Kris Covey

Teaches at New York Botanical Garden

Kris Covey is currently pursing a Ph.D. in silviculture and biogeochemistry at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where his research is centered on forests and their influence on climate and life. His early interest in forestry dates from camping with his father in the national parks of the western U.S. He continued to camp and explore the outdoors while earning his undergraduate degree in physics from the State University of New York at Potsdam. Prior to Yale, Kris taught science and environmental science in the Mount Everett Regional School District in western Massachusetts, where he founded the Southern Berkshire Regional Arboretum, a K-12 student-led urban forestry project. As an environmental technician, he monitored ground water for the Hudson River Dredging Project in Saratoga Springs, New York. Kris is a past president and active member of the Yale student chapter of the Society of American Foresters.