Keynote Speaker Jacob Muller Will Share Expertise in Woodland Management

​Jacob Muller joined the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Kentucky in the spring semester 2020. He will serve as the Assistant Extension Professor of Hardwood Silviculture and Forest Operations. His research focuses on long-term forest dynamics and testing the efficacy of classical and novel silvicultural approaches aimed at forest adaptation. His extension and teaching interests include the development of continuing education programs for woodland owners and natural resource professionals. He is also interested in helping to develop and advance educational tools to better inform landowners of current and future management challenges.

Muller received his B.S. in Forest Resource Management and M.S. in Forestry from the University of Montana, and Ph.D. in Natural Resource Science and Management from the University of Minnesota. Prior to coming to the University of Kentucky, he worked for the U.S. Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station as a researcher, and with the Idaho Department of Lands as a forestry technician.  Most recently, he worked as an instructor in the Master of Natural Resource Stewardship Program at Colorado State University where he developed and taught courses in forestry and silviculture.