S P A T I A L I N F O R M A T I C S G R O U P ( S I G ) L L C 2 7 0 4 G L E N D R . M I S S O U L A M T 5 9 8 0 4

P H O N E 8 0 2 - 8 8 1 - 5 5 9 0 E M A I L : T B U C H H O L Z @ S I G - G I S . C O M

THOMAS BUCHHOLZ

HIGHER EDUCATION

01/2005 -12/2008

State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), Department of

Forest and Natural Resource Management Syracuse, NY/USA

PhD in Sustainable Bioenergy Systems

Identifying Criteria and Indicator (C&I) frameworks for sustainability assessments of bioenergy systems; application of Multi-Criteria Analysis tools to implement participatory sustainability assessments with case studies in Eastern Africa and the US

10/1997 - 08/2003 Albert-Ludwigs-University, Faculty of Forest

and Environmental Sciences Freiburg, Germany

M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Forest Sciences

Focusing on national and international forest policy, management and economics

Additional subject: Silviculture in the tropics and subtropics

Master thesis with field work on silviculture of native timber species in Uganda: “Silvicultural potential of Maesopsis eminii in Uganda – a study on tree quality”

WORK EXPERIENCE

02/2010-present Spatial Informatics Group LLC (SIG) Pleasanton, CA/USA

Senior Scientist; Forest Management and Economics, Bioenergy, Forest Carbon Accounting

Lead economist, defining and analyzing sustainable forest management scenarios for forest properties in the Northeastern US including traditional timber management and ecosystem service payments (such as carbon credits) for investment funds listed on sustainable stock exchanges

Forest carbon accounting expert, Support to EPA in developing an Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources

Lead author of a report “Forest Biomass and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Constraints in the Northeastern U.S.” in collaboration with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies on forest biomass availability and substitution capacity of fossil fuels through biomass in the Northeastern US; commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund

01/2008-present University of Vermont, The Rubenstein School of

Environment and Natural Resources Burlington, VT/USA

03/2011-present Gund Affiliate, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics

Sustainability analysis of forest management practices and bioenergy systems

02/2010 –present Member, Carbon Dynamics Lab

Forest-based carbon dynamics and economics in the Northeastern US

02/2010- 12/2011 Research Affiliate, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

NSF funded research on economics and policies analyzing forest biomass supply chains in the Northeastern US

01/2008-02/2011 Gund Visiting Scholar, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics

Sustainability analysis of forest management practices and bioenergy systems

02/2011-12/2011 Dartmouth College, Environmental Studies Program Hanover, NH/USA

02/2011- 12/2011 Research Associate

Researching above and below ground forest carbon fluxes under different management regimes in the Northeastern US

01/2005 – 03/2010

State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), Department of

Forest and Natural Resource Management Syracuse, NY/USA

12/2008-12/2009 Research Scientist,

2010-2011 Policy analysis of incentive payments for biomass production such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)

2010-2011 Cost-benefit model and analysis for living snow fences (willow shrubs) for the New York State Department of Transport

2007-2010 Economic analysis and model building for biomass production with short rotation woody crops such as willow

2009 Renewable fuels roadmap NY – Forest biomass feedstock analysis, incentive analysis, and state and feedstock-wide sustainability framework development

2009 Economic analysis for a stock-market listed brewing company on using willow shrubs in energy plantations for affluent treatments and to satisfy internal energy demand

01/2005-11/2008 Research Assistant

Producing an online interactive budget model for energy plantation management (short rotation coppice) using willow

Logistics chains development (establishment, management, harvest, transport) for energy plantation management in the New England states of the US

09/2002 – 12/2004 UNIQUE forestry and land use Freiburg, Germany Kampala, Uganda Ontario, Canada

Project manager

2010 Producing and analyzing a vertically integrated budget model for wood-based bioelectricity production in Sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with Newcastle University, UK.

2007-2010 Teaching and research in economic analysis and sustainability assessments of bioenergy systems in Eastern Africa (EU funded project ReImpact: Rural Energy Production from Bioenergy Projects: Providing regulatory and impact assessment frameworks, furthering sustainable biomass production policies and reducing associated risks)

2007 Lead developer for an energy plantation business model (>US$ 40 mio) for a 50 MW bioelectricity plant in East Africa

2004-2005 Conducting studies analyzing grid and decentralized bioenergy production options (Uganda); Developing economic and business models for energy forests (Germany, Uganda)

2002-2005 Consulting for private forest owners in sustainable forest management, forest inventory, forest operations and economics (Germany, Canada)

2004 Coordinating research grant proposal development to the EU “Energy production through Short Rotation Forestry as an alternative agricultural production system in Central Europe” involving institutions in Central Europe (Germany)

2003-2004 Participating in the creation of a toolkit to make afforestation projects eligible for carbon trade under the Kyoto protocol (EU funded project ENCOFOR 2003 - 2006, Uganda). Editing an agroforestry manual focusing on economics and management of native tree species in co-operation with the World Agroforestry Centre (Uganda)Surveying the timber and bioenergy market potential of native tree species in Uganda in co-operation with the Uganda Forest Department (EU funded project I-TOO 2001 - 2005)

09/2000 - 12/2000 German agency for technical cooperation

(GTZ) Transmara, Kenya

Intern

Coordinating a community-based natural resource management approach involving all relevant stakeholders (farmers, community representatives, public agencies) for two water catchments

Participating in the development of management plans for community forests

PUBLICATIONS

Referee-reviewed journals

Buchholz, T., Hurteau, M., Gunn, J., Saah, D. 2016. A global meta-analysis of forest bioenergy greenhouse gas emission accounting studies. Global Change Biology- Bioenergy 8(2):281-289.

