Dr. Janaki Alavalapati

Dean of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn University

Janaki Alavalapati is the Emmett F. Thompson Dean of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment. Before joining Auburn University as dean of what was known as the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences in 2015, Alavalapati served as a professor and department head of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment. Previously, he was a faculty member at the University of Florida’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation from 1998 to 2008. Alavalapati has a doctorate in forest resource economics and a master’s degree in rural sociology, both from the University of Alberta, Canada, and earned his master’s degrees in botany and forestry from universities in India. He has published over 200 publications and made more than 150 professional presentations on forests and natural resources.