Damon S. Hartley is Senior Research Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory where he is currently serving as the Deputy Relationship Manager to the Bioenergy Technolgies Office. He also directs the analysis work for the bioenergy program focused on resource assessment and mobilization, logistics and operations research and techno-economic assessment.
With more than 25 years of experience in forestry and forest operations, Damon possesses expertise in analysis of feedstock supply chains and the design of feedstock supply systems. His academic background includes a PhD in Forest Resources from West Virginia University, where his dissertation focused the Optimization and Economic Analysis of Woody Biomass Harvest and Logistics in the Northeast United States. He also hold a M.S. in Forest Products, Timber Harvesting from the University of Idaho and a B.S. in Wood Science, Forest Utilization from West Virginia University. He has held positions such as the State Forest Industry Specialist at the Ohio State University and was a watershed forester for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service.