FACULTY

Robert Harrison

Robert Harrison

Professor
Forest nutrition; mineral cycling; long-term forest productivity; organic waste utilization; carbon sequestration
http://soilslab.cfr.washington.edu/Rob_Harrison/RobCV.html

Office: Bloedel 218
Phone: 206-685-7463 
Email: robh@u.washington.edu

Graduate Interest Group(s): FOREST SOILS; FOREST ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE

B.S., North Carolina State University, 1978
M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1981
Ph.D., Auburn University, 1985
Courses Taught:Quarter offered:
ESRM 100 Introduction to Environmental Science (5)Winter
ESRM 100 Introduction to Environmental Science (5)Autumn
ESRM 100 Introduction to Environmental Science (5)Spring
ESRM 100 Introduction to Environmental Science (5)Summer
ESRM 311 Soils and Land Use (3)Winter
ESRM 414 Forest Soil Fertility and Chemistry (3)Spring
ESRM 416 Field Survey of Wildland Soils (3)Summer
SEFS 507 Soils and Land Use Problems (4)Winter
SEFS 510 Graduate Studies in Forest Soils (1-5)Spring
SEFS 514 Advanced Forest Soil Fertility and Chemistry (4)Spring
SEFS 521 Current Topics in Forest Resources (2)Spring
Current Sponsored Research:
Effect of Organic Matter Retention & Management on Long-term Productivity of Pacific Northwest Coastal Douglas-fir
Recent Publications:
Harrison, R.B., P.W. Footen, and B.D. Strahm. 2011. Deep soil horizons: Contribution and importance to soil C pools and in assessing whole-ecosystem response to management and global change. Forest Science 57: 67-76.