Patricia Layton

Professor Emerita of Forestry
Strategic Advisor, Wood Utilization + Design Institute
Forestry and Wildlife Resources Program Team, Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department, Office of the Vice President

Office: 321 Harris Smith Building, Clemson, SC 29634
Phone: 864-505-5904

Email: PLAYTON@clemson.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D. Forest Genetics
University of Florida 1985

M.S. Forest Genetics
Texas A&M University 1978

B.S. Forest Management
Clemson University 1976

Courses Taught

Profile

Pat Layton is the Strategic Advisor to Clemson’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute and a retired professor of forestry. She previously served for 12 years as the Institute’s founding director. She spent the first 14 of her 26 years at Clemson as Director of the School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences and chairing the Forest Resources and Forestry and Natural Resources departments.

Before joining Clemson University, she held various positions with the American Forest & Paper Association, Scott Paper Company, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Owens-Illinois. She served on the Board of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative for the last six years.

Pat is a native of South Carolina and has forestry degrees from Clemson University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Florida.

Research Interests

Development of southern yellow pine cross laminated timber
Forest Policy

Extension and Outreach

Expanding the Use of Wood Products in SC