Dr. Silver is a Natural Resource Social Scientist with an M.S in Natural Resources Science and Management from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of Maine. She researches topics like agroforestry, family forest owners, wildfire social acceptability, knowledge co-production, wood-based bioenergy, mass timber, and biochar. She also has an Extension appointment and is passionate about helping landowners and managers with natural resource concerns and questions. Prior to joining the faculty at MSU, Dr. Silver worked for the USDA Forest Service’s Northern Research Station as a Research Forester. Dr. Silver is also serving as the Co Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Society & Natural Resources, as president of the Michigan Forest Association, in addition to her board membership for the U.S. Biochar Initiative and the Society of American Forester’s Forest Science and Technology committee.