Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/sfrankel

Email:

susan.frankel@usda.gov

Address:

Pacific Southwest Research Station
800 Buchanan Street
Albany, CA 94708

Phone:

510-883-8825

Fax:

510-883-8859

Featured Publications

Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/mkim

Email:

meesook.kim@usda.gov

Address:

3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331-8550

Phone:

541-750-7150

Featured Publications

1. The phylogenetic position of an Armillaria species from Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan, based on elongation factor and ITS sequences
2. Molecular identification of Armillaria gallica from the Niobrara Valley Preserve in Nebraska
3. Invasive species overarching priorities to 2029
4. Invasive forest pathogens: Summary of issues, critical needs, and future goals for Forest Service Research and Development
5. Integration of population genetic structure and plant response to climate change: sustaining genetic resources through evaluation of projected threats

Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/nklopfenstein

Email:

ned.klopfenstein@usda.gov

Address:

1221 South Main Street
Moscow, ID 83843

Phone:

208-883-2310

Fax:

208-883-2318

Featured Publications

1. Armillaria species: Primary drivers of forest ecosystem processes and potential impacts of climate change
2. Advances toward DNA-based identification and phylogeny of North American Armillaria species using elongation factor-1 alpha gene
3. The phylogenetic position of an Armillaria species from Amami-Oshima, a subtropical island of Japan, based on elongation factor and ITS sequences
4. White pine blister rust in Korea, Japan and other Asian regions: comparisons and implications for North America
5. Genetic diversity and structure of western white pine (Pinus monticola) in North America: A baseline study for conservation, restoration, and addressing impacts of climate change
6. Approaches to predicting potential impacts of climate change on forest disease: an example with Armillaria root disease
7. Invasive species overarching priorities to 2029
8. Invasive forest pathogens: Summary of issues, critical needs, and future goals for Forest Service Research and Development

Profile Link:

https://www.fs.fed.us/research/people/csieg

Email:

carolyn.sieg@usda.gov

Address:

2500 South Pine Knoll Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Phone:

928-556-2151

Fax:

928-556-2130

Featured Publications

1. Advancing the science of wildland fire dynamics using process-based models
2. Spatial patterns of ponderosa pine regeneration in high-severity burn patches
3. Fires following bark beetles: Factors controlling severity and disturbance interactions in ponderosa pine
4. Progress in understanding bark beetle effects on fire behavior using physics-based models
5. Pre-wildfire management treatments interact with fire severity to have lasting effects on post-wildfire vegetation response
6. Modeling wind fields and fire propagation following bark beetle outbreaks in spatially-heterogeneous pinyon-juniper woodland fuel complexes
7. Ten years after wildfires: How does varying tree mortality impact fire hazard and forest resiliency?
8. Best predictors for postfire mortality of ponderosa pine trees in the Intermountain West
9. Exotic invasive plants