in the number, size, and species of trees they contain, but the effects of this variation are largely unknown. I will use GIS and remote sensing techniques on parking lots in Raleigh, North Carolina, to determine how the composition of trees varies between different kinds of parking lots. I will then collect field measurements from a sample of these parking lots, and use these measurements to assess the costs and benefits associated with the different arrangements of trees.
2008 Undergraduate Fellow- Rebecca Bakker, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Project title: Retrospective Survey: Trees Suitable for the Mid-Atlantic Urban Landscapes of Morrisville and Yardley, Pennsylvania.
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2007-2008 Graduate Fellow- Lara A.Roman, University of California, Berkeley.
Project Title: Plant-Soil Relationships in the Urban Forest. Project
Description: Urban forest mortality and decline may be primarily due to poor soil conditions. The goals of my research are: 1) to monitor the health and mortality of street trees in the San Francisco Bay Area over three years, 2) to describe soil conditions in street tree soil pits, and 3) to quantify the extent to which street tree health and mortality may be attributed to soil conditions.
2007 Graduate Fellow - Yvette Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Project Title: Linking Urban Forestry to Urban Revitalization
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2006-2007 Graduate Fellow - Kelby Fite, Clemson University.
Project Title: The impact of Root Invigoration™ on red maple (Acer rubrum) performance at four urban sites in the Eastern United States
2006 Undergraduate Fellow - Evan Henrich, Boston College.
Project Title: Green in Grey: Community Empowerment through Urban Greening with case studies from San Jose (Costa Rica), Quito (Ecuador), and Boston (USA). |
