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Solutions Forest Business

Chris Knowles

Assistant Professor, Forest Products Marketing

Office: 119 Peavy Halll
Email: Chris.Knowles@oregonstate.edu
Phone: 541-737-1438
Fax: 541-737-3385

Chris Knowles
Education
  • B.S.F, Forest Management, Stephen F. Austin University, 2000
  • M.S.F., Forestry, Stephen F. Austin University, 2003
  • Ph.D., Wood Science, Oregon State University, 2007

Oregon Wood Innovation Center
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 I work with the Oregon Wood Innovation Center (OWIC) where my role is to help improve the competitiveness of the Oregon forest products industry.  The function of OWIC is to be the key link to innovation related resources for people in the forest products industry.

Research

My current research focuses in two major areas:

  • The development of a new measure of innovativeness in the forest products industry
  • Green building with a focus on material selection, purchasing, and specification.