Education:
SB, Meteorology, University of Chicago 1946
PhD, Plant Pathology and Climatology, Iowa State University 1951

Station career:
Assistant and Associate Plant Pathologist, 1951-1956
Chief Scientist, Soils, Climatology, Ecology, 1951-1971
Director, 1972-1987
Distinguished Scientist, 1987-present

Past research:
Plant disease epidemiology; stomates or leaf pores and conservation of water; adaptation to climate change; how much land can ten billion people spare for Nature.

Current research:
Land use by cities, crops and forests.

Selected publications available from the author or as indicated below: agwagg@comcast.net 

• Waggoner, P. E. How Much Land Can Ten Billion People Spare for Nature? Report 121. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), Ames Iowa. 64 p. (1994). or on line at http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/nature/nature.html.
• Wernick, I.K., Waggoner, P.E., and J.H. Ausubel. 1998.; Searching for leverage to conserve forests. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 1:125-145 or on line at http://phe.rockefeller.edu/forests/.
• Frink, C.R., P.E. Waggoner and J.H. Ausubel. 1999. Nitrogen fertilizer: retrospect and prospect. Proc. National Academy Sci. 96:1175-1180 or on line at http://phe.rockefeller.edu//pnas_nitrogen/.
• Waggoner, P. E., and J. H. Ausubel. 2001.  How much will feeding more and wealthier people encroach on forests? Population and Development Review 27:239-257 or on line at http://phe.rockefeller.edu/encroach/.
• Waggoner, P. E. 2006. How can EcoCity get its food? Technology in Society 28: 183-193 or on line at http://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/EcoCity.pdf.
• Ausubel, JH, and Waggoner PE. 2008. Dematerialization: Variety, caution and persistence. Proc Natl Acad Sci (USA) 105:12774–12779  or on line at http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/08/25/0806099105.full.pdf.
• Waggoner, PE  2008. Using the Forest Identity to grasp and comprehend the swelling mass of forest statistics. International Forestry Review 10:689-94 or on line at   http://phe.rockefeller.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/pottingerifr.pdf.
• Waggoner, PE. 2009. Forest inventories. Discrepancies and uncertainties.  Discussion Paper RFF DP 09-29.  Resources for the Future, Washingotn DC or on line at http://www.rff.org/RFF/Documents/RFF-DP-09-29.pdf.