Faculty

Administration and Academic Advisors

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Bill Braunworth
Emeritus Appointment
541-737-1317
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Ryan Contreras
Professor
541-737-5462
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Sarah McDonald
Academic Advisor
541-737-3546
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Anne Gearhart
Head Advisor and Instructor
541-737-5448
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John Lambrinos
Associate Professor
541-737-3484
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Faculty

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Christopher Adams
Assistant Professor
Contact person by email Tree Fruit Entomology
Nicholas Andrews Nick Andrews
Associate Professor (Practice)
Contact person by email Organic Vegetable Extension
Marisha Auerbach
Lecturer
541-737-3695
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Neil Bell
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried
503-373-3765
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I oversee the Master Gardener program in Marion County and Polk County and work with my volunteers to assist homeowners with their garden problems.

My research interests involve evaluating evergreen shrubs for un-irrigated landscape applications in western Oregon. Since 2001, I have...

Neil Bertrando
Instructor
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William Blanchard
Instructor, Curator of Living Plant Collections for OSU Campus Arboretum
541-737-9259
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Devon Bonady
Instructor
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Cassie Bouska
Associate Professor (Practice)
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Bill Braunworth
Emeritus Appointment
541-737-1317
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In December 2013, Bill Braunworth was named Head of the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. He holds the BS in general agronomy (1975) and the MS in Crop Science (1977) from Colorado State University, and the PhD in horticulture (1986) from Oregon State University.

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Charles Bubl
Associate Professor
503-397-3462
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Consults on organic or conventional horticultural crops and livestock.

Kristine Buckland Kristine Buckland
Associate Professor
Contact person by email Sustainable agriculture, Soil health, Nutrient cycling, and Agricultural systems analysis
Erica Chernoh
Assistant Professor (Practice)
Contact person by email Berries and Fruit; Fruit Trees; Organic Agriculture
Ryan Contreras
Professor
541-737-5462
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Landscape Plant Breeding
Leonard Coop
Associate Professor (Practice)
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I support agriculture in general by developing and placing online, weather and climate driven models for numerous areas including IPM/pest models, plant disease risk models, crop models, horticultural models, beneficial species models, climate suitability models, and others. I am Assoc....

Cody Copp
Assistant Professor (Practice)
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Extension educational programming and applied research for commercial horticulture producers (wine grapes, tree fruit, vegetables) in Umatilla County

Wanda Crannell Wanda Crannell
Instructor
541-737-2999
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Signe Danler
Senior Instructor I
541-737-5441
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I support the OSU Extension Master Gardener Program by teaching and managing the online Extension MG training course. I use my experience and training in home horticulture, ecological landscaping and urban forestry to create and teach modules on many subjects for home gardeners. I also design...

Surendra Dara
NWREC Director and Professor
971-801-0384
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Integrated pest management, microbial control, and biologicals
Laurent Deluc
Associate Professor
541-737-4356
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Genomics and genetic engineering in crops
Amy Jo Detweiler
Professor
541-548-6088
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I supervise and provide training for the local master gardener program. I work with volunteers to provide community education in home gardening and landscaping. I also provide education to the commercial green industry. 

My main areas of research include educating the community about...

Emily Dixon Emily Dixon
Instructor
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I develop and support online berry classes, including the Pruning and Training of Berries, Kiwifruit, and Grapes series; Blueberry Physiology, Production Systems, and Management; and HORT 456/556: Physiology and Production of Berry Crops. I also produce extension outreach publications for ...

Brooke Edmunds
Associate Professor (Practice)
503-588-5301
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My focus is on meeting the community horticulture needs in Marion, Polk, Linn, and Benton counties. In this role, I oversee the Master Gardener volunteer programs in each county. I also coordinate research-based educational programs in community food systems and Integrated Pest Management. 

Alice Formiga
Assistant Professor (Practice)
541-737-3483
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Alice Formiga leads the eOrganic Community of Practice at http://eorganic.org

Kelsey Galimba
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Galimba's research program encompasses all aspects of both pear (Pyrus communis) and sweet cherry (Prunus avium) orchard production systems, with specific emphasis on optimizing yield and fruit quality in these two crops. Current projects include the development of a...

Louisa Hooven
Assistant Professor (Sr Res)
541-737-5827
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Entomology

Alec Kowalewski
Associate Professor
541-737-5449
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2024 Winter Turfgrass Field Day

Thursday - Feb 29, 2024

3 P.M. Education at Lewis-Brown Horticulture Farm, 33329 Peoria Rd, Corvallis, OR, 97333

5 P.M. Dinner

Registration and Dinner is FREE for all attendees 

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Gail Langellotto
Professor
541-737-5175
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Urban Insect Ecology: garden pollinators, native plants, urban agriculture
Alec Levin Alexander Levin
SOREC Director and Viticulturist
541-930-8411
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Viticulture, plant water relations, woody perennial physiology, fruit ripening biochemistry
Dani Lightle Dani Lightle
Assistant Professor (Practice)
503-694-9790
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Pesticide product efficacy, degradation and registration issues
Deanna Lloyd
Senior Instructor I
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I teach classes for the Sustainability Double-Degree Program and the Department of Horticulture - both on the Corvallis campus and through Ecampus.  My instructional duties also include coordination of service-learning projects for large undergraduate courses (SOIL 205, SUS 350, and SUS 304...

