Graduate Students

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Todd Anderson Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Nahla Bassil
Kelley Asselin Contact person by email

Major Advisor: Chris Adams


Luisa Baccin Contact person by email


Major Professor: Marcelo Moretti
Nicole Bell Contact person by email


Major Professor: Gail Langellotto
Mustafa Bozkus Contact person by email

Mustafa is investigating the efficacy and safety of Oxalic Acid vapors used by beekeepers for Varroa mite control. He is also examining the prevalence/intensity of European Foulbrood (EFB) disease and factors contributing to EFB during blueberry pollination.



Master of Science, Horticulture
Major Professor: Ramesh Sagili
Emily Braithwaite
Faculty Research Assistant
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Major Professor: Alec Kowalewski
Alexander Butcher Contact person by email

I am studying the use of synthetic elicitors as a pest management strategy in potatoes. I am also looking at mixed infection environments with Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum vectored by the potato psyllid and potato plants infected with PVY.



Crop Science option Entomology , Horticulture
Major Professor: Vaughn Walton , Major Professor: Silvia Rondon
Emily Carlson Contact person by email

How pesticide exposure differs between honey bees and native bees with varying landscape context.



Ph.D., Horticulture
Major Professor: Ramesh Sagili
Elissa Chapkin Contact person by email


Master of Science, Horticulture
Major Professor: Ramesh Sagili
Ryan Chave Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Vaughn Walton
Rachel Cross Contact person by email


Major Professor: Kristine Buckland
Scout Dahms-May Contact person by email


Major Professor: Lloyd Nackley
Claire Donahoo Contact person by email

Major Advisor, Nik Wiman

Her PhD will focus on dispersal patterns and nontarget effects of the samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus, a biological control agent of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in specialty crop areas in Oregon.


A native of Lincoln, NE, Claire received her BS in Fish & Wildlife Biology with a concentration in Conservation Biology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then received her MS in Entomology at Montana State University in Bozeman, where she studied mortality dynamics of...
Ph.D., Horticulture
Major Professor: Nik Wiman

Kenneth Donsky Contact person by email
  • Plant tissue culture
  • Genetic engineering
  • Nanotechnology


Horticulture, Plant Breeding and Genetics
Major Professor: Laurent Deluc
Britt Eubanks Contact person by email


Major Professor: Laurent Deluc
Michael Getz Contact person by email

Major Advisor, Tim Warren


Abigail Greenhalgh Contact person by email


Major Professor: Jana Lee
Zachary Hamilton Contact person by email


Major Professor: Alec Kowalewski
Iliak Harmsen Saa
Graduate Research Assistant
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Horticulture
Major Professor: Patricia Skinkis
Edwin Harris Contact person by email


Major Professor: Vaughn Walton
Shikhar Hatwal Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Alec Kowalewski
Jen Hayes Contact person by email


Master of Science, Horticulture
Major Professor: Gail Langellotto
Brianna Heilsnis Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Shawn Mehlenbacher
Joussy Hidrobo ... Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Ramesh Sagili , Major Professor: Erica Chernoh
Jared Jorgensen
Bio Science Research Tech 2
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Major Professor: Ramesh Sagili
Santosh Kalauni
Graduate Research Assistant
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  • Grapevine physiology 
  • Mineral Nutrition and its impact on vine growth and productivity and fruit quality
  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and their role in nutrient uptake (focused on potassium)


Ph.D. Horticulture
Major Professor: Paul Schreiner
Natalie Lareau Contact person by email


Major Professor: Nik Wiman
Mary Maher Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Ryan Contreras
David Maliszewski
Faculty Research Assistant
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Christian Mandelli
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Students
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Horticulture, Biological Data Science
Major Professor: Laurent Deluc
Nina Miller
Temp Bio Sci Research Tech 1
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Joshua Wilfredo... Contact person by email


Major Professor: Marcelo Moretti
Chisom Molokwu Contact person by email


Horticulture (Entomology)
Major Professor: Vaughn Walton
Rion Mooneyham Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Shawn Mehlenbacher
Benjamin Nichols Contact person by email

Oluwafemi Omilani Contact person by email


Ph.D., Horticulture
Major Professor: Kelly Vining
Scott Orr Contact person by email


Major Professor: David Bryla
Kiley Osterman Contact person by email


MAIS Horticulture
Major Professor: Patricia Skinkis
Samikshya Pandey Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Govinda Shrestha
Ryssa Parks Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Man Yeon Choi
Matthew Pedersen Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Nik Wiman
Adriana Perez Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Govinda Shrestha
Joshua Perrault


Horticulture
Major Professor: Lloyd Nackley
Andrea Retano Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Scott Lukas
Christian Sanchez Contact person by email

Danielle Simenc Contact person by email

Abram Smith Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Laurent Deluc
Cole Stover Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Alec Kowalewski
Rachael Szymanski Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Kelly Vining
Hannah Velazquez Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Kristine Buckland
James Wirth Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Marcelo Moretti
Anders Wohler Contact person by email

Major Advisor, Chris Adams



Horticulture
Yan Yan Contact person by email

Major Advisor, Chris Adams



Horticulture
Major Professor: Kelsey Galimba
Ho Jung Yoon Contact person by email


Horticulture
Major Professor: Man Yeon Choi