Dr. Andres Susaeta is an Assistant Professor in natural resource economics at the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management  (FERM), Oregon State University. Dr. Susaeta previously worked as an Assistant Research Scientist at the School of of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics (FFGS) at the University of Florida. Dr. Susaeta has been a visiting scholar at the Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,  and visiting scholar and lecturer at the Institute of Forest Economics and Forest Management Planning, TU Dresden. 

 

Dr. Susaeta's research has focused on expanding research methodologies to determine the optimal allocation of forest resources that helps in the decision-making process for natural resources. His main research interests include forest management under uncertainty and risk, forest optimization models, optimal control theory, applied econometrics, climate change and forest-ecosystem services, and natural resource policy.  His scientific work has been published in journals such as Natural Resource Modelling, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Journal of Forest Economics, Forest Economics and Policy, Forest Science, and Ecological Economics.

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Dr. Susaeta received his PhD (2009) in forest economics and policy from the University of Florida, a MSc (2005) in forest economics from the University of Canterbury, and a BSc in forestry engineering (1999) from the University of Chile.

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