Timmons, D.S., Buchholz, T., Veeneman, C.H. 2015. Forest Biomass Energy: Assessing Atmospheric Carbon Impacts by Discounting Future Carbon Flows. Global Change Biology- Bioenergy 8(3):631-643.

Buchholz, T., Stephen, P., Marland, G., Canham, C., Sampson, N. 2014. Uncertainty in projecting greenhouse gas emissions from bioenergy. Nature Climate Change 4: 1045–1047.

Saah, D., Patterson, T., Buchholz, T., Ganz, D., Albert, D., Rush, K. 2014. Modeling economic and carbon consequences of a shift to wood-based energy in a rural 'cluster'; a network analysis in southeast Alaska. Ecological Economics. 107: 287–298.

Buchholz, T., Friedland, A., Hornig, C.E., Keeton, W., Zanchi, G., Nunery J. 2014. Mineral soil carbon fluxes in forests and implications for carbon balance assessments. Global Change Biology- Bioenergy 6(4): 305–311.

Fontana, V., Radke, A., Bossi Fedrigotti, V., Tappeiner, U., Tasser, E., Zerbe, S., Buchholz T. 2013. Comparing land-use alternatives: Using the ecosystem services concept to define a multi-criteria decision analysis. Ecological Economics 93:128-136

Marland, G., Buchholz, T., Kowalczyk, T. 2013. Accounting for CO2 emissions: the context and stakeholders matter. Journal of Industrial Ecology 17(3): 340-342.

Canham, C., D., Rogers, N., Buchholz, T. 2013. Regional variation in forest harvest regimes in the Northeastern United States. Ecological Applications. Ecological Applications 23(3): 515-522

Buchholz, T., Weinreich, A., Tennigkeit, T., Windhorst, K., Da Silva, I.P. 2013. Modeling the profitability of power production from short rotation woody crops in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy 59:116-127.

Zanchi, G., Frieden, D., Pucker, J., Bird, N., Buchholz, T., Windhorst, K. 2013. Climate benefits from alternative energy uses of biomass plantations in Uganda. Biomass and Bioenergy 59:128-136.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A. 2013. Profitability of willow biomass crops affected by incentive programs. Journal of BioEnergy Research 6(1): 53-64.

Buchholz, T., DaSilva, I.P., Furtado, J. 2012. Power from wood-gasifiers in Uganda – a 250 & 10kW case study. Proceedings of the ICE - Energy 165(4):181-194.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A. 2012. Considerations of Project Scale and Sustainability of Modern Bioenergy Systems in Uganda. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 31(1-2): 154-173.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A. 2011. Improving the profitability of willow crops – identifying opportunities with a crop budget model. Journal of BioEnergy Research 4(2): 85-96.

Buchholz, T., Weinreich, A., Tennigkeit, T. 2010. Modeling heliotropic tree growth – a case study on Maesopsis eminii. Forest Ecology and Management 260(10): 1656–1663.

Buchholz, T., Da Silva, I. 2010. Potential of distributed wood-based biopower systems serving basic electricity needs in rural Uganda. Energy for Sustainable Development 14(1):56-61.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A., Luzadis, V.A. 2009. Sustainability criteria for bioenergy systems – an expert survey. Journal of Cleaner Production 17(Supplement 1 International Trade in Biofuels): S86-S98.

Buchholz, T., Rametsteiner, E., Volk, T., Luzadis, V.A. 2009. Multi – Criteria Analysis for bioenergy systems assessments. Energy Policy 37(2):484-495.

Buchholz, T., Luzadis, V.A., Volk, T. 2007. A participatory systems approach to modeling social, economic, and ecological components of bioenergy. Energy Policy 35 (12):6084 – 6094.

Book chapters

Volk, T.A., Abrahamson, L.P., Buchholz, T., Caputo, J., Eisenbies M. 2014. The Development and Deployment of Willow Biomass Crops. In book: Cellulosic Energy Cropping Systems, Chapter: Development and Deployment of Willow Biomass Crops., Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Editors: D.L. Karlen

Luzadis, V.A., Volk, T.A., Buchholz, T. 2009. Using a Systems Approach to Improve Bioenergy Sustainability Assessment. Ch. 9 In: Renewable energy from forest resources in the United States, Barry D. Solomon and Valerie A. Luzadis, eds. Routledge: London and New York, 352p.

Buchholz, T., Tennigkeit, T., Weinreich, A. 2010. Single Tree Management Models: Maesopsis eminii. In: Degraded forests in Eastern Africa: management and restoration (challenges). Frans Bongers and Timm Tennigkeit, eds. Earthscan: London, 384p.

Contributions to conference proceedings, research reports, popular publications

Buchholz, T., Romsos, S., Robards, T., Moody, T., Moghaddas, J., Schmidt, D., Saah. D. 2015. Analysis options for forest carbon inventory and greenhouse gas life cycle assessment of the California forest laws and regulations. Prepared for the Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), 100p.

