William Keeton

William Keeton is a Professor of Forest Ecology and Forestry at the University of Vermont’s (UVM) Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.  At UVM he directs the Carbon Dynamics Laboratory and is a Fellow in the Gund Institute for Environment.  He also serves as Deputy-Chair of the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) Working Group on Old-growth Forests and Reserves. His research focuses on forest disturbance dynamics, riparian ecology, forest carbon, old-growth forests, ecological silviculture, and sustainable forest management in the U.S. Northeast and Pacific Northwest, but also takes him frequently to Central and Eastern Europe where he serves on the Executive Board for Science for the Carpathians and as a Senior Fulbright Specialist. He has on-going research also in Chilean Patagonia and Bhutan. He holds a B.S. in Natural Resources from Cornell University (’90), a Masters in Conservation Biology and Policy from Yale University (’94), and a Ph.D. in Forest Ecology from the University of Washington (2000). Dr. Keeton's co-edited book, Ecology and Recovery of Eastern Old-growth Forests, was published by Island Press in 2018.