Tim Rademacher, former researcher in forest ecophysiology and sustainable development at Centre ACER in Quebec, Canada, has been named scientific director of the Proctor Maple Research Center at the University of Vermont, beginning this fall. He succeeds Timothy Perkins, who retired last year.
The Proctor Center, a 300-acre field research station of UVM's Department of Plant Biology, is the oldest and most scientifically renowned maple research center in the world. Rademacher’s work at PMRC will focus on maple production internationally.
“Proctor Maple Research Center is an integral part of the plant biology research mission, generating new knowledge about maple trees and using this to produce evidence-based guidelines for sustainable maple sugaring,” said department chair Jeanne Harris, emphasizing the importance of Rademacher’s new role. “Studying the science of maple has a long history at UVM, and we are pleased to welcome Tim Rademacher to move the science forward.”
Born in Germany, Rademacher did both his undergraduate and doctoral work at Cambridge University in England and postdoctoral work at Harvard University, in the university's research forest in Petersham, Massachusetts.