Christopher Looney, PhD

Research Forester
USFS PSW Research Station
Davis, California, United States

.Chris is a Research Forester in Silviculture at the US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. He graduated with a bachelors and masters in Forestry from Northern Arizona University in 2012. He earned a PhD in Natural Resources Science and Management from the University of Minnesota in 2017, studying ways to mitigate (or aggravate) the emerald ash borer invasion through silviculture. Since then, he has worked on national silviculture for climate change projects. He joined the PSW Research Station 2020 where he primarily studies ways to improve the success of reforestation under climate change. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, bad movies, fencing, and photography.

Presentation(s):

• Functional diversity affects tree vigor, growth, and mortality in the mixed-conifer/hardwood forests of California

  Friday, October 27, 2023
  10:40am - 10:48am PST

• Promoting Forest Resilience by Thinning: Evidence from long-term research plots

  Friday, October 27, 2023
  3:00pm - 4:00pm PST

• Tree Mortality in California: Causes, Consequences, and the Future

  Saturday, October 28, 2023
  8:00am - 9:30am PST

• 4 - Alternative Fuel-Reduction Treatments Interact with Local Stand Characteristics to Influence Tree Vigor and Mortality in the Southern Cascades, California, USA.

  Saturday, October 28, 2023
  8:45am - 9:00am PST