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class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2023-12/Reid-Lewis--spotlight.jpg?h=7c83e17a&itok=bp6F_1Z6 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/2023-12/Reid-Lewis--spotlight.jpg?h=7c83e17a&itok=doa68w5K 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2023-12/Reid-Lewis--spotlight.jpg?h=7c83e17a&itok=bp6F_1Z6" alt="Reid Lewis on a snowy day near a frozen lake" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Stewarding Forests in the Face of Climate Change </h3> <p>Forests help mitigate climate change because of their ability to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but they become carbon emitters during wildfires. PhD student <strong>Reid Lewis '20 MF</strong> is researching how satellite data and machine learning models can help fire-prone forests become more resilient.</p> <p>“When we make these forests more fire resilient, we can not only store more carbon, we can also help protect human communities, foster wildlife habitat, safeguard watersheds, and can use the process of restoration to partner with and empower Indigenous nations,” says Lewis.</p> <div class='global-spacing--small link-arrow--list'> <ul> <li><a href='/academics/masters/mf' class="link-arrow">Master of Forestry — MF</a></li> <li><a href='/academics/doctoral' class="link-arrow">Doctor of Philosophy — PhD</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2023-07/Spotlight-Caligiuri-10-MF.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=DbU4Fr4O 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/2023-07/Spotlight-Caligiuri-10-MF.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=mNI9Jy59 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/2023-07/Spotlight-Caligiuri-10-MF.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=DbU4Fr4O" alt="Pete Caligiuri in a forested area" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Fighting Fire with Fire</h3> <p>As wildfires across the U.S. and Canada continue to endanger human health and wildlife, <strong>Pete Caligiuri ’10 MF</strong>, forest strategy director for The Nature Conservancy in Oregon, is working on fire suppression.</p> <p>And these efforts include setting fires. “Frequent, extreme wildfires are a threat, but fire has to be part of the solution. Fire always has been a part of these landscapes. Beneficial fire — like prescribed burns and managed wildfires — is essential to the long-term resilience of these forest landscapes into the future,” Caligiuri says.</p> <div class='global-spacing--small link-arrow--list'> <ul> <li><a href='/academics/masters/mf' class="link-arrow">Master of Forestry — MF</a></li> <li><a href='/canopy/2022/cover-story/fire-paradox-threat-part-solution' class="link-arrow">Read more in Canopy Magazine</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/5287/Caroline-Tasirin-Y20-2.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=wtlr7u5y 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/content/images/5287/Caroline-Tasirin-Y20-2.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=huy7Czcd 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/5287/Caroline-Tasirin-Y20-2.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=wtlr7u5y" alt="Caroline Tasirin at Y20 Indonesia" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Empowering Young Leaders</h3> <p>In July, Indonesia hosted the Y20 Summit, an annual gathering of youth leaders from G20 nations. This year's summit emphasized a sustainable and livable planet, and its recommendations will be presented at the upcoming G20 Summit in November. <strong>Caroline Tasirin ’19 MFS</strong> — a lecturer in the forestry program at Indonesia’s Sam Ratulangi University and co-founder of SULUT Semangat, a program that empowers Indonesian youths to connect with nature — represented the host nation and served as co-chair of the selection committee for Indonesia. “I'm proud to have contributed my insight and honored to collaborate with diverse youth leaders,” she says. </p> <div class='global-spacing--small link-arrow--list'> <ul> <li><a href='/academics/masters/mfs-mesc' class="link-arrow">Master of Forest Science — MFS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/5264/Rita-Effah.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=orVrmQKw 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/content/images/5264/Rita-Effah.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=EXgyNseK 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/5264/Rita-Effah.jpg?h=dc37da01&itok=orVrmQKw" alt="Rita Effah" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Financing Community-led Climate Action in Africa</h3> <p>As a YSE student, <strong>Rita Effah ’12 MFS</strong> participated in COP 17 in Durban, South Africa. She says her experience at the annual U.N. climate change conference was the catalyst that sparked her interest in working to mitigate climate change impacts in Africa.</p> <p>Now a senior climate finance officer at the African Development Bank, Effah is managing the Africa Climate Change Fund, which implements small grant projects in 28 African countries.</p> <div class='global-spacing--small link-arrow--list'> <ul> <li><a href='/academics/masters/mfs-mesc' class="link-arrow">Master of Forest Science — MFS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/27/Salas.jpeg?h=ec41e2e4&itok=nGD6ajJ3 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/content/images/27/Salas.jpeg?h=ec41e2e4&itok=2nZt4yT9 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/27/Salas.jpeg?h=ec41e2e4&itok=nGD6ajJ3" alt="Ki’ila Salas" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Restoring Belize’s Landscapes</h3> <p><strong>Ki’ila Salas ’19 MF </strong> returned to her home country of Belize to participate in its first landscape restoration initiative, helping to develop its National Landscape Restoration Strategy for the Belize Forest Department. The project is part of the country’s national restoration commitment to the Bonn Challenge, which has a global goal to bring 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration by 2030.</p> <p>“The project gave me great pride and joy in guiding the process of how the restoration strategies should be accomplished,” Salas says.