**About the Editors**

### **Ronald S. Zalesny, Jr.**

Ronald S. Zalesny Jr. is a Supervisory Research Plant Geneticist at the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA. He specializes in genetic and physiological mechanisms of poplars, willows, and other short rotation woody crops grown to maximize ecosystem services for phytoremediation, phyto-recurrent selection, and associated phytotechnologies.

#### **Andrej Pilipovi´c**

Andrej Pilipovic is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland ´ Forestry and Environment, Novi Sad, Serbia. He specializes in the use of poplar, willow, and other forest tree species for growth in altered and unfavorable environments for various uses such as phytoremediation, biomass production, and carbon sequestration.
