Kristiina A Vogt

Kristiina A. Vogt is a professor of ecosystem management and founder (and co-coordinator) of the Forest Systems and Bioenergy program at the University of Washington. She also is the Vice-President for Bio-Energy, Interforest LLC. She is a co-investigator on a multi-million dollar Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) grant funded by the NSF entitled 'Bio-resource Based Energy for Sustainable Societies'. This award supports the development of a multidisciplinary,...See more

Kristiina A. Vogt is a professor of ecosystem management and founder (and co-coordinator) of the Forest Systems and Bioenergy program at the University of Washington. She also is the Vice-President for Bio-Energy, Interforest LLC. She is a co-investigator on a multi-million dollar Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) grant funded by the NSF entitled 'Bio-resource Based Energy for Sustainable Societies'. This award supports the development of a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate education and research program in Bioresource-based Energy for Sustainable Societies focusing on producing PhD graduates from American Indian tribes. Her research focus can be summarized as: Interdisciplinary research in organizing problem solving, developing interdisciplinary educational consortium and developing tools to solve complex interdisciplinary problems around the world in conservation, bioenergy and forestry. She has conducted research in Iceland, Malaysia, Mexico, Brazil, Belize, Indonesia, and in Alaska, Puerto Rico as well as within the continental US. Professor Vogt has authored or co-authored seven books and published over 135 refereed articles including 'Forests and Society. Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes' (CABI), 'Ecosystems: Balancing Science with Management' (Springer-Verlag) and 'Forest Certification: Roots, Issues, Challenges and Benefits' (CRC Press). She has published on a range of topics varying from global forest carbon budgets, belowground ecology in an ecosystem context, the role of species in conservation, nutrient cycling, invasive species, restoration ecology, ecosystem based assessments including human values and non-human constraints, and bioenergy by linking biomass to produce transportation fuels and electricity in the western US and in Indonesia. She has a BA degree in Biology from the University of Texas and obtained her MS and PhD degrees in Biology from New Mexico State University. See less