PI

Dan Kashian

dkash@wayne.edu

B.S. Natural Resources, University of Michigan
M.S. Forest Ecology, University of Michigan
Ph.D. Zoology/ Forest Ecology & Management, University of Wisconsin
Postdoc: Colorado State University

Dan began at Wayne State in August 2006.  His background is in forest ecology, with an interest in the impacts of disturbances on forested landscapes.  His research and teaching has taken him to Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Michigan.  For now his favorite ecosystems are dominated by either ash, aspen, or jack pine.

 

MS Students

Hilary Emenheiser

ek3503@wayne.edu

B.S. Environmental Science, University of Michigan

Hilary earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in 2010 before working in regulatory and compliance affairs for eight years.  She joined our lab in August 2019.  She comes to us with an interest in plant biology and ecology.

 

 

 

 

Jed Jacobson

jedjacobson@wayne.edu

B.S. Biology Conservation and Biodiversity, University of South Dakota

Jed came to us from the University of South Dakota, where he did undergraduate research on cottonwood dendrochronology. He also serves as a wildland firefighter for the US Forest Service in Arizona and across the West.  He joined our lab in August 2019.

 

 

Research Tech

Doug Putt

PuttD@wayne.edu

B.S. Biology, Wayne State University
M.S. Biology, Wayne State University
Doug joined our lab as an undergraduate in 2014,when he was a field assistant for Ben Spei examining blue ash.  He joined our lab as a graduate student in September 2016 and finished his degree in May 2019, for which he created a classification of the landscape ecosystems of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Saginaw.  He is currently serving as a research tech in the lab modeling jack pine silvicultural systems in the Lake States.