COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES

	Bob Patterson Alumni Distinguished Professor of Crop Science Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs	CROP SCIENCE PERSONNEL
	2214 Williams Hall Campus Box 7620 Raleigh, NC 27695-7620	CURRICULUM VITAE
	Phone: (919) 513-3423 FAX: (919) 515-7959 bob_patterson@ncsu.edu

Dr. Patterson's graduate education was in Crop Physiology, Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, with graduate degrees from NC State University (1963) and Cornell University (1968). He began his teaching and research career at NC State University in 1968, and he has been Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs for the department since 1994.

Dr. Patterson teaches CROPS: ADAPTATION & PRODUCTION (CS 213) and Crop Ecology (CS 411) courses in the departmental baccalaureate program, and participates in the graduate-level Crop Physiology (CS 620) course. For the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, he also teaches General Biology (BIO 105). In the Division of Multidisciplinary Studies he teaches World Population and Food Prospects (MDS 323), and the graduate course Global Sustainable Human Development (MLS 601). He also advises to 2- and 4-year undergraduates in Agronomy and Biological Sciences, and several graduate students. Research is conducted on crop-stress relationships in both field and phytotron environments.

Academic interests include maintaining a Crop Science Teaching Garden and working with graduate students who plan to include teaching and advising as dimensions of their professional careers. Support of the Graduate School-sponsored "Preparing the Professorate" program, whereby doctoral candidates have opportunities for extensive mentoring experiences, (with a focus on the teaching component of faculty responsibilities) is strongly emphasized. Dr. Patterson also involves Crop Science departmental graduate students who have academic interests in the "Alcoa Teaching Fellows" and "Hewlett Scholars" programs, both of which are sponsored by the University. These programs introduce future teachers to competency-based assessment, curriculum diversification, and student-centered learning experiences.

Research is focused on understanding the mechanisms of drought, temperature, and nutrient stress tolerance in crop plants. Cooperative work with plant breeders and Soil Science faculty is aimed at identifying selection criteria and physiological mechanisms for improving drought and heat resistance in crop germplasm.

International activities include involvement with the USDA Office of International Cooperation and Development programs in several European, Asian, and Latin American countries, and most recently collaboration with Agronomists at Humboldt University in Berlin. He was a Fulbright Scholar (research and graduate lecturing) at Humboldt during the 1995-96 academic year. Several international scientists have invested study leave time in Dr. Patterson's crop water relations laboratory.