Buchholz, T., Gunn, J. 2015. Carbon Emission Estimates for Drax biomass powerplants in the UK sourcing from Enviva Pellet Mills in U.S. Southeastern Hardwoods using the BEAC model. Prepared For: Southern Environmental Law Center, 17p.

Emily McGlynn, E., Buchholz, T., Gunn, J., Saah, D., Kittler, B. 2015. Low-risk Bioenergy Can Be A Critical Climate Solution. Opinion OpEd in Ecosystems Marketplace, August 10 2015.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2014. Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources. S. Ohrel (Lead), Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change Division, Washington, DC. 140p.

Buchholz, T., Saah, D. 2013. Implementing carbon credit offsets on Prince of Wales Island – switching home heating from fuel oil to wood pellets derived from local forest-thinnings. Report to The Nature Conservancy Alaska, 22p.

Joërg, L., Stenlund, P., Christensen, S., Buchholz, T. 2013. Truly sustainable bioenergy in East Africa? The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) Blog, Stanford University (Paul Ehrlich). December 10 2013. Content contribution.

Buchholz, T., Saah, D. 2012. Modeling economic and carbon consequences of a shift to wood‐based energy in a rural ‘cluster’; a network analysis in southeast Alaska. Report to The Nature Conservancy Alaska, 25p.

Buchholz. T., Gunn, J., Saah, D., 2012. A Meta-analysis on Forest Bioenergy Carbon Greenhouse Gas Accounting (Poster presentation) Bioenergy Research Symposium – November 13 2012, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Buchholz, T., Da Silva, I., Furtado, J. 2012. Electricity from wood-fired gasification in Uganda - a 250 and 10kW case study. Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa, Proceedings of the 20th Domestic Use of Energy Conference (DUE) 2012: 65 – 76.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2011. Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources. J. Jenkins and S. Ohrel (Leads), Office of Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change Division, Washington, DC. 140p.

U.S. Department of Energy. 2011. U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry. R.D. Perlack and B.J. Stokes (Leads), ORNL/TM-2011/224. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. 227p.

Buchholz, T., Canham, C. 2011. Forest Biomass and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Constraints in the Northeastern U.S. Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook, NY, 76p.

Ahmed, Z., Beier, C., Bourgeois, T., Brinch, J., Buchholz, T., Caputo, J., et al. 2010. Renewable Fuels Roadmap and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Supply for New York. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSDERA), Albany, NY, 140p.

Beier, C., Buchholz, T., Caputo, J., Castellano, P., Germain, R., Kelleher, M., Luzadis, V., Malmsheimer, R.W., Volk, T. 2010. Bioenergy Sustainability criteria for New York. Appendix K to the Renewable Fuels Roadmap and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Supply for New York. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSDERA), Albany, NY, 58p.

Woodybury, P., Volk, T., Germain, R.H., Castellano, P., Buchholz, T., Wightman, J., Melkonian, J., Mayton, H., Ahmed, Z., Peters, C. 2010. Analysis of sustainable feedstock production potential in New York State. Appendix E to the Renewable Fuels Roadmap and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Supply for New York. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSDERA), Albany, NY, 110p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T., Castellano, P., Kelleher, M. 2010. Economics of short rotation woody crops (SRWC) willow projects. Appendix M-A to the Renewable Fuels Roadmap and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Supply for New York. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSDERA), Albany, NY, 46p.

Buchholz, T., Patterson, N., Volk, T.A., Luzadis, V.A. 2009. Applying Multi-Criteria Analysis in a traditional value system: Assessing sustainable electricity options for an Iroquois nation. Proceedings of

the United States Society for Ecological Economics Conference “Science and Policy for a Sustainable Future” American University, Washington D.C., May 31st to June 3rd 2009, 27p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A., Abrahamson, L.P., Smart L.B. 2009. EcoWillow v 1.4 (Beta) – An Economic Analysis Tool for Willow Short-Rotation Coppice for Wood Chip Production. Extension Fact Sheets: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 2p.

Buchholz, T., DaSilva, I.P. 2008. Potential of distributed wood-based biopower systems serving basic electricity needs in rural Uganda. Proceedings of the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 28-30 May 2008, 6p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T. 2008. Is project scale the key to sustainable modern bioenergy systems? Proceedings of the 2008 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: ‘Long-Term Policies: Governing Social-Ecological Change’, Berlin, 22-23 February 2008, 7p.

Buchholz, T. 2007. Multi – Criteria Analysis for bioenergy systems assessments. Interim Report to the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria 23p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A. 2007. Designing short-rotation coppice based BIOenergy SYstems for Rural Communities in east Africa (BIOSYRCA project), report to ESGP USAID, 38p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A. 2007. Technology and Assessment Report for a 200 kW Gasifier Producing Electricity in Uganda. As part of the project: Designing short rotation coppice based BIOenergy SYstems for Rural Communities in east Africa (BIOSYRCA project). Report to ESGP USAID, 19p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A. 2007. Native species identification and preliminary productivity assessment (Feedstock Assessment). As part of the project: Designing short rotation coppice based BIOenergy SYstems for Rural Communities in east Africa (BIOSYRCA project). Report to ESGP USAID, 18p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T.A. 2007. Socio-economic assessment report for gasification based electricity production at Kyangwali settlement, Uganda. As part of the project: Designing short rotation coppice based BIOenergy SYstems for Rural Communities in east Africa (BIOSYRCA project). Report to ESGP USAID, 20p.

