Cristian Montes

Experience

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  Forestal Valdivia SA

  Jun 1995 - Aug 1996

  Inventory and research forester

  Inventory design and processing. Research coordination and supervision on the field.

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  Bioforest S.A.

  Sept 1996 - Jul 1997

  Nutritional and Silvicultural Program coordinator

  Coordinate and supervised research in all Arauco branches. Developed systems and maintaining the research database. In charge of 2 technicians, 1 forest engineer, and 2 programmers.

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  Bioforest S.A. - Arauco S.A.

  Jun 2001 - Jul 2015

  Managed research group of PhDs, MS, Forest Engineers and technicians (34 in total) in developing silvicultural prescriptions and clonal deployment for one of the largest forest companies in South America (Arauco). The extent of responsibilities included managed forest areas in Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, providing guidelines for operations in 6 subsidiaries and five nurseries. Manage the silviculture research group, including programs for pine management, eucalyptus management, stand nutrition, weed control, ecophysiology, remote sensing, soils and environmental modeling. Supervised 16 people, between forest engineers, masters, PhDs and forest technicians. Provided silvicultural recommendations for Arauco in Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

  • Silviculture & Genetics Division Manager

    Jun 2011 - Jul 2015

  • Site Productivity Division Manager

    Jun 2001 - Jun 2011
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  The University of Georgia

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2023

  Research and teaching. My research deals with improving forest productivity as well as modeling forest growth and yield as a function of environmental variables, quantifying the uncertainty in the process.

  • Professor Natural Resource Biometrics and timber management.

    Jul 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Co-Director Plantation Management Research Cooperative

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2023

  • Associate Professor

    Aug 2015 - Jul 2023
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  Rayonier

  Jul 2023 - now

  Director Forest Systems