</p> <div class='global-spacing--small link-arrow--list'> <ul> <li><a href='/academics/masters/mf' class="link-arrow">Master of Forestry — MF</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/130/Hugh-Brown-5669.jpg?h=94e44e62&itok=XdKa-fv5 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/content/images/130/Hugh-Brown-5669.jpg?h=94e44e62&itok=Ov_EXFz2 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/130/Hugh-Brown-5669.jpg?h=94e44e62&itok=XdKa-fv5" alt="Hugh Brown under a canopy of bamboo" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Rehabilitating Ghana’s Forests</h3> <p>After a decade as director of operations for Ghana’s Forestry Commission, overseeing the country’s commercial forest plantation development and land restoration, <strong>Hugh Brown ’10 MF</strong> was named executive director of the Commission's Forest Services Division in 2022.</p> <p>The Commission has begun the restoration of more than 450,000 hectares of degraded forests and planted millions of new trees under Brown's leadership — part of a major reforestation initiative by the Ghanaian government to contribute to global climate action.</p> <div class='global-spacing--small link-arrow--list'> <ul> <li><a href='/academics/masters/mf' class="link-arrow">Master of Forestry — MF</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/46/Cecilia-Rogers.jpg?h=73386e65&itok=seciArCQ 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/content/images/46/Cecilia-Rogers.jpg?h=73386e65&itok=zpLu0Nbp 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/46/Cecilia-Rogers.jpg?h=73386e65&itok=seciArCQ" alt="Cecilia Rogers in a forest glen" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Mapping Panama’s Sustainable Farmlands</h3> <p>A researcher for the Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative, <strong>Cecilia Rogers ’22 MFS</strong> is mapping the success of ELTI’s Panama program that helps cattle ranchers incorporate sustainable practices, such as the use of forested pastureland, into their land management.</p> <p>Working with fellow students, she found that the amount of sustainably managed farmland had significantly increased from 4% in 2011 to 66% in 2020.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; 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In 2020, Alexandre was named a Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award candidate for his work.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card card--medium card--alumni-spotlight card--inline swiper-slide" style="min-width: 344px; "> <div class="card__media"> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: .75"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/25/Rich-Guldin-800.jpg?h=52605a11&itok=NuGE65q1 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/4x3z5_medium/public/content/images/25/Rich-Guldin-800.jpg?h=52605a11&itok=pshdCakI 800w" type="image/jpeg" sizes="100vw, (min-width: 769px) 760px" width="800" height="600"/> <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x3z3_xsmall/public/content/images/25/Rich-Guldin-800.jpg?h=52605a11&itok=NuGE65q1" alt="Rich Guldin leaning against a tree in the forest" /> </picture> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4">Tracking Forest Inventory</h3> <p><strong>Richard Guldin ’76 MFS, ’79 PhD</strong> has helped reinvent the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program by integrating new sampling designs, field procedures, and innovative software to create an annual inventory that has become a global model. His work earned him the Society of American Foresters’ Sir William Schlich Award.</p> <div class='global-spacing--small link-arrow--list'> <ul> <li><a href='/academics/doctoral' class="link-arrow">Doctor of Philosophy — PhD</a></li> <li><a href='/academics/masters/mfs-mesc' class="link-arrow">Master of Forest Science — MFS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="slider-navigation"> <button class="slider-navigation__prev btn btn--inverse"><i class="far fa-chevron-left"></i><span class="show-for-sr">Go to the previous slide.</span></button> <button class="slider-navigation__next btn btn--inverse"><i class="far fa-chevron-right"></i><span class="show-for-sr">Go to the next slide.</span></button> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="global-spacing global-spacing--xlarge flexible-wysiwyg" > <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> <div class="cell medium-10 medium-offset-1 large-8 large-offset-2"> <div class="wysiwyg wysiwyg--full wysiwyg-column--center"> <h2>Our Priorities</h2> <h3>Forests and Climate Change</h3> <p>Conducting innovative research, trainings, and multi-stakeholder dialogues to increase understanding and leadership on forest-climate interactions, forest resilience, and the role of forests in mitigating climate change.</p> <h3>People and Livelihoods</h3> <p>Engaging forest communities on stewardship, conflict resolution, and environmental justice through place-based knowledge and relationships with the land.</p> <h3>Sustainable Management</h3> <p>Leading the way in forest and natural resource management education, research, and engagement for more than 120 years.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="faculty-students-and-alumni" data-jump-nav-heading="Faculty, Students, and Alumni" class="card-slider global-spacing global-spacing--xlarge card-slider--tweezers"> <div class="section-heading text-margin-reset" > <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> <div class="cell initial-12 medium-9"> <h2 class="section-heading__heading oho-animate oho-animate-single">The Forest School Faculty</h2> </div> <div class="cell initial-12 medium-auto"> <a class="link-arrow" href="/directory/faculty?facultytype=All&tfs=1">All TFS Faculty</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid--card"> <div class="slider-overflow-container"> <div class="swiper-container grid-container global-spacing--default"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="card card--faculty swiper-slide" style="width: 344px;"> <div class="card__media"> <div class="card__content__inner card__content__inner--media-content"> <span class="eyebrow">Faculty</span> </div> <figure class="global-spacing--small"> <div class="aspect-ratio-frame" style="--aspect-ratio: 1.25"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/4x5z3_small/public/content/images/5934/Ashton_M_1369_web.jpg?h=bfa71e2c&itok=Fjz5k0u3" width="550" height="688" alt="Mark Ashton" class="image-style-_x5z3-small" /> </div> </figure> </div> <div class="card__content"> <div class="card__content__inner"> <h3 class="h4"> <a href="/directory/faculty/mark-ashton"> <span class="card--faculty__name h4 arrow-link"> Mark S. Ashton </span> <span class="card--faculty__position small-text">Senior Associate Dean of The Forest School; Morris K. 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