Da Silva, I.P., Okure, M., Buchholz, T., Kjellström, B. 2007. Wood Gasification in Uganda – Is this a solution for the Energy Crisis? Hard facts from installed units. Proceedings East African Power Industry Convention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-20 September 2007, 8p.

Buchholz, T., Volk, T., Tennigkeit, T., Da Silva, I. 2007. Electricity production from energy forests: Results from a feasibility and impact scoping study in northern Uganda for a 50 MWe grid model. In: Proceedings 15th European Biomass Conference in Berlin, Germany, 7 - 11 May 2007, 5p.

Buchholz, T., Da Silva, I., Volk, T., Tennigkeit, T. 2007. Economics of a Gasification Based Mini Grid - A Case Study of a 10 kW Unit in Uganda. Proceedings of the Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 29-30 May 2007: 125-129.

Buchholz, T.; Volk, T. 2006. Developing a Scalable Multi-Criteria Analysis Tool to Assess Sustainability of Bioenergy Systems. Proceedings IEA Bioenergy Task 29&30 International Conference, Oxford, UK, 14p.

Buchholz, T. 2006. Country Report - Uganda. In: World Survey on Decentralized Energy 2006, World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE). Edinburgh UK p:27.

Tennigkeit, T.; Kallweit, K.; Buchholz, T. 2006. Decentralised rural electricity production from energy forests: Investigating the feasibility of business models for a demonstration project. EDF Forestry Programme Uganda. Kampala Uganda, 36 p.

Buchholz, T.; Volk, T.; Tennigkeit, T.; Da Silva, I.P. 2005. Designing decentralized small-scale bioenergy schemes based on short rotation coppice for rural poverty alleviation in Uganda. Proceedings 14th European Biomass Conference, Paris, 4p.

Buchholz, T., Weinreich, A. & Tennigkeit, T. 2004. Maesopsis eminii - a challenging timber tree species in Uganda - A production model for commercial forestry and smallholders. Proceedings of the

International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) Conference on the Economics and Management of High Productivity Plantations,. Lugo, Spain, 15p.

Buchholz, T. 2005. Maesopsis eminii for wood production in agroforestry systems in Uganda. Series: Useful trees for farming. World Agroforestry Centre (formerly ICRAF) and USAID, Kampala, Uganda, 32p.

Buchholz, T., Tennigkeit, T. 2003. How to grow straight Maesopsis. The Ugandan Forester, Issue 5:8.

Buchholz, T. 2003. Silvicultural potential of Maesopsis eminii in Uganda – a study on tree quality. M.Sc. thesis, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Silviculture, Albert-Ludwigs Universität. Freiburg i.Br., Germany, 77p.

INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Saah, D., Buchholz T., Moghaddas, J., Gunn, J. 2016. Quantifying avoided wildfire emissions from significant wildfires in California. 5th International Fire Behavior + Fuels Conference, Portland OR USA, Thursday April 14th 2016.

Buchholz, T., Gunn J., Saah, D. 2015. Carbon and Sustainability: Forest biomass updates. Pellet Fuels Conference Annual Conference, Williamsburg, VA, July 19th 2015

Buchholz, T., 2015. A primer on global bioenergy use. The Asia Montana Energy Summit. Expert Conference, University of Montana, Mansfield Center, Missoula April 30 2015.

Gunn, J., Hennigar C., Cameron, R., Buchholz, T. 2014. Life cycle evaluation of forest sector greenhouse gas emissions sensitivity to changes in forest management in Maine (USA). International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct 9 2014

Buchholz, T., Hurteau, M., Gunn, J., Saah, D. 2014. A global meta-analysis of forest bioenergy greenhouse gas emissions accounting studies (1991-2013). International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct 9 2014

Buchholz, T., Tennigkeit, T., Weinreich, A., Windhorst, K., DaSilva, I. 2014. Modeling the profitability of power production from short-rotation woody crops in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct 9 2014

Kittler, B., Buchholz, T. 2014. Accurately Accounting for Carbon: Forest Bioenergy—A Precautionary Tale. Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) Meeting on Biocarbon Seattle, Washington, November 5, 2014.

Buchholz, T., 2014. Optimizing timber and carbon revenue under uncertainty – tool development for large property owners. Western Forest Economists Meeting, Double Tree Hotel, Missoula, MT, May 19-20 2014.

Buchholz, T., Saah, D., Robards, T., Moody, T., O’Neil-Dunne, J., Moritz, M., Hurteau, M., Moghaddas, J. 2014. Developing an Analytical Framework for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions from Forest Fuel Treatment Projects in Placer County, California. Western Forest Economists Meeting, Double Tree Hotel, Missoula, MT, May 19-20 2014.

Buchholz, T., Saah, D., Patterson, T., Ganz, D., Albert, D., Ross, K. 2014. Heating with biomass from forest-thinnings: Carbon LCA and offsets on Prince of Wales. Alaska Woody Energy Conference, Westmark Hotel, Fairbanks, AK, April 16-17 2014.

