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Ram Oren

Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Systems Science
Earth and Climate Sciences
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
A246A Lev Sci Res Ctr, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Can Variation in Hydraulic Conductance Explain Isohydric and Anisohydric Stomatal Behavior?

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation · 2011 - 2016

Duke Forest FACE Experiment: Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2001 - 2015

Hydraulic Controls on Carbon Cycling and Water Exchange Rates of Southern Conifers

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2011 - 2015

The Duke Free Air Co2 Enrichement (FACE) Experiment: Woody Roots Sampling

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2011 - 2012

Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Carbon Cycling and Sequestration Under Current and Elevated Atmospheric CO2

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2009 - 2012

REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN CURRENT AND PROJECTED CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SOUTHEASTERN US: Fellowship Supplement

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2005 - 2007

Reducing Uncertainty in Current and Projected Carbon Sequestration in Southeastern US

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2003 - 2006

Reducing Uncertainty in Current and Projected Carbon Sequestration in Southeastern U.S.: Phase VI

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2004 - 2005

Reducing Uncertainty in Current and Projected Carbon Sequestration in Southeastern US, Phase V.2

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2003 - 2004

Reducing Uncertainty in Current and Projected Carbon Sequestration in Southeastern US

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2001 - 2003

Reducing Uncertainty in Current and Projected Carbon Sequestration in Southeastern US

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Agriculture · 2000 - 2003

Reducing uncertainty in current and projected carbon sequestration in southeastern US

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2001 - 2003

Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage (FACTS-1)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Energy Research · 1995 - 2001

Reducing uncertainty in current and projected carbon sequestration in southeastern US

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 2000 - 2001

Responses of a Loblolly Pine Plantation to Elevated Supplies of C02 and Nutrients

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1998 - 1999

Spatial Variability of Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in a Homogeneous Pine Forest

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute for Global Environmental Change · 1997 - 1999

Effects of Water and Nutrient Supply on Water Use in Loblolly Pine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1996 - 1998

Evapotranspiration in Seasonally-Dry Amazonian Ecosystems: Water Budget Responses to Forest Removal and Regrowth

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1995 - 1996

NASA Graduate Student Fellowship: Evapotranspiration in Seasonally Dry Amazonian Ecosystems

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1993 - 1996

Evapotranspiration in Seasonally Dry Amazonian Ecosystems: Water Budget Responses to Forest Removal and Regrowth

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1993 - 1996

Evapotranspiration in Seasonally Dry Amazonian Ecosystems

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1993 - 1996

Carbon Fluxes in a Managed Pine Forest Under Ambient and Elevated CO2

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute for Global Environmental Change · 1995 - 1996

Predictions and Measurements of Oxidants Precursor Emissions from Forested Ecosystems: Scaling from Leaf to Canopy

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Protection Agency · 1994 - 1995

Water-use of Managed Southern Pine and Natural Hardwood Forests

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 1992 - 1995

Transpiration, Canopy Conductance, and Water Status of Boreal Plant Communities

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jet Propulsion Lab · 1992 - 1992

Meeting Nutrient Demands From Retranslocation and Soil Sources: Nitrogen and Phosphorous in Loblolly Pine

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Forest Service · 1988 - 1990

External Relationships


  • Beijing Forestry University
  • University of Helsinki

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