Barb Lachenbruch (formerly B. L. Gartner)

Curriculum Vitae
Professor e-mail:  barb.lachenbruch@oregonstate.edu
Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering office:  (541) 737-4213
Adjunct, Dept. of Forest Science 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

7/98-pres. Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science and Engineering (former name, Dept. of Forest Products), Oregon State University.
7/05-7/06 Fulbright Scholar, Instituto de Silvicultura, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia (sabbatical).
7/98-pres. Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science and Engineering (former name, Dept. of Forest Products), Oregon State University.
8/98-9/99 Associate Researcher, Poste Rouge Fellow, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, CNRS, Montpellier, France (sabbatical).

8/92-6/98

Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Products; Member of graduate faculties of Forest Products, Forest Science, and Program in Plant Physiology.

9/90-7/92 Postdoctoral Fellow, U.C. Berkeley (with 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).
 

Awards/Honors

Fulbright Scholar, Chile, 2005-6
Women of Achievement Award, OSU Women's Center, 2006
Fellow, International Academy of Wood Scientists, 2001
Aufderheide Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Forestry, 1998
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

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
Associate Editor, IAWA (International Association of Wood Anatomists)
     Journal,1999-present

Last updated Sept. 2006

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