Buchholz, T., Hurteau., M., Gunn, J., Saah, D. 2013. A global meta-analysis of forest bioenergy greenhouse gas emissions accounting studies (1991-2013). The Transatlantic Trade in Wood for Energy: A Dialogue on Sustainability Standards and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hilton Desoto Savannah, Savannah, Georgia, USA, October 23 – 24 2013.

Christensen, S., Joërg, L., Buchholz, T. (presenter) 2013. Sustainable Biomass for Rural Electrification in Uganda. 7th Biennial US Society for Ecological Economics Conference, University of Vermont, Burlington VT, June 9-12 2013.

Buchholz, T. 2013. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of sustainable forest management options. Western Forest Economists Meeting, Enzian Inn - Leavenworth, WA, June 23-25 2013.

Christensen, S., Buchholz, T. 2012. Sustainable Biomass Supply Options for a small-scale gasifier in rural Uganda. Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, October 5, 20122.

Buchholz, T., Canham, C. 2012. Forest Biomass and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Constraints in the Northeastern United States. Western Forest Economists & Western Mensurationists. Best Western Agate Beach, Newport, OR, June 10-12 2012

Buchholz, T., Tennigkeit, T. 2012. State of Global Forest Carbon Markets. Capacity Building for Forest Carbon Projects in the Ukrainian Carpathians Workshop. Hotel Uzhgorod, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, May 28-29, 2012

Canham, C., Buchholz, T. 2011. Forest Biomass and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Constraints in the Northeastern United States. Northeast Wood Energy Webinars, Penn State University, College of Agricultual Sciences, University Park, Pennsylvania, September 30, 2011

Buchholz, T., Canham, C., Hamburg, S. 2011. Forest Biomass and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Constraints in the Northeastern United States. Woody Biomass Energy Research Symposium for the Northern Forest, University of Vermont, April 28 to 30, 2011

Buchholz, T., Patterson, N., Volk, T.A., Luzadis, V.A. 2011. Application of a Sustainability Assessment for (Bio)electricity Options: Multi-Criteria Analysis in a Traditional Value System Framework for an Iroquois Nation. Woody Biomass Energy Research Symposium for the Northern Forest, University of Vermont, April 28 to 30, 2011

Buchholz, T., Mika, A., Littlefield, C., Keeton, W. 2011. Scientific Impact Assessments of Harvesting Practices in the Northern Forest for Energy Biomass. Woody Biomass Energy Research Symposium for the Northern Forest, University of Vermont, April 28 to 30, 2011

Buchholz, T., Keeton, W., Mika, A., Littlefield, C. 2011. Economics of Biomass Fuel Harvests in the Northeastern Forest. Woody Biomass Energy Research Symposium for the Northern Forest, University of Vermont, April 28 to 30, 2011

Buchholz, T., Keeton, W., Mika, A., Littlefield, C. 2011. Economics of Biomass Fuel Harvests in the Northeastern Forest. The 3rd annual Heating the Northeast with Renewable Biomass Conference, Radisson Hotel, Manchester, New Hampshire April 14-15 2011

Ecological Economics – an introduction. Seminar at the Institute for Forstoekonomie, Fakultaet fuer Forst- und Umweltwissenschaften, University of Freiburg, Germany, March 26 2011.

Forest Biomass and Bioenergy: Opportunities and Constraints in the Northeastern United States. Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, March 4 2011.

Bioenergy From Forests: The Debate on Carbon Accounting. Seminar presented to Dartmouth College, Environmental Studies Program, Hanover NH, February 7 2011.

Forest Carbon Cycle. Sustainable Use of Renewable Energy (SURE): Renewable Technologies and

Carbon Cycling State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry

(SUNY-ESF), Syracuse NY, November 4, 2010.

Economic impact of federal incentives on SRWC willow projects in New York State. 8th Biennial Short Rotation Woody Crops Operations Working Group, Short Rotation Woody Crops in a Renewable Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities, Syracuse, NY, October 18-19 2010.

Identification of Traditional Values and their Application in Multi Criteria Analysis: Electricity Options for an Iroquois Nation. Webinar on First Nations’ Clean Energy Projects. Organized by Natural Resources Canada/ Ressources Naturelles Canada, May 14th 2010.

Sustainability is not a goal but a process: Concepts and examples to measure sustainability in forest management and bioenergy applications. Webinar on Forestry - Sustainability Issues and Approaches to Assessment and Implementation. Organized by Natural Resources Canada/ Ressources Naturelles Canada, December 4th 2009.

Identification of Traditional Values and their Application in Multi Criteria Analysis: Electricity Options for an Iroquois Nation. Jointly held with Neil Patterson Jr. Presentation to the United States Society for Ecological Economics Conference “Science and Policy for a Sustainable Future” American University, Washington D.C., May 31st to June 3rd 2009

Measuring Sustainability of Bioenergy Systems. Presentation to the Sustainable Production & Supply of Biomass in NY Conference Oswego BOCES - Mexico, NY November 12 - 14, 2008

Sustainable Woody Biomass for Bioenergy, Biofuels and Bioproducts. Presentation to the Greater Adirondack RC&D Pottersville, NY October 27, 2008

Results from an expert survey on sustainability criteria for bioenergy systems. Presentation to the International Workshop “Woodfuel Supply Chain – Sharing Experience” Warwick, England, 14th -19th September 2008