Scott Lukas
Northwest Berry Production and Management Professor
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Dr. Scott Lukas is an Associate Professor holding the Endowed Professorship for Northwest Berry Production and Management.  This position is responsible for the design, development, implementation and evaluation of statewide research, Extension, and teaching programs focused on physiology and...

Maud Macrory Powell
Associate Professor (Practice)
541-776-7371
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Small Farms
Portrait of Leslie Madsen Leslie Madsen
SW Master Gardener Prog Mgr
541-737-0671
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Shawn Mehlenbacher
Oregon Hazelnut Ind. Professor
541-737-5467
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The OSU Hazelnut Breeding program develops new cultivars for Oregon's hazelnut industry, with an emphasis on resistance to eastern filbert blight (EFB) and suitability for the kernel market.
Andony Melathopoulos
Associate Professor
541-452-3038
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Pollinator Health
Betsey Miller
Senior Instructor I
541-737-3913
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Ecampus Instructor (ENT 300); Small Fruit IPM; Hazelnut IPM
Andrew Millison
Senior Instructor II
541-737-5441
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Permaculture for climate change resilience, water management for broad scale farm planning, Permaculture housing developments, and water law for obtaining water rights in Oregon.

Marcelo Moretti
Associate Professor
Contact person by email Weed Science
James Myers
Professor-Endowed
541-737-3083
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We develop improved vegetable varieties with the main focus being to support gardeners, growers and processors in the Pacific Northwest (PNW).

This region of the United States has a unique growing environment, and varieties developed elsewhere may not necessarily be optimally adapted...

Lloyd Nackley
Associate Professor
Contact person by email My research and teaching program investigates how light, nutrients, water, potting media and container-type, affect plant growth, development, and aesthetics.
Mykl Nelson II
Instructor
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Tao Orion
Instructor
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Ed Peachey
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried
Contact person by email Weed and pest management in commercial vegetable production
Ramesh Sagili
Professor
541-737-5460
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To promote sustainable apiculture and pollination, our research program focuses on three prime areas: (1) honey bee health (2) honey bee nutrition and (3) honey bee pollination. Our research program addresses both basic and applied questions to improve honey bee health and...

Nicole Sanchez
Associate Professor (Practice)
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Home and Small-scale Commercial Horticultural Production and Management Issues

Lane Selman
Assistant Professor (Practice)
541-737-3695
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Lane Selman grew up on a citrus farm on Florida's space coast where her Sicilian great-grandparents settled in the 1920s.  She has a Bachelors degree in Agronomy and a Masters in Entomology, both from the University of Florida.  She moved to Oregon in 2001 and since 2005 has been an...

Alan Shay
Senior Instructor I
541-737-2503
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My area of focus within the Horticulture Department is sustainable horticultural solutions for the residential and commercial landscape.

I currently teach Landscape Design, (Hort 380), Landscape Maintenance, Conservation and Restoration, (Hort 315), Sustainable Landscape Construction...

Govinda Shrestha
Assistant Professor (Practice)
Contact person by email Integrated Pest Management; Insect Ecology-Movement
Patricia Skinkis
Professor
541-737-1411
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I conduct applied viticulture research with focus on canopy and yield management, rootstocks, vine nutrition, soil x plant interactions, and vineyard sustainability.
Cara Still
Instructor and Faculty Research Assistant
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Tim Stock
Senior Instructor II
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  • Integrative Extension Program Development
  • Participatory Training and Assessment
  • Capacity Building
  • Integrated Pest Management (Schools, Sensitive Sites, Agriculture)

Currently leading the OSU School IPM Program, which works with...

Alexandra Stone
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried
541-737-5461
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I have been investigating the use of the biological control agent commercially available as Contans (Coniothyrium minitans) as a control for white mold of vegetables, especially snap beans grown by processed vegetable growers. This project has been supported by grants from Western...

Heather Stoven
Associate Professor (Practice)
503-434-8910
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Small Farms, Community Horticulture
Ashley Thompson
Assistant Professor
541-296-5494

Kelly Vining
Associate Professor
Contact person by email Genomics approaches to crop improvement
Vaughn Walton
Professor
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  • Entomology
  • Ecology
  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
  • Biorational pest control agent
  • Biological control
  • Small fruit and tree nut crops

I work on economically important pests, with the aim to provide...

Timothy Warren
Assistant Professor
541-737-7557
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Nik Wiman Nik Wiman
Associate Professor
Contact person by email biological control; population biology; orchard ecology; insect behavior; integrated pest management
Wei Yang Wei Yang
Professor
503-678-1264
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My responsibility is to provide leadership for the blueberry education program in the North Willamette District where the most of the state’s blueberry industry is concentrated. I also conduct applied research in blueberry production systems to support my extension activities.

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