{"id":257,"date":"2021-04-10T10:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T14:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2022-08-16T08:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T12:02:20","slug":"people_2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n

Lab Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\"Anil<\/figure>
\n

Dr. Anil Raj Kizha<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor of Forest Operations and Forestry Program Leader<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My background as a forester and environmentalist along with my passion for geospatial science has guided me through the realm of sustainable timber harvesting. My research primarily investigates factors required to lower the cost of timber harvesting operations with minimal impact on the environment and understand how they play a pivotal role in fulfilling the growing demands. I have worked in the major timber-producing belts of the nation, including the South and Pacific north coast, and in tropical forests of India. Prior to joining the University of Maine, I taught Geospatial Science and Remote Sensing at Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA where I am also serving as an Adjunct Professor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Current Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\"Ashish<\/figure>
\n

Ashish Alex<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student and Graduate Research Assistant <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashish is doing his Ph.D. thesis research focussed on harvesting cost and productivity, break-even analysis, economic feasibility, and carbon emission of predominant timber harvesting systems. The primary focus of his research is on small-scale forestry operations in Maine. This project will help to investigate the feasibility of semi-mechanized harvesting especially for early commercial thinning at small woodland parcels. Quantifying the carbon emission of the predominant harvest method will contribute to the carbon budgeting. Ashish completed his undergraduate and master\u2019s degree in Forestry from Kerala Agricultural University, India. Master\u2019s program specialization was in forest management and utilization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Bishnu<\/figure>
\n

Bishnu Wagle<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishnu is a second-year Ph.D. student in forest resources working under the supervision of Dr. Anil Raj Kizha and Dr. Aaron Weiskittel. His thesis focuses on evaluating the short- and long-term influence of contrasting commercial thinning (CT) treatments on naturally regenerated spruce-fir stands that had and had not received pre-commercial thinning (PCT) in northern Maine. Specifically, it aims to quantify the influence of CT method, timing, and intensity on: key tree- and stand-level attributes including growth efficiency; annually projected maximum net present value (NPV), and optimal thinning regimes for varying conditions and financial objectives. Bishnu completed both of his M. Sc. and B. Sc. in Forestry from the Institute of Forestry (IoF), Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal in 2007 and 2004 respectively. Bishnu is also a tenured faculty of Forest Mensuration at the IoF\/TU Nepal and has more than 9 years of teaching and research experience in forestry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Previous Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Alex<\/figure>
\n

Alex K. George<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Paul Smith’s College, New York<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Forest Resources (2019-2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis: Sustainability in forest operations: harvesting on fragile ground, best management practices assessment, perspectives on forest certification, and life cycle assessment of forest products<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Libin<\/figure>
\n

Libin T. Louis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, University of Maine, Fort Kent, Maine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Forest Resources (2019-2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis: Economics and operational decision constraints of small-diameter tree harvesting<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Harikrishnan<\/figure>
\n

Harikrishnan Soman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Forestry (2017-2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis: Productivity, costs, and best management practices for major timber harvesting
frameworks in Maine.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Anil<\/figure>
\n

Anil Koirala<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Forestry (2016-2017) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis: Forest trucking industry in Maine: Opportunities and challenges.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Jacob<\/figure>
\n

Jacob Pliskaner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BSc. Forestry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Noel<\/figure>
\n

Noel Linert<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Forestry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procurement Zones in the Maine Forest Product Industry using Network Analysis.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Ethan<\/figure>
\n

Ethan Olson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Forestry<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Noah<\/figure>
\n

Noah Coogan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Forestry<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lab Director Dr. Anil Raj Kizha Associate Professor of Forest Operations and Forestry Program Leader My background as a forester and environmentalist along with my passion for geospatial science has guided me through the realm of sustainable timber harvesting. My research primarily investigates factors required to lower the cost of timber harvesting operations with minimal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1859,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nLab Members - Forest Operations Laboratory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lab Members - Forest Operations Laboratory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lab Director Dr. Anil Raj Kizha Associate Professor of Forest Operations and Forestry Program Leader My background as a forester and environmentalist along with my passion for geospatial science has guided me through the realm of sustainable timber harvesting. My research primarily investigates factors required to lower the cost of timber harvesting operations with minimal […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forest Operations Laboratory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-16T12:02:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"530\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"603\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@FUmaine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/\",\"name\":\"Lab Members - Forest Operations Laboratory\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-10T14:14:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-16T12:02:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg\",\"width\":530,\"height\":603,\"caption\":\"Anil Raj Kizha\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lab Members\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/\",\"name\":\"Forest Operations Laboratory\",\"description\":\"Just another University of Maine Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lab Members - Forest Operations Laboratory","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lab Members - Forest Operations Laboratory","og_description":"Lab Director Dr. Anil Raj Kizha Associate Professor of Forest Operations and Forestry Program Leader My background as a forester and environmentalist along with my passion for geospatial science has guided me through the realm of sustainable timber harvesting. My research primarily investigates factors required to lower the cost of timber harvesting operations with minimal […]","og_url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/","og_site_name":"Forest Operations Laboratory","article_modified_time":"2022-08-16T12:02:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":530,"height":603,"url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@FUmaine","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/","url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/","name":"Lab Members - Forest Operations Laboratory","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-10T14:14:44+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-16T12:02:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/599\/2020\/12\/115d4574-9aa1-457d-8816-995167c0a76b-e1618065327398.jpg","width":530,"height":603,"caption":"Anil Raj Kizha"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/people_2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lab Members"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/#website","url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/","name":"Forest Operations Laboratory","description":"Just another University of Maine Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":208,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestoperations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}