Sustainability criteria for bioenergy systems – a struggle of global dimensions. PhD Summer School on Earth System Governance, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 24-31, 2008

Is scale the key to sustainable bioenergy systems in East Africa? Maxwell Africa Caucus, Institute of Global Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, April 17th 2008

Scale and sustainable bioenergy systems in Uganda. International Society of Tropical Foresters, Conference on drivers of land use change in the tropics – bioenergy and avoided deforestation, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA March 28-29, 2008

EcoWillow v 1.0 (Beta) – An Economic Analysis Tool for Willow Short-Rotation Coppice Plantations for Wood Chip Production. Workshop on Bioenergy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March 12th 2008

Sustainability of bioenergy systems – participatory multi criteria assessments. Presentation to the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Natural Resource Management, Burlington, VT, USA, February 29th 2008

Is project scale the key to sustainable modern bioenergy systems? New England SAF and New York SAF – Joint Annual Meeting, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, February 27 – 29, 2008

Is project scale the key to sustainable modern bioenergy systems? 2008 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: ‘Long-Term Policies: Governing Social-Ecological Change’, Berlin, 22-23 February 2008

Sustainability of bioenergy systems – participatory multi criteria assessments. Presentation to the Forest Carbon Dynamics Laboratory, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Natural Resource Management, Burlington, VT, USA, February 10th 2008

Wood gasification for electricity production in Uganda – current performance of a 205 and a 10 kW unit and future prospects. National bioenergy workshop organised by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS), Fairway Hotel, Kampala, Uganda, March 1st 2007

Designing decentralized small-scale bioenergy schemes based on short rotation coppice for rural poverty alleviation in Uganda. 14th European Biomass Conference, Paris, France, 17th – 21st October 2005.

Maesopsis eminii - a challenging timber tree species in Uganda – A production model for commercial forestry and smallholders. International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) Conference on The Economics and Management of High Productivity Plantations; Lugo, Spain, 27th – 30th September 2004.

Lead author of the following presentations:

Buchholz, T., DaSilva, I.P. (presenter), Furtado, J. 2012. Electricity from wood-fired gasification in Uganda – a 250 and 10kW case study. 20th Domestic Use of Energy (DUE) Conference, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 – 4 April 2012.

Buchholz, T., Windhorst, K. (presenter) 2010. EFOBUMAF v1.0 (Beta) - An online energy forest business model for Sub-Saharan Africa. Presentation to the 7th International Biofuels Conference, Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi, India, February 11-12, 2010.

Buchholz, T. Da Silva, I.P. (presenter) 2008. Potential of distributed wood-based biopower systems serving basic electricity needs in rural Uganda. Domestic Use of Energy (DUE), Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, May 28-30 2008.

Buchholz, T. Da Silva, I.P. (presenter) 2008. Potential of distributed wood-based biopower systems serving basic electricity needs in rural Uganda. Uganda National Institution of Professional Engineers National Conference, Africana Hotel, Kampala, Uganda, 5-6 June 2008.

Buchholz, T., Tennigkeit, T. (presenter), Volk, T.A., Da Silva, I.P. Electricity production from energy plantations: Results from a feasibility and impact scoping study in northern Uganda for a 50 MWe grid model. Presentation to the 15th European Biomass Conference in Berlin, 7 - 11 May 2007.

Significant contributions to the following presentations:

Gunn, J., Robarts, T., Saah, D., Buchholz, T. SIG/Manomet Forest Carbon Forecaster A carbon pro forma tool to evaluate carbon market opportunities on private and public forestlands. ACES and Ecosystem Markets December 10-14 2012 , Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, US.

Volk, T.A., Woodbury, P., Castellano, P., Germain, R., Buchholz, T. 2011. Woody Biomass Feedstock Supply Potential in NY State. Woody Biomass Energy Research Symposium for the Northern Forest, University of Vermont, April 28 to 30, 2011

Keeton, W. (presenter), Mika, A., Littlefield, C., Buchholz, T. Effects of Wood Energy Harvesting on Stand Structure and Carbon Pools in Northern Hardwood Forests. Fuel from the Forest Symposium, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies January 21st, 2011 in New Haven Connecticut.

Volk, T.A. (presenter), Abrahamson, L.P., Buchholz, T.,Castellano, P., Foster, C. McArdle, M., Posselius, J., Stanton, B. Development of a Harvesting System for Short Rotation Willow and Hybrid Poplar Biomass Crops. Biomass 2010, March 30-31, 2010 Washington, DC

Volk, T.A. (presenter), Abrahamson, L.P., Amidon, T., Buchholz, T., Castellano, P., Foster, C., Posselius, J., Rak, D., Smart, L.B., White, E.H. Advances in the Commercialization of willow biomass crops. The Feedstock Value Chain Forum, Washington DC, November 19, 2009.

