Barbara Lachenbruch (formerly B. L. Gartner)

Professor

Oregon State University

     Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering

Corvallis, OR 97331

Adjunct Professor

barb.lachenbruch@oregonstate.edu

     Dept. of Forest Science, and

office:  (541) 737-4213

     Dept. of Forests, Ecosystems, and Society

fax:      (541) 737-3385

Education

1990

Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Stanford University

1982

M.S. Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

1979

B.A., Biology, Swarthmore College

Professional Experience

7/05-pres.

Professor, Dept. of Wood Science and Engineering.

7/98-7/05

Associate Professor, Dept. of Wood Science and Engineering (former name, Dept. of Forest Products).

8/92-6/98

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forest Products, Oregon State University.

9/90-7/92

Postdoctoral Fellow, U.C. Berkeley (Advisor: M.A.R. Koehl).

6/85-8/90

Doctoral Student, Stanford (Advisor: H.A. Mooney).

12/83-84

Soil Conservation Extension Worker, Peace Corps, Guatemala.

1/83-11/83

Research Biologist, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab., Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH.

3/81-6/82

Restoration Specialist, Fluor Northwest, Inc., Fairbanks, AK and Houston, TX.

5/79-9/82

Masters Student, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Advisor:  F.S. Chapin, III).

Other Affiliations

7/93-pres.

Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society (former name, Dept. of Forest Science), Oregon State University.

Sabbatical Leaves

7/05-7/06

Fulbright Scholar, Instituto de Silvicultura, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia.

8/98-9/99

Associate Researcher, Poste Rouge Fellow, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, CNRS, Montpellier, France.

Awards/Honors

General

Fulbright Scholar, Teaching and Research Program, Chile, 2005-6
Women of Achievement Award, OSU Women's Center, 2006
Fellow, International Academy of Wood Scientists, 2001
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 1996
Emerging Faculty Scholar Award, OSU Chapter, Phi Kappa Phi, 1996
Member, Sigma Xi (inactive)
Member, Phi Kappa Phi
NSF Environmental Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1992
AAUW  Florence Seibert Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1991-92
Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid, 1989
Explorers Club Grant-in-Aid, 1988

Teaching

Aufderheide Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Forestry, 1998

Papers and Publications

Co-author on paper that was Finalist, New Phytolgist Tansley Medal (*McCulloh, Sperry, Lachenbruch, Meinzer & Reich 2010).

Co-author on poster that got the Transpiration Poster Award at American Society of Plant Biologists meeting, Transpiration, From Guard Cells to Globe (*McCulloh, Sperry, Meinzer, & Gartner 2006).

Honorable Mention, George G. Marra Award of Excellence, Society of Wood Science and Technology, for paper in Wood and Fiber Science (Gartner 1997).

Memberships in Professional Associations

American Association for the Advancement of Science
Botanical Society of America
Ecological Society of America
Forest Products Society
International Association of Wood Anatomists
Society of Wood Science and Technology

Current Professional Service

Majordomo, IAWA Forum listserv discussion group, 2002-present (http://www.cof.orst.edu/org/iawa/bb/)

Last updated June 2010

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