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As Editor-in-Chief of Forests, I am pleased to announce the two awardees for the 2021 Forests Travel Awards.
Ms. Pipiet Larasatie is completing her PhD at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. She is an interdisciplinary scholar and social scientist researching sustainable business management and forest sector competitiveness. Her current research includes engineered wood industry development, public perceptions of wooden multi-storey buildings, forest-based circular bioeconomy, and gender dynamics in the forest industry and faculties of forestry. For more information about her research and publications, please visit her personal website at www.competitive-forest.com.
Ms. Tania L. Maxwell is a PhD student at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), completing a double-degree program focused on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems at the Université de Bordeaux and Forest Sciences at the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada. Her professional interests include soil ecology, biogeochemistry, forests, global changes, R, and coding.
With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.
Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Forests 2021 Travel Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Sergio Andrés Baietto Álvarez
Forest Department, Faculty of Agronomy, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
Elizabeth R. Rogers
University of Missouri, Center for Agroforestry, Columbia, Missouri, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
Chairman
University of Auckland
Dr. Carlos Mello
Universidade Federal de Lavras
Dr. Radu-Daniel Pintilii
University of Bucharest - Faculty of Geography
Dr. Emil Engelund Thybring
University of Copenhagen
Winner
Mostarin Ara
University of Alberta
Fernando Júnior Resende Mascarenhas
University of Coimbra / ISISE Coimbra / SerQ
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
University of Auckland
Prof. Miha Humar
University of Ljubljana
Prof. Enzai Du
Beijing Normal University
Dr. Xiankai Lu
South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Winner
Melissa Latella
Politecnico di Torino
Eko Setio Wibowo
Kyungpook National University
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Prof. Angela Lo Monaco
Università della Tuscia
Dr. Luis Diaz-Balteiro
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Winner
Pipiet Larasatie
Oregon State University
Tania L. Maxwell
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE)
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Prof. Angela Lo Monaco
Università della Tuscia
Dr. Olga Viedma
Winner
Morgan Crowley
McGill University
Ninni Saarinen
Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Winner
Evgenios Agathokleous
Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Institute, Japan
Mizanur Rahman
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
University of Auckland
Dr. Damian Adams
University of Florida
Winner
Danielle E. Marias
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA,
Monika Shea
university of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Winner
Paloma Ruiz Benito
University of Alcala, Spain
Stephen Murphy
Ohio State University, USA
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