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JON D. JOHNSON
EDUCATION
1981 Ph.D. (Tree Physiology/Soils), Oregon State University
1977 MS (Forestry/Plant Physiology), University of Minnesota
1975 BS (Forest Biology, summa cum laude), Colorado State University
CURRENT EMPLOYER AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1997-present: Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University - Puyallup
Director of WSU Poplar Research Program which entails overseeing the development and testing of hybrid poplars for growth and disease resistance, managing clone arboreta for breeding purposes, and conducting research on the production physiology of fast growing species including Populus and Salix.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1988-97 Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, University of Florida
1984-88 Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, University of Florida
1981-84 Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1981-1984
EXPERTISE
Stress ecophysiology of forest trees, including effects of abiotic (water, nutrition, carbon dioxide, air and soil pollution) and biotic (disease) stresses on the physiological response from the biochemical to whole tree level.
HONORS
Bush Foundation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
South Santiam Fellowship, Oregon State University
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Xi
Gamma Sigma Delta
1987-1988: Top 50 Extramural Funding Recipient, University of Florida
1988-1990: Top 100 Extramural Funding Recipient, University of Florida
1993: Recipient of Research Fellowship in Agricultural Sciences, Special Project RAISA, Rome, Italy: "Photo-inhibition of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) as Related to Forest Gaps"
1994: Recipient of Research Fellowship in Agricultural Sciences, Special Project RAISA, Rome, Italy: "Genetic Adaptations of Mediterranean Oaks to Elevated CO2"
1996 & 1997: School of Forest Resources and Conservation Teacher of the Year
Email contact: poplar@wsu.edu