Irwin Rovner
RANK: Associate Professor
POSITION RESPONSIBILITY: Teaching
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (1978)POSITIONS
HELD: Twenty-one
years NCSU faculty. Now Associate ProfessorPROJECTS,
GRANTS, CONTRACTS (LAST 10 YEARS): Several
but only one under University supervision: A Morphometric Atlas for Seed Identification
with Dr. Gyulai Ferenc, Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science,
Budapest. NSF Binational Cooperative Research Program (2 Years).TEACHING
AND GRADUATE ACTIVITIES: Teach
introductory electives in the core curriculum.
Not a member of the graduate faculty.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (LAST 10 YEARS)
Several, but none based on research
conducted with University/Department facilities or supervision.HONORS,
AWARDS, OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES: Several.
But only one with University cooperation: Development of a laboratory and research
program dedicated to the applications of plant opal phytolith analysis in the
paleobotany, paleoecology and archaeology of the Eastern United States at the
USDA-Forest Service Facility, Research Triangle Park, NC. Under a challenge agreement
between the USDA-Forest Service and NCSU.FUTURE
PLANS: Continued
development of the research program at the USDA-Forest Service Laboratory, Research
Triangle Park, under a challenge agreement between the USDA-Forest Service and
NCSU.
Independent professional research activities
using my personal resources and facilities supported by outside awards and contracts.
