Robert Griffiths Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Robert Griffiths
Interviewer: Max Geier
Interview Date: November 6, 1997
Location: U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon
Duration: 1:31:40
 

After completing a PhD at OSU in 1972, Bob Griffiths spent the next dozen years in marine microbiology research. However, research funding in oceanography became increasingly scarce, so he switched to forest soils using his skills in microbiology and biochemistry. He teamed up with Kermit Cromack and Phil Sollins on studies of fungal mats in forest and meadow soils, soil respiration, and carbon dynamics. He was also very active in through the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program based at Andrews Forest for many years, although he did not have a teaching position in the university.

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Title

Robert Griffiths Oral History Interview

Description

After completing a PhD at OSU in 1972, Bob Griffiths spent the next dozen years in marine microbiology research. However, research funding in oceanography became increasingly scarce, so he switched to forest soils using his skills in microbiology and biochemistry. He teamed up with Kermit Cromack and Phil Sollins on studies of fungal mats in forest and meadow soils, soil respiration, and carbon dynamics. He was also very active in through the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates program based at Andrews Forest for many years, although he did not have a teaching position in the university.

Creator

Robert Griffiths

Source

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Oral History Collection (OH 28)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

November 6, 1997

Contributor

Max Geier

Format

Digitized Microcassette

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh28-griffiths-robert-19971106

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Max Geier

Interviewee

Robert Griffiths

Location

U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon

Original Format

Microcassette

Duration

1:31:40

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio