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• Ph.D. Natural Resource Economics and Forest Policy, University of Georgia, 1997
• M.S. Forest Ecology, B.A. Forest Engineer, University of Agriculture, Krakow, 1990

Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 2014-Present
Associate Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 2008-2014
Assistant Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 2002-2008
Research Assistant Professor, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, 1999-2002
Senior Research Associate, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, 1998-1999
Research Associate, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, 1997-1998

• Associate Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. 2008-1014.
• Assistant Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. 2002-2008.
• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University. 1999-2002.
• Research Associate, Department of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University. 1997-1999.

2023   Fellow, Society of American Foresters
2021   Honorary Member, AGHON Honorary Society
2020   Xi Sigma Pi Outstanding Professor of the Year
2017   Senior Teaching Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning
2014   Southeastern Society of American Foresters Research and Development Award

Timber market modeling, international forestry and conservation, forest management efficiency, multiple-use natural resource management.

Misztal, M., J. Siry, B. Mei, T. Harris, and J.M. Bowker. 2024. Accounting for exogenous shocks in determining southeastern U.S. timber markets. Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences. 16(1):1-13.
Chhetri, S. G., Y. Li, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, J. Siry, and J. Gordon. 2024. Factors influencing forestland enrollment in Georgia’s preferential property tax programs. Forest Policy and Economics. 160, 103126.
Lamichhane, S., B. Mei, and J. Siry. 2023. Spatial spillover effects of pine sawtimber stumpage prices in the US South. Forest Science.
Lamichhane, S., B. Mei, and J. Siry. 2023. Forecasting pine sawtimber stumpage prices: A comparison between a time series hybrid model and an artificial neural network. Forest Policy and Economics. 154 (2023) 103028.
Lamichhane, S., T. Reeves, J. Siry, and B. Mei. 2023. Spatial analysis of working forest conservation easements in the State of Georgia. Society & Natural Resources. (2023) 36(12):1569-1585.
Hiegel, A., J. Siry, B. Mei, and P. Bettinger. 2023. Transaction costs and investment interest in the U.S. South and the Pacific Northwest timberland regions. Forests. 14(8): Article 1588.
Shahi, K., J. Siry, P. Bettinger, Y. Li, and J. Smith. 2023. Estimating timber supply elasticity of private forest landowners in the US South. Forest Policy and Economics. 154: Article 103038.
Chudy, R., F. Cubbage, J. Siry, and J. Chudy. 2022. The profitability of artificial and natural regeneration: A forest investment comparison of Poland and the U.S. South. Journal of Forest Business Research. 1(1):1-20.
Grebner, D.L., P. Bettinger, and J.P. Siry. 2022. Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, second edition. Academic Press, New York. 494 p.
Hiegel, A., J. Siry, P. Bettinger, and B. Mei. 2022. Timberland transaction costs: survey results and insights. Journal of Forest Business Research. 1(1):21-50.
Bettinger, P., K. Boston, J.P. Siry, and D.L. Grebner. 2017. Forest Management and Planning, second edition. Academic Press, New York. 349 p.