People
The Arkansas Forest Resources Center’s faculty are experts in a diverse range of fields, encompassing forest health and conservation, forestry economics and policy, remote sensing and geographic information systems, as well as soil health and wildlife management, among other related fields.
Michael Blazier
Dean, College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Director, Arkansas Forest Resources Center
Blazier@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1152
Benjamin Babst
Associate Professor
babst@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1348
Kathleen Bridges
Assistant Professor
bridgesk@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1314
Sagar Godar Chhetri
Assistant Professor
chhetri@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1294
Brian Deaton
Associate Professor
deaton@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1732
Robert L. Ficklin
Professor & Associate Dean of Academics
Sturgis Endowed Chair of Forest Biology
ficklin@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1692
Pipiet Larasatie
Assistant Professor
larasatie@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1552
Douglas C. Osborne
Professor/Director, Five Oaks Ag Research & Education Center
osborne@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1448
Tiffany Osborne
Instructor of Wildlife
osbornet@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1452
Matthew H. Pelkki
George H. Clippert Endowed Chair, Professor/Director, Arkansas Center for Forest Business
pelkki@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1949
Elena Rubino
Assistant Professor
rubino@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1749
Pradip Saud
Assistant Professor
saud@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1642
Shaun Tanger
Associate Professor
Tanger@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1793
Nana Tian
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Economics/Policy
tian@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1894
Don White, Jr.
Professor
James White Endowed Professor
whited@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1490
Hamdi A. Zurqani
Assistant Professor
zurqani@uamont.edu
Phone: 870-460-1248