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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. W. Thomas "Tom" Adams, Head, Department of Forest Science

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.  

Vision and Philosophy

Global Extension Forestry

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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