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 The
Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research (CFER) staff consists
of principal investigators, research assistants,
information exchange personnel and graduate students.
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David Hibbs
is program coordinator and a forest ecologist for
the CFER program. He is a professor in the Department
of Forest Science at Oregon State University where
he teaches forest community ecology and directs
the Hardwood Silviculture Cooperative. He has his
BS in Plant Ecology from Carleton College, his MS
in Forestry from the University of Massachusetts,
and his Ph.D. in Forest Ecology from the University
of Massachusetts. His research interests broadly
include stand development and succession in temperate
and tropical forest. Much of his current research
is focused on disturbance, development, and pattern
in riparian forests |
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Jason Dunham joined the CFER Research team in June of 2005 as an aquatic ecologist with the USGS
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center. Jason's research has focused on the ecology and conservation biology of native fishes
and their habitats. His most recent work has addressed the influence of natural disturbance on fish populations and habitats in streams,
population monitoring for stream fishes, modeling fish-habitat relationships, and nonnative fish invasions. Jason has degrees in Zoology
from Oregon State University (B.S., 1987) and Arizona State University (M.S., 1995), and a degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation
Biology from the University of Nevada-Reno (Ph.D., 1996). He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
at Oregon State University and adjunct affiliations with the Departments of Biology at Boise State University and University of Nevada-Reno.
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W. Daniel
Edge is the Department Head in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon
State University and one of the wildlife ecologists
on the CFER science team. Dan received a BS in Wildlife
Biology, a BS in Forestry, a M.S. in Wildlife Biology,
and a Ph.D. in Forestry, all from the University
of Montana. Dan's primary research interests are
the impacts of forestry and agricultural practices
on watchable wildlife communities. Dan is the Northwest
Section Representative of The Wildlife Society and
a Certified Wildlife Biologist. |
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Robert E. Gresswell received degrees from the University of New Mexico (BS), Utah State University (MS), and Oregon State University (Ph.D.).
Since 1997, Bob has been working as an aquatic ecologist for the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center and the CFER Program. In 2004, he accepted a position with the USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Bozeman, Montana, but will continue to play an important leadership role with CFER, especially in the areas of aquatic ecology and fish biology. |
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Judith Li
is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fisheries
and Wildlife (OSU) where she has been a member of
the faculty for 11 years. She is a stream ecologist
with particular interest in freshwater invertebrates
and food webs. Her studies have ranged from forested
systems of the Oregon coast and the Cascades, to
arid eastern Oregon. Her research is most often
multidisciplinary in which she, her students, and
colleagues have examined stream invertebrate distributions
to understand responses to physical and chemical
gradients, to fish and avian predation, and as tools
in bioassessment. Her current research focuses on
riparian/stream interactions among vertebrates and
invertebrates in mesic, arid, and urban settings. |
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Klaus Puettmann
is an associate professor in the Department of Forest
Science at Oregon State University. Klaus received his
diploma from Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany
and his Ph.D. from Oregon State University. His research
interests include silviculture of temperate forests, regeneration
dynamics in diverse structured forests, plant interaction,
and density management. He recently joined the CFER research
team as the lead investigator of BLM’s Density
Management Study. |
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Steven Perakis is a research ecologist with the USGS Forest and
Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center. Steve's research
centers on understanding biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems, and he has particular
interest in discerning how processes and activities within forests shape nutrient losses, whole-system
nutrient balances, and linkages between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. He has worked extensively
in temperate forests of Chile and Argentina, and more recently in blue oak savannah-grassland of
Sequoia-King's Canyon National Park. Steve has degrees in Ecology and Ecosystem Science from the
University of Pennsylvania (BS, 1990), the University of Washington (MS, 1994) and Cornell University
(Ph.D., 2000), with a year of post-doctoral experience from Stanford University. He also holds a
courtesy appointment in the Department of Forest Science at Oregon State University. |
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Christian
Torgersen is a research landscape ecologist with the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center and a fish
ecologist with the CFER program. He works in Seattle, Washington at the FRESC
Cascadia Field Station at the University of Washington and colloborates with CFER scientists in landscape
modeling and stream fish ecology projects. A graduate of Oregon State University (Ph.D., 2002),
Christian has an interdisciplinary background in
fisheries science and geography and is interested
in the influences of landscape pattern and habitat
fragmentation on the distribution of stream fishes.
His research involves the use of geospatial applications,
such as remote sensing and GIS, and statistical
modeling to predict the occurrence and abundance
of coastal cutthroat trout in western Oregon. |
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Doug Bateman
is a research assistant for the CFER program. He
has worked for the College of Forestry at Oregon
State University since 1989. Doug received his MS
in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University
in 1998. He is interested in disturbance ecology
and the natural history of aquatic organisms. |
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David Hockman-Wert is a research technician for the CFER program studying landscape pattern
and fish distribution using geospatial techniques. He received his B.A. in Biology from Eastern Mennonite
University and his M.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon. His multi-disciplinary interests
include GIS, landscape ecology, cultural geography, and the human dimensions of natural resources. |
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Tom Manning is a research assistant currently working with
CFER on the Timbered Rock project, investigating the effects of salvage logging on wildlife
populations. He received his MS in Environmental Biology from the University of Minnesota, Duluth
in 1989 and has worked in OSU's Department of Forest Science since 1995. His work since then has
centered on effects of forest management practices on small mammal populations. |
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Irene Schoppy
is the administrative assistant for the CFER program.
She provides financial, administrative, and clerical
support for researchers and outreach specialists
participating in the CFER program. Irene manages
mailing lists and the CFER website, prepares the CFER research proposals
and annual reports, and provides monthly financial
statements. She works closely with all members of
the program's staff, in support of the research
and information exchange goals of the CFER program. |
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is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Forest
Science and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife.
She is studying how birds are distributed in large, severely
burned patches relative to remnant, unburned forest.
is a Master's student in the Department of Forest Science.
She is investigating how nitrogen and other factors influence the decay of
Douglas-fir and red alder leaf litter in both terrestrial and aquatic
habitats of riparian zones.
is a
Master's student from the Department of Fisheries
and Wildlife. He is examining the influences of landscape
variables on age and growth of coastal cutthroat trout
is a
Master's student in the Department of Forest Science.
He is conducting research on the patterns of nitrogen dynamics
across gaps in thinned forests of western Oregon.
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