RESEARCHERS
About Kripa (Student researcher): Kripa is from Kathmandu, Nepal. She received her undergraduate degree in forestry from Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Master of Science in Forestry from Mississippi State University, USA. Kripa joined the Doctorial program in Dr. Melissa Kreye’s lab at Penn State University in 2021. As a graduate research assistant, her research topics at Dr. Kreye’s lab includes forest resource management, climate change, gender roles, and economic and social values of private forest lands.
Melissa M. Kreye, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Forest Resource Management
334 Forest Resources Building
University Park, PA 16802
Email: mxk1244@psu.edu
Phone: 814-867-1237
About Melissa: Dr. Kreye is an Assistant Professor of Forest Resources Management in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management and an Extension Specialist at Pennsylvania State University. Her extension programs include the Forest Owner Carbon and Climate Education program and Effective Environmental Outreach Strategies. Recent research projects examine landowner interest in forest carbon payments and opportunities to use prescribed fire as a forest management tool.
Jennifer Gagnon
Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Coordinator
228 Cheatham Hall 0324
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Email: jgagnon@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-6391
About Jennifer: Jennifer Gagnon has coordinated the Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program at Virginia Tech since 2005. She develops educational programs and materials for thousands of forest landowners throughout Virginia every year. These include short courses, field tours, a quarterly newsletter and website, the Virginia Forest Landowner Update, and numerous publications on a variety of forest management topics.
Learn more about Climate Smart Forestry here! Forest Owner Carbon and Climate Education (FOCCE) program
