Research Projects - Most of the School's laboratories are home to various research projects. Current projects include cloning, propagation, chemical modification of wood-fibers and their surface characterization, soil and plant studies, lignin biosynthesis of trees, wildlife survival, wetlands ecology studies and research on the effects of diseases and insects on trees and forests.
Research Labs - From the David Holli Forest Ecology Lab, which includes a variety of special instrumentation to study water, plant and soil samples, to the Lignin Biochemistry Lab where students and faculty conduct studies on lignin biosynthesis in genetically modified tree species, the School's laboratories provide our students with the top technology and instrumentation needed to keep up with the demands in the ever-growing area of research.
Research Centers - The School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science is the home of two major Research Centers on the Michigan Tech Campus.
Ash Reduction Model
Biotech Research Center
Buried Forest Research (as featured on the Michigan Tech news page)
Center for Exotic Species
Conservation Biology and Avian Ecology
Ecological Monitoring and Mapping Laboratory (GIS/Remote Sensing research lab)
Ecosystem Science Center
Emerald Ash Borer Monitoring
Ford Center & School Research Forest
Forest Biometrics Research Group
Future Fuels From Forests
Global Forest Carbon Cycle: Pool & Flux Database
Hardwood Research Group
Isle Royale Institute
Isle Royale Moose/Wolf Study
National Institute of Climatic Change Research
Northern Institute of Applied Carbon Science