Joseph P. Roise is a Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University. He earned his B.S. from Southern Connecticut State University in 1973, his M.S. from Colorado State University in 1980, and his Ph.D. in Forest Management and Operations Research from the University of Washington in 1984. His doctoral research focused on advanced decision support systems for optimizing forest resource management. Dr. Roise specializes in forest management science, with a strong emphasis on wildland fire science, forest economics, and quantitative decision-making models for natural resource management. His research interests include integrated management information systems, wildland fire behavior modeling, fuel treatment optimization, and the effects of harvesting and utilization on forest ecosystems. He has been actively involved in national and regional efforts to improve fire science communication and application, serving as a leader of the Southern Fire Exchange, part of the Joint Fire Science Program's Fire Science Exchange Network. He has also worked extensively on bioenergy and sustainable forestry practices. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications in journals such as Forest Science, International Journal of Wildland Fire, and Journal of Forestry, advancing the fields of fire behavior modeling, forest economics, and ecological sustainability.