Publications
Caroline Karnatz, Parag Kadam, Healy Hamilton, Regan Smyth, Ranjit Bawa, and Puneet Dwivedi. 2023. Impacts of Sustainable Forestry Initiative fiber sourcing on the forestry best management practices and biodiversity conservation in the SE United States. Trees, Forests and People. Vol. 11 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100349
Kadam, Parag., Puneet, Dwivedi. and Caroline Karnatz. 2021. Mapping convergence of sustainable forest management systems: Comparing three protocols and two certification schemes for ascertaining the trends in global forest governance. Forest Policy and Economics. Vol. 13 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102614
Caroline Karnatz, Parag Kadam, Alexander Pfeuffer, and Puneet Dwivedi. 2021. The portrayal of forest certification in national and state newspapers of the United States, Forest Policy and Economics 130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102531
Education
Master of Science, Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia (2021)
Bachelor of Arts, English/Creative Writing, Georgia College & State University (2018)
I am currently at PhD Candidate in the Ecology & Evolution program at the University of Montana (Missoula, MT)
On Ecology
I am pursuing a PhD in Ecology and Evolution with Luis Disease & Population Ecology Lab at the University of Montana. My dissertation investigates the mechanisms driving zoonotic disease, using the Sin Nombre Hantavirus—deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) model system. I am broadly interested in zoonotic diseases and spillover; wildlife diseases; and community ecology, particularly species interactions.
As a research assistant, I teach sciences at the undergraduate level. I have previously worked as a research assistant to the Dwivedi Forest Sustainability Lab (formerly at UGA and now at Clemson) and as park ranger at Vogel State Park (best job ever). I am member of the Montana chapter of the Wildlife Society.
The core of my work focuses on disease ecology, but in my free time I love to read about paleontology and deep time, geology, evolutionary biology, climatology, astrophysics, and astrobiology. I’m madly in love with the Earth and all her forms of life, except maybe crocodilians, which horrify me (respectfully) on a primordial level.
You can view my academic profile and research publications on ResearchGate, my University of Montana E&E page, or below.
For academic inquiries, please email ckarnatz@umontana.edu
