Dr. Lawrence Powers' Home Page
Current Positions
Professor of Natural Sciences, Oregon Institute of Technology
Biology Program Director, Department of Natural Sciences at Oregon Tech
Research Coordinator, Science and Learning Center, Crater Lake National Park
Affiliations
- Sigma Xi. The Scientific Research Society
- The Xerces Society
- Dragonfly Society of the Americas
- Oregon Academy of Sciences
- The George Wright Society
What I Teach
- Physical Anthropology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Physical Geography
- General Ecology
- Principles of Biology
- Animal Behavior
- Biological Field Studies
- Invertebrate Biology
General Research Interests
- Behavioral ecology and sociobiology of invertebrates
- Evolution of primate behavior and hominid phylogeny
- Ecology of tide pool communities
Current Research Projects
- Microdistribution of soil arthropods: millipedes and centipedes (Diplopoda)
- Behavioral ecology and microdistribution of American pikas, Ochotona princeps
- Vascular plant communities in montane wetlands
- Distribution of dragonflies at Crater Lake National Park
Other Interests
- Collecting, reading, and writing science fiction
- Sir Francis Drake in the Pacific Northwest
- Poker
- Hiking and natural history photography