Education:
B.A., General Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 1977
Ph.D., Ecosystem Analysis, University of Washington, 2010 (Dr. Jerry Franklin, advisor)
Bio:
Van R. Kane is a Research Professor at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and a member of the Precision Forestry Collaborative in the University of Washington’s, College of the Environment. He leads the Forest Resilience Lab,to study how local-to-landscape scale ecological processes (especially fire) and management affect patterns of forest structure and habitat using active and remote sensing, especially airborne light detection and ranging (lidar). This work has a strong applied focus, and Dr. Kane and his team work closely with forest managers and policy makers. His current work involves studying forest structure across a range of forest types in Washington, Oregon and California.
Graduate Interest Groups:
FOREST ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING
Contact Information:
Dr. Van R. Kane
University of Washington
School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences
Room 388, Bloedel Hall
Box 352100
Seattle, WA 98195-2100
206-543-1464
vkane@uw.edu
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