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Dr. Chris Osborne

Dr. Chris Osborne

Biologist, Research Associate A.S. (Biology), B.A. (Biology), M.S. (Biology) Ph.D. (Biology)

Chris has 25 years of teaching experience—private Christian and public middle schools, adjunct and full-time college, and adjunct graduate school. He has been a guest speaker on assorted science apologetics topics since 1985. His passion is creation science apologetics and he has taught such courses for 5 different institutions of higher learning—Liberty University, Institute for Creation Research, San Diego Christian College, Southern California Seminary, and Calvary Chapel Bible College (Murrieta, CA).

Selected Papers & Books:

  • Osborne, C. D. 1991. Annotated bibliography of Engelmann oak and related literature; 40 pp. (submitted to the California Department of Forestry in partial fulfillment of a funded grant (C.D.F. & F.P. project number 8CA85381).

  • Lathrop, E. W.; C. D. Osborne 1991. Influence of fire on oak seedlings and saplings in southern oak woodland on the Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, Riverside County, California. In: Standiford, R.; D. Pendleton, tech. coods., Proceedings of the symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood rangeland management. Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Sta., Berkeley.

  • Lathrop, E. W.; C. D. Osborne; A. Rochester; K. Young; S. Soret; R. Hopper. 1991. Size class and age distribution of Engelmann oak (Quercus engelmanni) on the Santa Rosa Plateau Preserve, Riverside County, California. In: Standiford, R.; D. Pendleton, tech. coods., Proceedings of the symposium on oak woodlands and hardwood rangeland management. Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Exp. Sta., Berkeley.

  • Lathrop, E. W.; C. D. Osborne; O. B. Ruthebuka; F. E. Hayes. 1991. Natural regeneration of “Engelmann oak (Quercus engelmanni) in California; 68 pp. (submitted to the California Department of Forestry in partial fulfillment of a funded research grant requirement) contract number IHRMP-86-2.

  • Lathrop, E. W.; C. D. Osborne. 1990. From acorn to tree: ecology of the Engelmann oak. Fremontia 18(3):30-35.

  • Osborne, C. D. 1989. Early establishment of Quercus engelmanni (Fagaceae) on the Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside County, California. Ph.D. dissertation, Loma Linda Univ. 98 pp.

  • Osborne, C. D. 1985. A reevaluation of the English peppered moth’s use as a model of evolution in action. M.S. thesis, Institute for Creation Research; 163 pp. (a multiple hypothesis analysis)

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