Prof. Dr. Karl Stampfer of BOKU University in Vienna, Austria, is a globally recognized leader in forest engineering, celebrated for his research in steep-terrain harvesting, his transformation of FORMEC into a premier international forest engineering conference, and...

Dr. Awatif E. Hassan is a pioneering forest engineer, inventor, and educator whose four-decade career helped establish forest engineering as a recognized, rigorous discipline. A COFE member since its founding in 1978, she chaired or co-chaired the organization's...

Dr. Tom Gallagher, Professor of Forest Operations at Auburn University's School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, has spent his career advancing forest operations research, education, and extension in the Southeastern United States and beyond. Since beginning his...

Dr. Raffaele Spinelli, Director of Research at the National Research Council of Italy's Institute for BioEconomy (CNR-IBE) in Florence, is widely regarded as the most published researcher in the history of forest operations and engineering, with a 38-year career...