Associate Professor
Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
Oregon State University
Dr. Albers will be responsible for developing landowner decision rules with emphasis on the role of spatial considerations, the economics of forest management, and biofuel and carbon markets on those decisions.
B.S., Geology and Economics, Duke University, 1985
M.S., Environmental Studies, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1987, Focus on natural resource economics
Ph.D., Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 1993, Fields: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Development Economics
Resource management decisions over time (under uncertainty) and space; public-private land conservation; spatial and rural welfare aspects of (international and domestic) biodiversity conservation; spatial and intertemporal land use management in the face of invasive species; and forest management with risk (fire, disease).