Dwivedi Forest Sustainability Lab

Past Ph.D. Students


  1. Kanchana Balasubramanian, Ph.D.

    2. Dissertation Title: Ecological and Social Dimensions of Ecosystem Services: Gendered Perceptions and Spatial Prioritization for Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation Planning.

    Spring 2021 - Summer 2025


  2. Hosne Ara Akter, Ph.D.

    3. Dissertation Title: Economics and Carbon Intensity of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Derived from Forestry Biomass in the Southestern United States.

    Summer 2020 - Spring 2025, Co-advised with Dr. Bruno Da Silva


  3. Asiful Alam, Ph.D.

    4. Dissertation Title: Exploring the Sustainability of Forestry Resources at the Nexus of Changing Land USe and Cliamte: A Case Study from the Guld Coast of the Panhandle Florida.

    Spring 2021 - Fall 2023


  4. Parag Kadam, Ph.D.

    5. Dissertation Title: Multi-level Approach for Assessing the Trends and Impacts of Forest Certification.

    Fall 2019 - Spring 2022


  5. Kazi Ullah, Ph.D.

    6. Dissertation Title: Modeling Adoption of Carinata Production and Designing the Supply Chain of Carinata-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production in the Southern United States.

    Summer, 2018 - Spring 2022


  6. Omid Karami, Ph.D.

    7. Dissertation Title: Assessing Environmental and Economic Impacts of Carinata-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the SE United States.

    Fall 2017 - Summer 2021


  7. Ranjit Bawa, Ph.D.

    8. Dissertation Title: Ecological and Economic Tradeoffs associated with Land Cover Change and Water Services in southeast United States.

    Fall 2017 - Spring 2021


  8. Farhad Masum, Ph.D.

    9. Dissertation Title: Projecting the Sustainability of Biopower Generation in Georgia, United States.

    Summer 2017 - Fall 2020


  9. Fabio Secanho, Ph.D.

    10. Dissertation Title: Using Spatial Models to Analyze the Provision of Ecosystem Services in the Upper Chattahoochee Watershed, Georgia, United States.

    Fall 2017 - Fall 2020


  10. Karuna Paudel, Ph.D.

    11. Dissertation Title: Increasing efficacy of longleaf pine restoration efforts in the southern united states at multile scale.

    Fall 2016 - Summer 2020


  11. Noah Goyke, Ph.D.

    12. Dissertation Title: Linking Heirs' Property and Sustainable Forestry: Insights from African American Family Forest Landowners in Georgia, USA.

    Summer 2017 - Spring 2017


  12. Suraj Upadhaya, Ph.D.

    13. Dissertation Title: Keep it Green or Make it Blue: Understanding the Dynamics of Land Use Changes and its Impacts on Ecosystem Services in the Context of Deforestation due to Blueberry Expansion in Southern Georgia, USA.

    Fall 2015 - Summer 2019


  13. Arundhati Jagadish, Ph.D.

    14. Dissertation Title: New Summer, Old Winter: Household Energy Transitions in Rural Himalayas of India.

    Fall 2014 - Spring 2018