Overview

CINTRAFOR is a research center within the School of Environment and Forest Sciences in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington. Our primary focus is research and education through undergraduate, graduate, international, and outreach programs. Upon acceptance by the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, graduate students with an interest in forest economics and policy impacts, international marketing, technology developments, and value-added forest products can be affiliated with CINTRAFOR for their graduate degree, either at Masters or PhD level.

​Please scroll down to read more about the available degree programs or to see recent outreach presentations.

Educational Opportunities

Undergraduate Students
The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences offers two undergraduate majors leading to the Bachelor of Science degree, Environmental Science and Resource Management and Bioresource Science and Engineering.​

Graduate Students

The School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is dedicated to generating and disseminating knowledge for the stewardship of natural and managed environments and the sustainable use of their products and services through teaching, research, and outreach.​

International Students​
The University of Washington offers two programs that enable international students who are eligible for a J-1 visa to undertake significant research projects on campus.

Outreach

CINTRAFOR disseminates our research and analysis through workshops, conferences, and other forms of outreach. Recent presentations can be viewed here, and sorted by date, topic, audience, and author.  ​

Presentations

Year Title Author Audience Content
2020 Western Hardwood Lumber Markets: Recovering from a Double Whammy(Trade War+Covid-19) & PC Maple Syrup Kent Wheiler Western Hardwood Association’s annual convention Video
2020 Manufacturing and the Forest Products Industry Kent Wheiler Carbon Leadership Forum’s online Wood Carbon Seminars Video
2019 Trade Wars are Not Good, nor Easy to Win Kent Wheiler Washington Hardwoods Commission Annual Symposium PDF
2019 Global Supply Chain of Illegal Wood and its Impact on the U.S. Wood Products Industry Indroneil Ganguly Methodology Workshop: Estimating Illegal Logging and Timber Trade PDF
2019 China's Wood Markets Amidst the Trade War Kent Wheiler Who Will Own the Forests 2019 PDF
2019 Hardwood Export Markets and the Impact of China’s Tariffs Kent Wheiler Western Hardwood Association 2019 Annual Convention PDF
2019 Transparency in Markets and Supply Kent Wheiler National Council of Forest Association Executives Annual Meeting PDF
2018 Variations in Mid-Rise Hybrid CLT Constructions: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of CLT vs Traditional Buildings Francesca Pierobon and Indroneil Ganguly 2018 International Mass Timber Conference PDF
2018 A Carbon Conversation Indroneil Ganguly Washington Forest Protection Association 2018 Annual Meeting Video
2018 The Role of Washington’s Private Forests in Mitigating Global Warming Ganguly, Pierobon, Jacobs and Hall Washington Forest Protection Association Annual Meeting PDF
2016 Life cycle assessment Indroneil Ganguly Video
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