Michael J. Kelleher (presenter), Thomas Buchholz, Timothy A. Volk, Lawrence P. Abrahamson. Economics of Willow Biomass Production and Policy to Enhance Market Penetration. Short Rotation Crops International Conference Minneapolis, MN August 19, 2008

T. A. Volk (presenter), T. Buchholz, V. Luzadis. Scalable Multi-Criteria Analysis Tool to Assess Sustainability of Bioenergy Systems. Sustainability Planning and Assessment Tools Workshop, Montreal, Quebec February 13, 2007

Da Silva (presenter), I.P, Okure, M., Buchholz, T., Kjellström, B. 2007 Wood Gasification in Uganda – Is this a solution for the Energy Crisis? Hard facts from installed units. East African Power Industry Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 20 2007

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2013 ICE Watt Medal for best published paper by Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) journals in 2012: Power from wood gasifiers in Uganda: a 250 kW and 10 kW case study. By Thomas Buchholz; Izael Da Silva; John Furtado. Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Energy, Volume 165, Issue 4, 2012, pages 181-196

2012 Best paper award, Title of paper: “Electricity from wood-fired gasification in Uganda – a 250 and 10kW case study”. 20th Domestic Use of Energy (DUE) Conference, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa, 2 – 4 April 2012.

2012 Research grant (Co-Pi, three years) from the Northern States Research Council (NSRC) “Effects of Forest Biomass Energy Production on Northern Forest Wildlife and Forest Sustainability”.

2012 Research support grant, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, “Sustainable woodfuel supply chains for rural bioenergy systems in Uganda”.

2012 Research support grant, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) “Sustainable woodfuel supply chains for rural bioenergy systems in Uganda”.

2012 The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, (SIDA), Innovations Against Poverty IAP) Programme; in collaboration with Pamoja Cleantech AB to support the implementation of the project “The Green Plant”, a wood-based electricity system for rural East Africa.

2011 Trust for Mutual Understanding, “Capacity Building for Forest Carbon Projects in the Ukrainian Carpathians” Workshop, Uzhgorod, Ukraine.

2011 Teaching grant from the European Forestry Institute (EFI), first PhD-level EFI Winter Summer School ‘Making values work - exploring multiple perspectives in understanding the valuation of forest ecosystems”

2008 Best paper award, Title of paper: “Potential of distributed wood-based biopower systems serving basic electricity needs in rural Uganda”, Industrial and Commercial Use of Energy (ICUE) Conference 28-29 May 2008, Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa.

2008 C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Fellowship SUNY-ESF for outstanding Ph.D. research

2008 Nominated for the IIASA Peccei/Mikhalevich Award

2007 Stipend from the German Advisory Council on Global Change (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen; WBGU) as support for participating at YSSP/IIASA 2007

2007 USAID grant for research on wood-based bioelectricity systems in Uganda

2006 Tropical Social Forestry Fund Award, SUNY-ESF

2002 Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for M.Sc. field work

2000 Stipend from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for foreign internship

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Western forest economists

Alumni of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), since 2002

United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE), since 2006

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Society, since 2007

TEACHING

04/2012 M.Sc.-level lecture ‘Sustainability of bioenergy systems’, Guest lecture to CEE 360 Sustainability and Civil Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

03/2012, M.Sc.-level lectures ‘Sustainability of bioenergy systems, Faculty of Technology at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

03-09/2011 Lecturer – Contributions on theory and methods of Ecological Economics to the EFI PhD Winter Summer School 2011 organized by the European Forestry Institute (EFI) in Freiburg, Germany and Varaždin, Croatia.

03/2011 Ecological Economics – an introduction. Seminar at the Institute for Forstoekonomie, Fakultaet fuer Forst- und Umweltwissenschaften, University of Freiburg, Germany.

04/2011 and 07/2010 Lecturer - Biomass to Biofuels. Contributions on bioenergy sustainability assessments to a 4 credits hands-on summer course for degree and non-degree seeking students

03/2011 and 03/2010 Guest lecturer – Bioenergy lecturing module in joint undergraduate/graduate class “sustainable forest management”, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.

08/2009 Lecturer – Designing and lecturing a three day module “Economics and project development for wood based heat and electricity production in Uganda” for the summer school “ Sustainability Tools for Rural Bioenergy Production” at Makerere University, Faculty of Technology, Kampala, Uganda. Sponsored by EUAID through the RE-Impact project: Rural Energy Production from Bioenergy Projects: Providing regulatory and impact assessment frameworks, furthering sustainable biomass production policies and reducing associated risks.

01/2009-05/2009 Lecturer - Designing and lecturing a joint graduate/undergraduate 2 credit course “Assessing sustainability of bioenergy NRM 285”, University of Vermont, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.

06/2006 Teaching to Middle School Students: Willow Biomass Crops – Home Grown Renewable Fuel. Tully, New York.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

Deputy coordinator IUFRO Division 5 LCA Working Party under 5.12.00 Sustainable utilization of forest products. IUFRO Unit 5.12.01 - Life cycle analysis of forest products. 2015-present.

Technical and organizational support to a public-private partnership; developing sustainable bioenergy models in East Africa, in collaboration with Strathmore Energy Reserarch Centre (SERC), Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya, Pamoja Cleantech AB, the Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation (CREEC) at Makerere University, Uganda, 2008-present.

Expert panellist ‘Study on the Environmental Implications of the Increased Reliance of the EU on Biomass for Energy Imported from North America’, European Comission, Brussels, September 12 2015.

Research support to the Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) for fuelwood supply options for the Kenyan tea sector, March 2015.

Research support to The Nature Conservancy in bioenergy-related forestry projects on greenhouse gas accounting and economics, 2013.

Research and capacity building support to the Forest Development Project in Zakarpattya (FORZA), Ukraine, 2011-2012.

