Agricultural Division Staff: Charles Rohla
Rohla serves as an assistant professor on the Agricultural Division's Agricultural Research Team as well as a horticulture consultant in the division's consultation program. As a consultant and a researcher, his focus concerns pecan improvement and pecan orchard management. He joined the Noble Foundation in 2006. His graduate research focused on alternate bearing of pecans and the effect of carbohydrate concentration, and nitrogen and potassium levels in pecan tissues. Rohla was raised on a small farm in northwest Oklahoma where his family operated a wheat/stocker farm and growing lot. He is currently involved in raising American Quarter Horse Association and American Paint Horse Association horses.
• Doctor of Philosophy in crop science, 2006, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
• Master of Science in agriculture education, 2002, Oklahoma State University
• Bachelor of Science in animal science, 1998, Oklahoma State University