1. Academic history

§ Name

Chris J. Cieszewski

§ Present rank (A), recommended rank (B), proportion time assignments (C):

A. Currently Assistant Professor

B. Going for Associate Professor

C. 100% Research

§ Tenure status

Untenured on tenure track

§ Administrative title (if any):

None

§ Graduate Faculty status:

Full member, appointed 1999

§ Highest degree, the institution, the date

Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1994

§ Academic positions in chronological order with titles and inclusive dates:

• Assistant Professor, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Dec. 5, 1997 – Present).
• Adjunct Asst. Professor, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Dec. 5, 1997 – Present).

§ Other professional employment (current and previous), dates

• Senior Consultant, TopoGraphics Plus and Dr. Systems Inc., Nanaimo, B.C. (Feb. 1996 – Nov. 1997).
• Biometrician/Project Scientist, ManTech Environmental Inc., Corvallis, OR. (June 1995 – Jan. 1996).
• Mensurationist/Res. Scientist, NR-CFS, NoFC, Edmonton, Alberta (Sep. 1986 – May 1995).
• Research Assistant, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. (May 1986 – Sep. 1986).
• Teaching Assistant (FOR.432), Faculty of Forestry, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C. (Sep. 1985 – Apr. 1986).
• Research Assistant, U.B.C. Research Forest, Maple Ridge, B.C. (1984 – Mar. 1985).
• Research Assistant, Agricultural University (SGGW), Faculty of Forestry, Warsaw, Poland (1981 – 1983).
• Research Assistant, AFOCEL & ARMEF, Dijon, France (March 1981 – Sep. 1981).

§ Post-graduate awards (fellowships, lectureships, etc.):

None

2. Instruction

(Resident instruction and continuing education. Narrative summary of facts, e.g., courses of instruction, enrollments, academic advising, etc.)

Graduate Students

(Major Professor/Advisory Committees: *indicates that the student has already graduated)

No	Student	Degree	Function	Input	Gradu-ation	Area of Specialization or Thesis Title
1.	*Roger Lowe III	M.S.	Major Professor	Thesis & Defense	Aug. 2002	“The Estimation of Pine Timber Volume Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite Data”
2.	Roger Lowe III	Ph.D.	Major Professor	Program of Study		Remote Sensing and GIS
3.	Chengcai Ni	Ph.D.	Major Professor	Program of Study		Forest Biometrics
4.	Shangbin Liu	Ph.D.	Major Professor	Program of Study		Forest Biometrics and Inventory
5.	Xiaoyan Tang	Ph.D.	Major Professor	Program of Study		Forest Biometrics and GIS
6.	Brock T. Steward	M.S.	Major Professor	Program of Study		Forest Mathematics
7.	Xiongfei Wang	M.S.	Major Professor	Program of Study		Forest Biometrics
8.	Kunsheng Fang	M.S.	Major Professor	Program of Study		Computational Forestry
9.	*Zixing Fang	M.S.	Committee	Prelim. Exams & Defense	June 1999	“A Simultaneous System of Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models for Forest Growth and Yield Prediction”
10.	*Chuck E. Rose, Jr.	Ph.D.	Committee	Prelim. Exams & Defense	Aug. 2002	“Modeling Forestry Survival: Applications for Whole Stand and Individual Tree”
11.	Hector De Los Santos-Posadas	Ph.D.	Committee	Prelim. Exams		Forest Biometrics
12.	Sammy Yatich	Ph.D.	Committee	Program of Study		Forest Biometrics

Other Instruction

1. 2000/2001 Guided a 3 semester-hours directed study graduate course (FORS8982) on stochastic parameter estimation in inventory projection models with a Ph.D. student.

2. 2001/2002 Guided a 3 semester-hours directed study graduate course (FORS8982) on derivation and testing of inventory projection models with two Ph.D. students. The course resulted in a production of a journal article manuscript that is currently under review by the Forestry Chronicle.

3. 2001/2002 Guided a 6 semester-hours directed study graduate course (FORS7982) on the Generalized Algebraic Difference Approach and stochastic parameter estimation in inventory projection models with M.S. student.

4. 2002 Guided a 3 semester-hours directed study course in comparison of various dendrometers in inventory measurements with two Ph.D. (FORS8982) and one M.S. (FORS7982) students.

5. Taught invited lectures to graduate students in graduate courses of other faculty members.

6. Presented School seminar on Fiber Supply: Long-term sustainability analysis of forest resources in Georgia. WSFR, UGA. Dec. 6, 2001. [School Seminar].

7. Presented a lecture on “Inventory Projection Models: Forms and Parameters” at Georgia Forestry Symposium: Forest Inventory and Monitoring, Dec. 6-7, 1999, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, The University of Georgia, Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources.

8. Participated in a discussion on opportunities for improving timeliness and accuracy of the Annual Inventory based on use of growth and yield models for updating inventories of predictable changes in forestry plantations, to the SAFIS Technical Advisory Committee, May 20, 1999, New Orleans, LU.

9. Every year participated in meetings and discussions on various modeling issues at the CAPPs and PMRC Meetings at Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia.

10. Every year held and participated in various meetings with graduate students discussing with them technical aspects of forest measurements and stand inventory projections.