Jacob Muller

Jacob Muller serves as an Assistant Professor of Hardwood Silviculture & Forest Operations Extension Faculty at the University of Kentucky. His work focuses on developing educational tools for woodland owners and natural resource professionals, with teaching responsibilities in forest measurements, statistics, adaptive silviculture, and regeneration forestry. His research examines long-term forest stand dynamics and evaluates classical/novel management approaches for forest adaptation to environmental change.

• Ph.D., Natural Resource Science and Management, University of Minnesota, 2019
• M.S., Forestry, University of Montana, 2014
• B.S., Forestry, University of Montana, 2007

Extension responsibilities include hardwood silviculture and forest operations, while research interests span adaptive silviculture, multi-aged forest systems, canopy manipulation impacts on microclimate, and forest modeling.

He teaches courses like FOR 250 (Statistics and Measurements) and FOR 357 (Inventory and Measurements II), emphasizing practical skills in forest inventory data collection and statistical analysis for managing natural resources.

Contact: jacob.muller@uky.edu | Phone: (859) 257-5666