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Source: Richard Ackley
Professor Steiner stands on
a hillside above Big Hollow where the Arboretum will restore
native plant communities. |
In his career at Penn State, Dr. Steiner has taught
courses in dendrology, forest genetics, and conservation biology
in the Forest Science curriculum. He is active nationally in forestry
education issues, currently as a member of the committee that
accredits forestry curricula, and was the founding organizer in
1996 of a biennial conference series on University Education in
Natural Resources. His recent research has focused on the genetics
and reproductive ecology of oaks and the responses of forest-grown
trees to ambient ozone, and he directs a large, long-term research
project on regeneration of mixed oak forests. As recent chair
of an international group of scientists working on the genetics
of oaks, he arranged symposia on that subject in Pennsylvania
(1997), Croatia (2000), and Japan. He has authored or coauthored
over 125 scientific and technical articles. During the academic
year 2004-2005 he served as Chair of the Penn State Faculty Senate.
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