EDUCATION Doctorate of Philosophy, 2006. Silviculture, Auburn University Dissertation: Predicting light transmittance and seedling growth across a gradient of riparian forest canopy structures Master of Science, 2001. Forest Resource Management, Southern Illinois University Thesis: The effects of soil scarification on oak regeneration in upland and bottomland forests of southern Illinois Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, 1999. Forestry, Southern Illinois University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Associate Professor of Silviculture, University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Lexington, KY, July 2014 to present Assistant Professor of Silviculture, University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry, Lexington, KY, June 2007 to June 2014 Forester (GS-9), USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID, July 2001 to March 2003