Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Thomas Gallagher
Associate Professor(joint appointment in Forestry)
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Office: 3425 Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Building
Phone: 334-844-1095
E-mail

Teaching: Timber Harvesting Analysis Methods

Research: Industrial forestry, including timber harvesting and wood procurement. Short rotation hardwood plantations for pulp mill use and as inventory tool. SFI certification as it applies to operations. Efficiency improvement in harvesting operations. Effort of silvicultural operations on wood quality.

Dr. Latif Kalin
Assistant Professor (joint appointment in Forestry)
Ph.D., Purdue University

Office: 3301 Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Building
Phone: 334.844.4671
Email

Teaching: Forest hydrology. Watershed modeling.

Research: Land use/cover and water quality/quantity interactions. Urbanization impacts on hydrologic regime and water quality; Watershed scale water quality modeling. Modeling nutrient dynamics in wetlands. Artifical intelligence. Erosion and sediment transport. Modeling on extreme events (e.g., flooding). Contaminant transport at sediment-water interface. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis.

Dr. Gene Simpson
Professor (joint appointment in Agricultural Economics)
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Office: 209-A Comer Hall
Phone: 334-844-3514
E-mail

Research: Economics of houseing, ventilation, and energy conservation

Extension: Economics of poultry live production.

Dr. Matthew Smidt
Associate Professor (joint appointment in Forestry)
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Office: 3423 Forestry & Wildlife Science Building
Phone: 334-844-1038
E-mail

Teaching: Introduction to timber harvesting systems and forest operations. Application of wheeled and tracked harvesting equipment. Timber harvesting safety.

Extension: Organization and development of curriculum for statewide logger education and training program. Analysis of harvesting impacts on soil, water quality, and aesthetics. Analysis of new technology for harvest machinery and trucking.

Dr. Maobing Tu
Assistant Professor (joint appointment in Forestry)
Ph.D., University of British Columbia

Office: 3301 Forestry & Wildlife Science Building
Phone: 334.844.8829
Email

Teaching: Forest products biotechnology. Biomass chemistry characterization.

Reasearch: Biomass pretreatments and fractionation. Wood chemistry and forest biotechnology. Enzymatic hydrolysis. Pentose fermentation and fermentation inhibition. Biofuels and bioproducts development.

Dr. Robert A. Tufts
Associate Professor (joint appointment in Forestry)
Ph.D., Virginia Tech
J.D., Faulkner University
LLM, University of Alabama

Office: 3427 Forestry & Wildlife Science Building
Phone: 334-844-1011
Email

Teaching: Forest surveying. Low volume road design. Forest road design. Environmental law. Estate planning. Taxation of timber and other natural resources. Timber harvesting analysis methods.

Research: Impact of estate taxes on land management and succession planning. Forest road design to minimize environmental impact and improve traffic ability.

Dr. Brian Via
Assistant Professor (joint appointment in Forestry)
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Office: 3301 Forestry & Wildlife Science Building
Phone: 334.844.1088
Email

Teaching: Introduction to wood science and forest products. Biocomposites.

Research: Green composites, nanocompsites, and low density composites. Utilization of waste for biocomposites and biodegradable composites. Chemometric modeling.