Administration and Academic Advisors
Photo | Person | Contact Information |
---|---|---|
![]() |
Bill Braunworth Department Head |
541-737-1317 Contact person by email |
![]() |
Ryan Contreras Associate Department Head / Professor |
541-737-5462 Contact person by email |
![]() |
Anne Gearhart Head Advisor and Instructor |
541-737-5448 Contact person by email |
![]() |
John Lambrinos Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor |
541-737-3484 Contact person by email |
![]() |
Sarah McDonald Academic Advisor |
541-737-3546 Contact person by email |
Faculty
Photo | Person | Contact Information | Summary of Specialty Area |
---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Christopher Adams Assistant Professor |
Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Nick Andrews Associate Professor (Practice) |
Contact person by email |
I serve as an Organic Vegetable Extension specialist. Ongoing projects include the Western Cover Crops Council, the OSU Organic Fertilizer and Cover Crop Calculator,... |
![]() |
Marisha Auerbach Lecturer |
541-737-3695 Contact person by email |
spacer.gif... |
![]() |
Neil Bell Academic Wage Appt - Salaried |
503-373-3765 Contact person by email |
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 |
Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Devon Bonady Instructor |
Contact person by email |
spacer.gif... |
![]() |
Cassie Bouska Associate Professor (Practice) |
Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Bill Braunworth Department Head |
541-737-1317 Contact person by email |
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. ... |
![]() |
Charles Bubl Associate Professor |
503-397-3462 Contact person by email |
Consults on organic or conventional horticultural crops and livestock. |
![]() |
Kristine Buckland Assistant Professor |
Contact person by email |
North Willamette Research and Extension Center (NWREC) |
![]() |
Erica Chernoh Assistant Professor (Practice) |
Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Ryan Contreras Associate Department Head / Professor |
541-737-5462 Contact person by email |
Program OverviewMy teaching and research focuses on woody nursery and landscape plants. I teach spring and fall woody plant identification courses, growth and development of horticultural crops, and plant propagation. Research in my lab is closely aligned with the nursery industry... |
![]() |
Leonard Coop Associate Professor (Practice) |
Contact person by email |
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) |
Contact person by email |
Extension educational programming and applied research for commercial horticulture producers (wine grapes, tree fruit, vegetables) in Umatilla County |
![]() |
Wanda Crannell Instructor |
541-737-2999 Contact person by email |
spacer.gif... |
![]() |
Signe Danler Senior Instructor I |
541-737-5441 Contact person by email |
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 Contact person by email |
Surendra Dara is an entomologist with more than 25 years of experience in IPM and microbial control. Throughout his career, he worked on numerous invasive and endemic species of arthropods and plant pathogens. He developed a strong research and extension program working on irrigation, nutrient... |
![]() |
Laurent Deluc Associate Professor |
541-737-4356 Contact person by email |
Our group conduct research on functional genomics with a strong emphasis on specialty and cereal crops. We study different aspects of plant biology in the context of a developmental program and in response to abiotic and biotic stresses. Our plant models grapevine, a major fruit crop in U.S.... |
![]() |
Amy Jo Detweiler Professor |
541-548-6088 Contact person by email |
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 Instructor |
Contact person by email |
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 Contact person by email |
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 Contact person by email |
Alice Formiga leads the eOrganic Community of Practice at http://eorganic.org |
![]() |
Kelsey Galimba Assistant Professor |
Contact person by email |
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) and Instructor |
541-737-5827 Contact person by email |
Entomology |
![]() |
Danielle Knueppel Assistant Professor (Practice) |
Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Alec Kowalewski Associate Professor |
541-737-5449 Contact person by email |
2023 Winter Field DayThursday - Feb 23, 2023 from 3 to 5 pm OSU Lewis-Brown Horticulture Farm, 33329 Peoria Rd, Corvallis, OR, 97331 Dinner at Trysting Tree Golf Course Registration and Dinner is FREE for all attendees ... |
![]() |
Gail Langellotto Professor |
541-737-5175 Contact person by email |
The ecology of urban and suburban landscapes remains relatively unexplored - although such habitats have great potential to positively contribute to the conservation of pollinators, parasitoids and the ecosystem services that they confer. I am helping to develop a better research-... |
![]() |
Alexander Levin SOREC Director and Viticulturist |
541-930-8411 Contact person by email |
