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Division of Forestry and Natural Resources


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Mo Zhou

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Mo Zhou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Forest Economics

Contact Information

Telephone: (304) 293-2941
Fax: (304) 293-2441
Email: mo.zhou@mail.wvu.edu


Attention: Graduate research assistant positions are available in Fall 2012.

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2005

Professional Employment

Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2008 – 2011)

Affiliate Faculty, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2007 – 2008)

Research Associate, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2005 – 2007)

Research Assistant, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin – Madison (2001 – 2005)

Courses Taught

Optimization in Natural Resources Management
Natural Resources Statistics
Life Cycle Analysis

Research Interests

Forestry and Carbon credit trading
Modeling natural resources policy uncertainty
Forest management under risk (Markov Decision Process Models)
Spatial-temporal modeling of timber markets

Professional Affiliations

Selected Publications

Zhou, M. and J. Buongiorno. 2011. Effects of Stochastic Interest Rates in Decision Making under Risk: a Markov Decision Process Model for Forest Management. Forest Policy and Economics 13: 402-410.

J. Buongiorno and M. Zhou. 2011. Further Generalization of Faustmann’s Formula for Stochastic Interest Rates. Journal of Forest Economics 17(3): 248-257.

Zhou, M., J. Buongiorno, and J. Liang. 2011. Bootstrap Simulation, Markov Decision Process Models, and Role of Discounting in the Valuation of Ecological Criteria in Uneven-Aged Forest Management. Continuous Cover Forestry. 2nd Ed. Springer. (invited book chapter)

Liang, J. and M. Zhou. 2010. A Geospatial Model of Forest Dynamics with Controlled Trend Surface. Ecological Modelling 221: 2339-2352.

Zhou, M., J. Liang, and J. Buongiorno. 2008. Adaptive versus Fixed Policies for Economic or Ecological Objectives in Forest Management. Forest Ecology and Management 254: 178-187.

Zhou, M., J. Buongiorno, J. Liang. 2008. Economic and Ecological Effects of Diameter Caps: A Markov Decision Model for Douglas-fir/Western Hemlock Forests. Forest Science 54(4): 397-407.

Liang, J, J. Buongiorno, R.A. Monserud, E.L. Kruger, M. Zhou. 2007. Effects of Diversity of Tree Species and Size on Forest Basal Area Growth, Recruitment, and Mortality. Forest Ecology and Management 243: 116-127.

Zhou, M. and J. Buongiorno. 2006. Space-time Modeling of Timber Prices. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 31(1): 40-56.

Zhou, M. and J. Buongiorno. 2006. Forest Landscape Management in a Stochastic Environment, with an Application to Mixed Loblolly Pine-hardwood Forests. Forest Ecology and Management 223: 170 – 182.

Rollin, F., J. Buongiorno, M. Zhou, J.-L. Peyron. 2005. Management of Mixed-species, Uneven-aged Forests in the French Jura: from Stochastic Growth and Price Models to Decision Tables. Forest Science 51(1): 64-75.

Zhou, M. and J. Buongiorno. 2005. Price Transmission between Products at Different Stages of Manufacturing in Forest Industries. Journal of Forest Economics 11(1): 5-19.

Zhou, M. and J. Buongiorno. 2004. Nonlinearity and Noise Interaction in a Model of Forest Growth. Ecological Modelling 180: 291-304.