Robin Rose
 Scientific Name: Robin Rose
Academic Title: Professor with Indefinite Tenure
Sub-Title #1: Director, Nursery Technology Cooperative
Sub-Title #2: Director, Vegetation Management Research Cooperative
Common Name: "Robin"
Boss: Dr. Thomas Maness, Head, Department of Forest Engineering,
Resources & Management
Arrived
OSU: March 1986 ~ Leave Date: Sept 2011 ...
Research Interests
All aspects of forest
regeneration are of interest to me anywhere in the world. A large part of
my career to date has been spent studying the stress physiology of
seedlings in order to improve out planting success. My research covers such
areas as starch in roots, chlorophyll fluorescence, seedling fertilization,
soil site relations, conservation biology, agroforestry, native plants,
vegetation management, water relations, and morphological characteristics
of seedlings.
Education
University of
Connecticut, 1964-1968, Latin American Studies (History), BA
University of Vermont, 1972-1975, Forestry and Soils, MS
North Carolina State University, 1975-1979,Forestry and Soils, PhD
Work Experience
U.S. Air Force -
1968-1972 - The USAF afforded me the opportunity to see DaNang, Vietnam for
the first time where I was an Aircraft Maintenance Officer. What great
devastation napalm and bombs can do to a country! Those sights and
experiences form the rock solid inspiration and foundation for what I do
today.
Westvaco Corporation - 1979-1986 - Forest
Regeneration Scientist. My time at Westvaco was wonderful! It was for me a
great experience with outstanding facilities, outstanding people, and great
challenges. Much of my work there dealt with nursery and reforestation
projects focused on sweetgum and loblolly pine.
Teaching
Silviculture: Reforestation,
FOR 442, Fall of each year. Students are expected to come
out of the course knowing the fundamental science behind forest
regeneration. I do not grade on a curve.
A keen interest of mine is
teaching forest regeneration practices to practitioners in other countries.
I offer a three week course which can be taught here at OSU or on site in
any other country in the world.
Service to Dept of Forest Science and
OSU
Manager, Forest Research Laboratory
Growth Facilities, 1993 to Present
Chair, Advancement of Teaching Committee, 1996-1998
Senator, Faculty Senate, 1990-1998
Built new $200,000 CRAVO greenhouse at Oak Creek Plant Facility, 2002
Book
Propagation of Pacific Northwest Native Plants by
Robin Rose, Caryn Chachulski, and Diane Haase, Oregon State University Press, March
1998
Some Recent Publications
1.
Haase, D.L., Rose, R.W. and J. Trobaugh. 2006. Field performance of three
stock sizes of Douglas-fir container seedlings grown with slow-release
fertilizer in the nursery growing medium. New Forests. (in press)
2.
Rose, R. and D.L. Haase. 2005. Douglas-fir seedling root and shoot
allometry as influenced by stocktype. New Forests. (in press)
3.
Rose, R. and L.S. Rosner. 2005. Eighth-year response of Douglas-fir
seedlings to area of weed control and herbaceous woody weed control. Annals
of Forest Science. In press.
4.
Jacobs, D.F., Haase, D.L., and Rose, R. 2005. Growth and foliar
nutrition of Douglas-fir seedlings provided with supplemental
polymer-coated fertilizer. Western Journal of Applied Forestry.
20(1):58-63.
5.
Rose, R. Haase, D.L. and Arellano, E. 2004. Fertilizantes de entrega
controlada: potencial para mejorar la productividad de la reforestación.
Bosque (Valdivia) 25(2)89-100.
International Work
1) New Zealand - traveled all over
the country looking at nurseries and forests
2) India - saw much of the country, also gave a workshop there
3) Canada - have traveled all over doing consulting and giving
workshops
4) Thailand - traveled all over doing consulting and giving
workshops with Rick Herson with Oregon Woods Inc in Eugene, Oregon.
Visited Vietnam twice in 2000.
5) Vietnam - went to Hanoi to learn more about deforestation
problems. Visited twice in year 2000.
6) China - visited many nurseries and some World Bank projects in
northern China, 1997
7) Chile - observed nurseries and genetics of radiata pine June and
August 1998
Went back to Valdivia for a third time in December 2002.
8) Taiwan - spent a fascinating month on the southern tip of Taiwan
studying their many tropical species in 1998
9) South Africa - advised on rebuilding a nursery at Fort Cox
College, Eastern Cape, SA - January 1999. Received a $400,000 grant from
AID with colleagues. Numerous trips: October 2001, February 2002, July
2002. May 2003. August 2003, Jan-Feb 2004, May 2004, Sept 2004..
10) Taiwan - sabbatical to Heng-Chun Tropical Botanical Garden,
December 1, 1999 to November 30, 2000. In September 2001, organized a
conference in Taiwan with the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute called
"The Art and Practice of Conservation Planting".
11) China - Went to China from May 22 to June 4, 2002 as part of the
Oregon Legislator and Trade Delegation. Visited numerous areas all
over China and saw a lot of reforestation problems.
12) Afghanistan - July 13th to July 30th, 2003. Accepted the
invitation from the Foreign Agriculture Service to give a workshop aimed at
training Afghan foresters to grow and plant trees. It turned out to
be the "inception" workshop of the Afghan Conservation
Corps. Our team was made up George Hernandez (USFS), Jack Vozzo (USFS)
and group leader was Otton Gonzalez (FAS).
13) Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. Rural
Livelihood Consortium. Project lasted from Jan 2005 to Dec
2006.
Grants
Thielges, Bishaw, Rose, McNamara, Igodan,
Awumey.
The ALO-EDDI-funded project is called Institutional Strengthening Through
Natural Resources Management: Creating a New Paradigm of the Commons
and it was funded for $400,000. This grant was authorized in Oct 2001. We are working now to implement it in
South Africa.
Johnson, B., M.Mcnamara, and R. Rose. Dec
2004- Dec 2006. Rural Livelihoods Consortium for Applied Research
and Technology Transfer. Purpose: This proposal for a Rural
Livelihoods Consortium is grounded in the fact that chronic food insecurity
experienced in the proposed partner countries is an on-going regional
crisis. The goal of the proposed Rural Livelihoods Consortium is to
strengthen the linkages between members of the research community in the
southern African region and the end-users of research. This collaboration
focuses on creating a regional network to create permanent linkages between
the research community and resource-poor and small-scale commercial
farmers. This partnership draws on the strategic thinking and technical
knowledge of U.S. universities with significant experience working in
the region to collaborate with Southern African universities, IARCs, NGOs,
National Agricultural Research Centers, and private industry in South
Africa, Malawi, and Zambia. Dr. Becky Johnson, Vice Provost for Academic
Affairs is the Principal Investigator. Ms. Marion Mcnamara is the
Administrative Program Manager and Dr. Robin Rose is the Technical Program
Manager. ALO-AID funded for $2.35 million. Attempts have been made to
copy this project and the concept for it will likely show up as grants to
other agencies, NGOs, and foundations.
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