My research focuses on understanding grapevine physiology - with foci on plant water relations, carbohydrate metabolism, and fruit ripening biochemistry - and applying that understanding to improve vineyard management practices while enhancing sustainable wine grape production. Current... |
![]() |
Danielle Lightle Assistant Professor (Practice) |
|
|
![]() |
Deanna Lloyd Senior Instructor I |
Contact person by email |
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 |
Contact person by email |
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 Contact person by email |
Extension Small Farms |
![]() |
Shawn Mehlenbacher Oregon Hazelnut Ind. Professor |
541-737-5467 Contact person by email |
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. Plant Breeding: Develop new cultivars for Oregon's hazelnut industry, with emphasis on... |
![]() |
Andony Melathopoulos Associate Professor |
541-452-3038 Contact person by email |
I have wide interests in the area of keeping native and managed bees healthy in working and natural landscapes. A major area of my work focuses on how pesticide applicators understand the risks associated with pest management decisions. This has taken the form of large scale... |
![]() |
Betsey Miller Senior Instructor I |
541-737-3913 Contact person by email |
I teach an undergraduate course in entomology. My goal in teaching entomology to non-entomologists is to provide insight into a group of organisms that is largely ignored. The vast and varied world of insects impacts human society more than we think. My IPM research... |
![]() |
Andrew Millison Senior Instructor II |
541-737-5441 Contact person by email |
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 Assistant Professor |
Contact person by email |
4017 Agriculture & Life Sciences Building
... |
![]() |
James Myers Professor-Endowed |
541-737-3083 Contact person by email |
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 to the... |
![]() |
Lloyd Nackley Associate Professor |
Contact person by email |
Dr. Lloyd Nackley, a plant ecologist, applies a systems approach to improve nursery and greenhouse management. With over 20 years of horticulture experience, including landscape design, ecological restoration, plant propagation, and nursery and greenhouse management, he is interested in... |
![]() |
Mykl Nelson II Instructor |
Contact person by email |
spacer.gif... |
![]() |
Tao Orion Instructor |
Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Ed Peachey Academic Wage Appt - Salaried |
541-737-3152 Contact person by email |
Ed works in the Horticulture Department at OSU in research and extension. His focus is vegetable crop production including processed, fresh market and seed crops, with an emphasis on weed and pest management in all of these crops. Projects managed by his team include an initiative to improve... |
![]() |
Ramesh Sagili Professor |
541-737-5460 Contact person by email |
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) |
Contact person by email |
Home and Small-scale Commercial Horticultural Production and Management Issues |
![]() |
Lane Selman Assistant Professor (Practice) |
541-737-3695 Contact person by email |
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 Contact person by email |
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 |
|
![]() |
Patricia Skinkis Professor |
541-737-1411 Contact person by email |
Dr. Skinkis' research program focuses on whole plant physiology studies that are designed to understand vine vegetative vigor management, physiology of vine balance, and vineyard management impacts on fruit composition and wine quality. Her research also includes work on yield management, fine... |
![]() |
Cara Still Instructor and Faculty Research Assistant |
Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Tim Stock Senior Instructor II |
Contact person by email |
Currently leading the OSU School IPM Program, which works with... |
![]() |
Alexandra Stone Academic Wage Appt - Salaried |
541-737-5461 Contact person by email |
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 Contact person by email |
As the Community and Small Farms Horticulturalist for Yamhill County, I oversee the Master Gardener program and provide support to the community's gardening and small farm needs. I have experience in the nursery industry, working in propagation, pest management, media preparation, fertility... |
![]() |
Ashley Thompson Assistant Professor |
541-296-5494 |
|
![]() |
Kelly Vining Associate Professor |
Contact person by email |
My research integrates the powerful tools of genomics and bioinformatics with plant breeding. I work with a variety of crops important to the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, including mint, hemp, hazelnut, black raspberry, and potato. Common research themes are identification of... |
![]() |
Vaughn Walton Professor |
5417404149 Contact person by email |
I work on economically important pests, with the aim to provide... |
![]() |
Timothy Warren Assistant Professor |
541-737-7557 Contact person by email |
|
![]() |
Nik Wiman Associate Professor |
Contact person by email |
Nik earned a BS (biology) and MS (entomology) from Montana State University where he worked on biological control of weeds... |
![]() |
Wei Yang Professor |
503-678-1264 Contact person by email |
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. ... |