FACULTY SPOTLIGHT ARCHIVES

Marinescu, M and Bush, T. 2009. Wood to Energy: Use of the Forest Biomass for Wood Pellets. Was also picked up by other sites (see link below) http://www.thebioenergysite.com/articles/327/wood-to-energy-use-of-the-forest-biomass-for-wood-pellets
Alexander J. Pries,* Lyn C. Branch, and Deborah L. Miller. 2009. Impact of Hurricanes on Habitat Occupancy and Spatial Distribution of Beach Mice. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(4):000-000, 2009
Marinescu, M. and Bush, T. 2009. Challenges and opportunities of producing and utilizing wood pellets in the US South, International Conference on Woody Biomass Utilization, Starkville, MS (Invited speaker)
Marinescu, M. and Maness, T.C. 2009. A Hierarchical Timber Allocation Model to Analyze Sustainable Forest Management Decisions, 13th Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources, Charleston, SC (Invited speaker
Marinescu, M. 2009. Wood to energy, Power-up! Conference and Expo, Sandestin, FL (Invited speaker)
Marinescu, M. 2009. Bioenergy from biomass, Pensacola Junior College Spring Symposium, Pensacola, FL (Invited speaker)
Merniece Johnson is presented with the 2009 UF/IFAS Superior Accomplishment Award by Dr. Larry Arrington, Interim Senior Vice President of IFAS and Dr. Millie Ferrer, Interim Dean for Extension. This award is presently yearly to employees who have exemplary performance and who go above and beyond to support the mission of their unit. The WFREC is very proud of Merniece and of this award. Pictures avalible here.

Dr. Kimberly Bohn -Dr. Bohn is the recipient of the 2009 WFREC Faculty of Year Award as voted on by the UF Milton students. Dr. Bohn is presented the award by Dr. Barry Brecke, Associate Center Director of the WFREC. Dr. Bohn teaches forestry courses in support of the Natural Resource Conservation major at the UF Milton Campus. Congratulations Dr. Bohn for your outstanding achievement as the WFREC Faculty of Year.
Dr. Thetford - recognized by one of the horticulture leaders in Florida for his presentation during the 2008 Southern Region Meeting of the International Plant Propagators Society meeting in Charlottesville, VA.
Dr. Debbie Miller - author on two papers titled "Impact of increased hurricane activity on beach mouse habitat and habitat occupancy" and "Barrier island features influence dune habitat loss from frequent hurricanes along the Northwest Florida coast". Both papers will be presented during The Wildlife Society meetings.

Yeager, Tom., Gary Knox, and Sonali Padhye. 2008. "Production Strategies for Water Savings in the Landscape". $5000. FNGLA.
Three proposals from the WFREC faculty were chosen for funding as part of the WFREC Research Grant program. This grant program was established by a private donor who wanted to financially support research at the WFREC. A total of $10,000 was awarded to the following faculty:

Dr. Bohn - Evaluating the use of prescribed fire in conjunction with herbicide application to control the invasive Japanese climbing fern in pine plantations.

Dr. Marinescu - Feasibility of wood pellet feedstock and manufacturing systems to support an energy self sufficient farm.

Dr. Padhye - Developing production strategies to schedule flowering of new floriculture crops.

In accepting this funding, each faculty member will publish research information as a refereed or extension publication along with developing a grant proposal for future funding.

Marinescu, M and Bush, T. 2009. Wood to Energy: Use of the Forest Biomass for Wood Pellets. Was also picked up by other sites (see link below) http://www.thebioenergysite.com/articles/327/wood-to-energy-use-of-the-forest-biomass-for-wood-pellets

Marinescu, M. and Maness, T.C. 2008. A Multi-Criteria Timber Allocation Model Integrating Sawmilling Decisions, Journal of Forest Products Business Research, Volume No. 5, Article No. 7.
Nicholas V. Greene, Kevin E. Kenworthy, Kenneth H. Quesenberry, J. Bryan Unruh, and Jerry B. Sartain. Variation and Heritability Estimates of Common Carpetgrass. Published online 23 September 2008; doi:10.2135/cropsci2007.10.0599
Sellers, B.A. and J. J. Mullahey. 2008. Broadcast vs. Wet-Blade Herbicide Applications for Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) Control. Weed Tech 22:286-289.
Ruth, S. Jose and D.L. Miller. 2008. Seedbank dynamics of Sand Pine Scrub and Longleaf Pine Flatwoods of the Gulf Coastal Plain Florida, 25 (1) 19-21. Ecological Restoration.