Since joining the SFRC faculty in 2005 I have been involved in teaching and Extension.  I currently teach two undergraduate courses, Dendrology and Forest Plants as well as Forest Conservation & People.  Previously, I taught: Forest Ecology, Natural Resource Sampling, Fire Ecology & Management, Integrated Management and Ecosystems of the Southeast.  Currently, I am the SFRC Undergraduate Coordinator and work closely with our faculty and staff to ensure we provide a high quality degree in all of our programs: Forest Resources & Conservation, Natural Resource Conservation, Geomatics, and our new Marine Science Program.
As an Extension Specialist I work statewide and on forestry issues that cross the wildland - urban continuum.  Two Extension programs that I help coordinate are the Florida Stewardship Program and The Tampa Bay Watershed Forest Working Group.

The Florida Stewardship Program – This program provides educational programing to private forest landowners statewide.  Our programs are designed to provide the tools and knowledge to our clients so that they can sustainably manage their lands for a wide range of objectives: timber, wildlife habitat, ecosystem services, and aesthetics.  We also publish the quarterly newsletter, Florida Land Steward.

The Tampa Bay Watershed Forest Working Group – This group was formed in 2006 to establish and foster a collaborative that would allow the people, agencies and organizations interested in trees, woodlands and forests within the bay watershed to work together to solve common problems, resolve conflicts and build partnerships in order to move our watershed toward a more sustainable direction. While this program is focused on technology transfer and capacity building in the Tampa Bay area it is also engaged in long-term research projects about how urbanization is changing forest structure, composition and the ecosystem services they provide.

In addition to teaching and Extension, I am the Forest Manager for the Austin Cary Memorial Forest. This 2,080 acre forest is managed by the School of Forest Resources and Conservation to support the Teaching, Research and Extension missions of the SFRC and wider University of Florida community.  In 2011, our forest management team initiated and full inventory of the forest to establish a new baseline and provide data for updating a current management plan. 

Degrees:

Ph.D. - 2005 – Silviculture & Forest Protection - University of Washington, WA
M.F. - 1995 - Forest Resource Management - Duke University, NC
B.A. - 1992 - Natural Resources - The University of the South, Sewanee TN

Research:

My research interests range across many disciplines within forestry including: sustainable forest management, quantification of ecosystem services, restoration ecology, & Silviculture. 

Graduate Students & Topics/Titles:

Prior Work Experience:

Larson & McGowin – Branch Manager & Forester – AL, MS & LA
Eglin Air Force Base Jackson Guard – Fire Ecologist – FL
International Paper Company, Southlands Experiment Forest – Forest Ecology – GA
The Nature Conservancy, TNC Southeast Regional Office & Apalachicola Bluffs & Ravines Preserve – Field Ecologist - TN, NC & FL
Canyonlands National Park, the Maze District – Backcountry Ranger - UT

Recent Publications:

Books:
Vogt, K., Honea, J., Vogt, D., Andreu, M., Edmonds, B., Sigurdardottir, R., & Patel- Weynand, T. (Eds.). (2006). Forests and Society: Sustainability and life cycles of forests in human landscapes. (pp. 335) Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing.

Research Publications:
Hagan, D., Dobbs, C., Escobedo, F., Toor, G. S., & Andreu, M. (2011). Anthropogenic effects on the physical and chemical properties of subtropical coastal urban soils. Soil Use and Management. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00379.x

Croxton, M., Andreu, M., Williams, D., Overholt, W., & Smith, J. (2011). Geographic Origins and Diversity of Air-Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Florida. Invasive Plant Science and Management , 4(1), 22 - 30.

Tamang, B., Andreu, M., Staudhammer, C., Rockwood, D., & Jose, S. (2011) Towards and emperical relationship between root length density and root number in windbreak-grown cadaghi (Corymbia torelliana) trees. Plant Root 5, 40 – 45.

Abd-Elrahman, A., Andreu, M., & Abbott, T. (2010). Using text data mining techniques for understanding free-style question answers in course evaluation forms. Research in Higher Education Journal, 9:12 - 23.

Tamang, B., Andreu, M., & Rockwood, D. (2010). Wind speed and microclimate patterns on the leeside of single-row tree windbreaks during different weather conditions in Florida farms: Implications for improved crop production. Agroforestry Systems,79:111 - 122.

Abd-Elrahman, A., Thornhill, M., Andreu, M., & Escobedo, F. (2010). A community-based urban forest inventory using online mapping services and consumer-grade digital images. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,12(4), 249 - 260.

Andreu, M., Hedman, C., Friedman, M., & Andreu, A. (2009). Can managers bank on seed banks when restoring Pinus taeda L. plantations in Southwest Georgia? Restoration Ecology, 17(5), 586 - 596.

Vogt, K., Vogt, D., Upadhye, R., Edlund, D., Edmonds, R., Patel-Weynand, T., Gordon, J., Suntana, A., Sigurdardottir, R., Miller, M., Roads, P., & Andreu, M. (2009). Bio-methanol: How energy choices in the Western United States can help mitigate global climate change. Renewable Energy, 34(1), 233 - 241.

Hunter, M., Shepperd, W., Lentile, L., Lundquist, J, Andreu, M., Butler, J., & Smith, F. (2007). A comprehensive guide to fuels treatment practices for ponderosa pine in the Black Hills, Colorado Front Range, and Southwest. Gen. Tech. Rep. (RMRS-GTR-198). Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 93 pp.

Vogt, K Andreu, M., Vogt, D., Sigurdardottir, R., Edmonds, R., Scheiss, P., & Hodgson, K. (2005). Societal values and economic return added for forest owners by linking forests to bioenergy production. Journal of Forestry, 103(1), 21 - 27.