Phil Sollins Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Phil Sollins
Interviewer: Max Geier
Interview Date: September 24, 1997
Location: U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon
Duration: 1:52:21
 

Phil Sollins received early exposure to ecological research through summer experiences working at Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico, which eventually became an LTER site, during summers of his early years. Then he worked in the Eastern Deciduous Biome based in Oakridge, TN, before moving west to join the IBP Coniferous Forest Biome project in 1973. He then moved back and forth between the two main sites based in Seattle and OSU, before settling in Corvallis and OSU in 1975. His initial IBP duties were modeling nutrient cycling and from there he moved on to studies of soils, soil water biogeochemistry, and the DIRT experiment (Detrital Input and Redistribution Treatments), a long-term, multi-site experiment involving manipulations of forest litter delivery to soil to elucidate soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

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Title

Phil Sollins Oral History Interview

Description

Phil Sollins received early exposure to ecological research through summer experiences working at Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico, which eventually became an LTER site, during summers of his early years. Then he worked in the Eastern Deciduous Biome based in Oakridge, TN, before moving west to join the IBP Coniferous Forest Biome project in 1973. He then moved back and forth between the two main sites based in Seattle and OSU, before settling in Corvallis and OSU in 1975. His initial IBP duties were modeling nutrient cycling and from there he moved on to studies of soils, soil water biogeochemistry, and the DIRT experiment (Detrital Input and Redistribution Treatments), a long-term, multi-site experiment involving manipulations of forest litter delivery to soil to elucidate soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Creator

Phil Sollins

Source

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

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

September 24, 1997

Contributor

Max Geier

Format

Digitized Microcassette

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh28-sollins-phil-19970924

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Max Geier

Interviewee

Phil Sollins

Location

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

Original Format

Microcassette

Duration

1:52:21

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio