{"id":635,"date":"2019-12-09T16:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T16:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/?p=635"},"modified":"2019-12-09T16:42:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T16:42:30","slug":"cof-spotlight-patricio-alzugaray-oswald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2019\/12\/09\/cof-spotlight-patricio-alzugaray-oswald\/","title":{"rendered":"CoF Spotlight: Patricio Alzugaray Oswald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are you studying?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a Ph.D. student. I finished my coursework, and now I\u2019m exclusively focused on my research. I\u2019m studying how to improve root morphology and physiology of Douglas fir seedlings in order to improve reforestation success with Dr. Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What was your journey here to Oregon State?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first came here as a master\u2019s student in the former Forest Science Department in fall 1999 and graduated in spring 2002. Back then, Richardson Hall was a brand, new building. It still looks like that. After that, I returned to Chile, where I am originally from, and I worked as a researcher in a government agency for four years. After that, I was recruited by a private company and became the manager of the biggest nursery in Chile \u2013 and maybe in all of South America. One day, Dr. Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke came to visit with some people from an Oregonian forest company. I gave them a tour of the nursery I was working on, and later during that year, Carlos started asking me questions about some details in Eucalyptus seedling production and eventually encouraged me to come to work with him here at Oregon State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This time, we decided to bring our whole family. When I got my master\u2019s here, it was just my wife and me, and back in Chile, we had triplets. They are 16 now and attending Corvallis High School. We wanted to give them the wonderful experience of living here in Corvallis and getting to know a new culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s your favorite part of your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like growing seedlings. It seems like I\u2019m producing new life with benefits for the entire world. It doesn\u2019t matter the purpose of the seedlings. They can be for restoration, conservation, timber production, wildlife habitat. I just like growing trees and creating life, living organisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do you do when you\u2019re not working?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like watching sports. I like sports, but I really don\u2019t spend\nmuch time practicing sports anymore, so I would rather watch them on TV. I like\nbasketball; I like the NBA. I went to a couple basketball games during my Master\u2019s\nprogram. I do like American football too. I also like riding my bike around\ncampus, even if it\u2019s cold. In Chile I didn\u2019t have the opportunity to ride my\nbike regularly, and here, I ride my bike every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you a morning person or a night person?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morning. I would rather wake up early. Sometimes I work late, and\nI don\u2019t sleep much, but I always feel more productive in the mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is coffee part of your morning routine?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I like instant coffee. Instant coffee is very popular in\nChile. Brewed coffee is getting more popular with the arrival of Starbucks and\nGourmet coffee shops, but I prefer instant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favorite food?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is a difficult question, because I\u2019m a food addictive, but\nI\u2019ll say fried empanadas with a pisco sour. I like seafood empanadas with\nshrimp and melted cheese, but you can have them with only cheese, or with beef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there anything you\u2019re really terrible at?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing. I\u2019m not an artist. I have tried! I had to do it when I\nwas at school, but I had the worst grade in drawing and art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are you studying? I\u2019m a Ph.D. student. I finished my coursework, and now I\u2019m exclusively focused on my research. I\u2019m studying how to improve root morphology and physiology of Douglas fir seedlings in order to improve reforestation success with Dr. Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke.\u00a0 What was your journey here to Oregon State? I first came here… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[603042],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}