Research support the the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Atmospheric Programs, in developing an accounting framework for biogenic CO2 emissions from stationary sources, 2011-2013.

Research support to Ecosystem services and Restoration of traditional land-use systems in the Southern Alps (EcoRAlps), multi-disciplinary evaluation of ecosystem services rendered from subalpine larch meadows, 2011-2013.

Research support (reviewer) to Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) in expanding the Long Range Enery Alternatives Planning System (LEAP) to include bioenergy production in its climate-energy analysis tools, 2011-2012.

Lecturing Ecological Economics in the context of European Forests ‘Making values work - exploring multiple perspectives in understanding the valuation of forest ecosystems’ in collaboration with the European Forestry Institute (EFI) during the PhD Winter/Summer School, Germany and Croatia, 2011.

Steering committee member of the Woody Biomass Energy Research Symposium for the Northern Forest, April 28 to 30, 2011 at the University of Vermont, 2011.

Technical and organizational support to an initiative by an Iroquois Nation to identify and implement renewable energy supply alternatives for their reservation, 2007-2009.

Technical expertise to an investment organization looking for innovative and sustainable long-term forest investment opportunities in the US, 2010-present.

Technical expertise to an initiative supporting policy makers in decisions regarding sustainable use of bioenergy from forests in the Northeastern US, partnering with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), 2009-2011.

MEDIA COVERAGE

Porter, E., 2013. Climate Change Calls for Science, Not Hope. New York Times, June 23 2015.

Rose, D. 2015. The UK's £1billion carbon-belcher raping US forests...that YOU pay for: How world's biggest green power plant is actually INCREASING greenhouse gas emissions and Britain's energy bill. The Daily Mail on Sunday, 6 June 2015.

Cornish, A. 2015. Report Challenges Environmental Friendliness Of U.S. Pellet Industry. National Public Radio, June 2, 2015.

Warrick, J. 2015. How Europe’s climate policies led to more U.S. trees being cut down. The Washington Post, June 2, 2015.

Zeller, T., 2015. Wood Pellet Power: A Climate Threat? Forbes, May 18 2015.

Natural Resource Defense Council 2015. Think Wood Pellets are Green? Think Again. NRDC Issue Brief, May 15 2015.

Tweed, K., 2013. Cleaner Than Coal? Wood Power Makes a Comeback. Scientific American, October 10 2013. Content contribution.

EXTERNAL PEER-REVIEWER

Applied Energy

Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining

Biomass and Bioenergy

BioResources

BioScience

Diversity and Distributions

Ecological Economics

Energy

Energy Policy

Forest Ecology and Management

Journal of Environmental Management

Nature Climate Change

Sustainability

LANGUAGES

German, mother tongue

English, fluent spoken and written

French, advanced spoken and written

MSC AND PHD STUDENT ADVISING

Deandra Perruccio, M.Sc. program, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. Title of research: Sustainability Assessment Frameworks for Bioenergy Systems. Thesis advisor, 2013-2015.

Joërg, Léonore, M.Sc. program, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nantes. Title of research: Study and design of biomass supply chains for gasification in rural Uganda. Thesis advisor, 2013.

Graham von Maltitz, Ph.D. thesis on “Bioenergy, land use tradeoffs and livelihoods in southern Africa”. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, External Examiner, 2014.

Christensen, Stephen, M.Sc. program “Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering”, Department of Industrial Ecology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. Title of research: “Comparing the Sustainability of Biomass Fuel Supply Options for a Small Scale Gasification Project in Rural Uganda”. Thesis advisor, 2011-2013.

Furtado, John, M.Sc. program “Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering”, Department of Industrial Ecology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, title of research: “Analysis of a biomass-based hybrid energy system for rural electrification - A case study in rural Uganda”. Thesis advisor, 2011-2012.

Radkea, Anna; Fontanab, Veronika; Bossi Fedrigottic, Valérie, PhD program, aInstitute of Ecology, Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck; Faculty of Science and Technology, bFree University of Bolzano, Italy; cFaculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Italy. Title of research: A multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) of land-use change: comparing traditional larch meadows to alternative land uses in the Southern Alps, North Italy. Research advisor, 2011-present.

Rodler, Denis, M.Sc. program, Environmental Management & Urban Planning in Metropolitan Areas, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, RheinMain University, Wiesbaden, Germany. Title of research: Konzept der Regenerativen Energieversorgung, insbesondere der Nachwachsenden Rohstoffe unter Berücksichtigung des regionalen Dargebots und der Bereitstellungsketten für die Naturenergie Heidenrod GmbH – Bewertung und Rahmenbedingungen. Research advisor, 2011.

Hanzu, Mihail, PhD program, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, Romania. Title of research: Efficiency evaluation of pure and mixed forest stands by using multi-criteria analysis. Research advisor, 2011-present.

Hendrickson, Cary, PhD program, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Title of research: Is Carbon Saved, Carbon Earned? Critical Geography Perspectives on the Valuation of Ecosystem Services. Research advisor, 2011.

Beljan, Karlo, PhD program, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Inventory and Management, Forest Economics, University of Zagreb, , Zagreb, Croatia. Title of research: Specifying forest interest rates) over time and space for Croatian Forests Ltd. on the example of one forest management unit. Research advisor, 2011.