BIO - ROBERT J. LILIEHOLM

ROBERT J. LILIEHOLM
Associate Professor, Department of Environment & Society
College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5215
(435) 797-2575; rjl@cc.usu.edu

Dr. Rob Lilieholm is an Associate Professor of Resource Economics in the College of Natural Resources at Utah State University, where he teaches and conducts research in natural resources economics and management. Lilieholm received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1988. He received an M.S. in silviculture from Louisiana State University in 1984, and a B.S. in forest management with honors from Utah State University in 1983.

Dr. Lilieholm’s research interests examine ways in which wildlands can be sustainably managed to promote a wide range of ecological and social goals. Examples include a host of land use issues, including the modeling of alternative future growth scenarios to determine the long-term impact of development on natural systems at the landscape level (see the Mojave Desert Alternative Futures website at www.ella.nr.usu.edu/~biodweb/mojavefutures). Other research has examined wilderness management, as well as the development of strategies to manage commercial timberlands for biological diversity and raptor nesting habitat. Lilieholm has also been active in research and assistance projects promoting the sustainability of African national parks, and the people that rely on them for their survival (see The Wild Coffee Project website at www.wildcoffee.org).

Dr. Lilieholm has served as a Faculty Associate and Visiting Fellow with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, as well as a Visiting Professor with the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica. He was named “Professor of the Year” in the College of Natural Resources at USU in 1994, and was later awarded “University Honors Professor” status. Other honors include receiving the Baker-Bidwell Research Fellowship and the Bidwell Research Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley; and twice being named a Rockefeller Scholar at Louisiana State University.

Dr. Lilieholm is listed in American Men and Women of Science, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Strathmore’s Who’s Who, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the World. He has authored or coauthored over 75 articles and reports through funding provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF), The Ford Foundation, The Boston Foundation, the U.S. Congress, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), The World Bank, The Global Environment Facility, and other funding sources. Lilieholm has also served as a consultant or advisor to the U.S. Congress, the Danish Government, the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Coffee Growers’ Federation of Colombia, the Kibale Forest Foundation, state and federal agencies, and a host of industry and environmental organizations.