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Lincoln Best with Pollinator Network Lincoln Best
Senior Faculty Research Assistant I 		Contact person by email

Carolyn Breece
Research Associate 		541-737-5440
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Apiculture
Linda Brewer
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried 		541-737-1408
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Technical Writer and Project Manager

I manage multiple research grants in the College of Agricultural Sciences, including:

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Emma Buczkowski
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email

Nicholas Cavagnaro
Bio Science Research Tech 1 		Contact person by email
Joel Davis
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried 		Contact person by email

Vegetable Molecular Genetics
Matthew Davis
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email
  • Dry-farmed vegetable production
  • Plant ecophysiology
  • Vegetable grafting
  • Soil health and management
Amanda Davis Amanda Davis
Senior Faculty Research Assistant II 		971-801-0394
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Amanda has been a Faculty Research Assistant for the berry crop production/physiology research program in the Department of Horticulture and the NWREC (led by Dr. Scott Lukas and formerly Dr. Bernadine Strik) since 2013. She establishes and manages organic and conventional berry crop research...

Kelly Ensor
Office Specialist 1 		541-737-5508
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Austin Frewert
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email

Satyanarayana Gouthu
Research Associate 		541-737-2982
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Genome editing technology in grapevine and engineering resistance towards powdery mildew and Red blotch virus.
Ryan Hill
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email

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Hyo Sang Jang
Research Associate 		Contact person by email

Shinji Kawai
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email

Sarah Kincaid
Faculty Research Assistant 		541-737-3139
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David King
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email

Brian Knaus
Research Associate 		Contact person by email

Ivory Knutson
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email

Ornamental Plant Breeding
Jen Larsen
Coord Oregon Master Beekeeper 		Contact person by email

Beekeeping
Hannah Lucas
Senior Faculty Research Assistant 		541-737-6164
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Rebecca Mc Cluskey
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried 		Contact person by email

Tree Fruits and Nuts
Brian Mc Donald
Senior Faculty Research AsstII 		Contact person by email
  • Annual bluegrass nutrition
  • Turfgrass diseases
  • Turfgrass weed control
  • Moss control on putting greens
Iovanna Pandelova
Research Associate 		541-737-0737
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Kyoo Rok Park
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Scott Robbins
Retired 		Contact person by email

Charles Schmid
Research Associate 		Contact person by email

David Smith
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried 		541-737-3108
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I work for Dr. Shawn Mehlenbacher, assisting with development of high-yielding, disease resistant hazelnut cultlivars for the Oregon industry.

I am responsible for propagating hazels through seed, grafts, layerage and cuttings, culture and management of our plants in the greenhouse...

Jacob Snelling
Senior Faculty Research Assistant I 		541-737-4596
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Charlotte Song
Research Associate 		Contact person by email

Cara Still
Instructor and Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email

Gabriella Tait
Research Associate 		Contact person by email

Ruying Wang
Research Associate 		Contact person by email

Dr. Wang's current research directions include turfgrass disease suppression using Epichloë endophytes, as well as exploring the carbon sequestration potential of managed turfgrass systems. 
John Webber
Faculty Research Assistant 		Contact person by email