Mark E. HarmonRichardson Chair and Professor in Forest Science, |
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PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
B.A. - Amherst College in Biology, 1975
M.S. - University of Tennessee in Ecology, 1980
Ph.D. - Oregon State University in Botany, 1986
APPOINTMENTS
Professor and Richardson Chair, Dept.Forest Science,Oregon State University, August 1999-present
Co-Director Central Analytical Laboratory, June 2001-present
OSU Lead Scientist H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, August 1999-present
Research Associate Professor, Dept. Forest Science, Oregon State University, July 1996-July 1999.
Research Assist. Professor, Dept. Forest Science, Oregon State University, October 1990-June 1996
Research Assoc., Dept. Forest Science, Oregon State University. July 1988-September 1990.
Research Assist., Dept. Forest Science, Oregon State University, October 1984-June 1988.
Research Assist., Dept. Botany & Plant Path., Oregon State University, January 1981-October 1984.
PUBLICATIONS
Harmon, M. E., K. Bible, M. J. Ryan, D. Shaw, H. Chen, J. Klopatek, and Xia Li. 2004. Production, respiration, and overall carbon balance in an old-growth Pseudotsuga/Tsuga forest ecosystem. Ecosystem 7:1-15.
Janisch, J. E. and M. E. Harmon. 2002. Successional changes in live and dead wood stores: Implications for Net Ecosystem Productivity. Tree Physiology 22:77-89.
Kratz, T. K., M. E. Harmon, G. W. Kling, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2003. Forecasting ecological change from variability in space and time. Bioscience 53:57-67.
Pruyn, M.L., M. E. Harmon, and B. L. Gartner. 2003. Stem respiratory potential in six softwood and four hardwood tree species in the central Cascades of Oregon. Oecologia 137: 10-21.
Smithwick, E. A. H, M. E. Harmon, J. B. Domingo. 2003. Modeling multiscale effects of light limitations and edge-induced mortality on carbon stores in forest landscapes. Land. Ecol. 18:701-721.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
- Research Grants Obtained: 35 National Science Foundation, 10 USDA Forest Service Cooperative Grants, 4 USDA Competitive Grants, 4 NASA, 2 DOE, 1 EPA-STAR 3 Others.
- -Development of software to calculate inputs of solar radiation at the ecosystem & landscape level as well as models to calculate the effects of forest practices on carbon stores of forests
- Development of web based reports on forest structure of the Pacific Northwest
- Development of numerous web accessible databases on the decomposition and stores of woody detritus
- Lead OSU Scientist H. J. Andrews Experiemental Forest 1999-2005
- US LTER Network Committee for the Network Informatics System since 2002-2005
- Coordinator of the Long-term Intersite Decomposition Experiment Team (LIDET) since 1989
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS SUMMER INSTITUTE IN ECOINFORMATICS:
Research Interests: succession processes, decomposition, nutrient cycling, C dynamics
University Teaching: Occasional guest lecturer in ecosystem science and Silvicultural Institute; Taught Global Change Honors Seminar, graduate courses in Ecosystem Analysis & Application; Carbon Cycling; and Ecosystem Informatics