Employee Information |
| Name: |
Tom Brandeis |
| Title: |
Research Forester |
| Unit: |
Forest Inventory and Analysis (4801)
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| Phone: |
865-862-2030 |
| Fax: |
865-862-0262 Unit Fax
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| E-Mail: |
tjbrandeis@fs.fed.us
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Location Information |
Mailing
Address: |
USDA-Forest Service
FIA HQ
4700 Old Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919 |
Shipping
Address: |
(Same as Above)
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Location
Phone: |
865-862-2000 |
Research Information |
Education: |
BS, University of Notre Dame, 1985 (Biology)
MS, University of Illinois, 1988 (Forestry)
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1999 (Forest Science) |
Current Research: |
| Adapt and refine forest inventory and monitoring techniques for tropical islands and fragmented tropical landscapes; assess forest resources and health in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands; improve wood volume, biomass and carbon estimates for Caribbean forests; describe long term structural and species composition changes of tropical forest fragments in highly disturbed landscapes. |
Collaborative Research: |
| Describe tropical forest structure using inventory and remotely-sensed data; inventory urban forest resources in the San Juan Bay Estuary watershed; assess forest resources in Puerto Rico's northern karst belt. |
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Southern Research Station Headquarters - Asheville, NC
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