Faculty and Staff

Name & Position	Interests	Contact Information
Andrews, Nicholas Associate Professor (Practice), Small Farms Extension Agent	Metro Area Small Farms Extension Agent serving Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties, specializing in Horticulture with a focus on vegetable production and organic methods. ...	Office: 503-678-1264 Contact person by email
Angima, Sam Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement	Extension Small Farms Program	Office: 541-737-3742 Contact person by email
Bohle, Mylen Associate Professor, Extension Forage and Crop Management	Hay, forage, and cereal production. Fertility and irrigation management. Weed control in organic forage systems.	Office: 541-447-6228 Contact person by email
Braunworth, William Department Head	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...	Office: 541-737-1317 Contact person by email
Brewer, Linda Senior Faculty Research Asst II	Technical Writer and Project Manager I manage the following research grants at Oregon State University: ...	Office: 541-737-1408 Contact person by email
Bubl, Charles (Chip) Associate Professor, Staff Chair and Extension Horticulturalist in Agriculture	Consults on organic or conventional horticultural crops and livestock.	Office: 503-397-3462 Contact person by email
Corp, Mary Director, Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center (CBARC), Outreach and Engagement Regional Administrator in the Upper Columbia Basin	I work with various techniques to control weeds in dryland wheat production. This work includes seeding rates, seeding patterns, and various in-crop tillage options. Currently I am looking at the...	Office: 541-278-5403 Contact person by email
Durham, Catherine Marketing Economist	Fields: Agricultural Marketing, Consumer Economics, Demand Analysis	Office: 503-872-6671 Contact person by email
Ellen, Gwendolyn Coord-Conservation BioControl	Farmscaping for Beneficials	Office: 541-737-6272 Contact person by email
Halbleib, Mary Associate Professor of Practice	Mary partners with Extension agents and other cooperators to co-create education programs that are built upon the latest science of how adults learn in order to foster skills in instructional...	Office: 541-737-2683 Contact person by email
Hilton, Richard Senior Faculty Research Assistant II, Ag Entomologist	Development and implementation of methods for pear pest management in certified organic orchard systems. Mating disruption and microbial controls for major pest species. ...	Office: 541-772-5165 Contact person by email
Ingham, Russell Professor	Biology, ecology and pathology of nematodes in natural and agroecosystems; nematode management in potato, peppermint and fruit crops. Nematodes which live in soil may be plant...	Office: 541-737-5255 x5253 Contact person by email
Johnson, Kenneth Professor	Plant pathology with emphasis on disease ecology, pathogen detection and integrated management strategies.	Office: 541-737-5249 x5248 Contact person by email
Kaiser, Clive Professor, Tree Fruits Specialist, Extension	Temperate fruit, wine grape and vegetable research & Extension in Umatilla County, eastern Oregon. Prevention of Sweet Cherry Fruit Cracking using SureSeal, an Organic...	Office: 541-938-5597 Contact person by email
Lambrinos, John Associate Professor	We are beginning to understand that interactions between landscape elements underlie many of the important issues we face as a human society. I am fascinated by the ecological processes that tie...	Office: 541-737-3484 Contact person by email
Lev, Larry Emeritus Professor and Extension Economist	Fields: Values-based agricultural supply chains, farmers markets and other direct marketing channels, participatory research and outreach methods	Office: 541-737-1417 Contact person by email
Machado, Stephen Professor, Dryland Cropping System Agronomist	Stephen Machado leads the OSU's long-term research activities at CBARC Pendleton, CBARC Moro, and in Heppner in eastern Oregon. He is the Dryland Cropping Systems Agronomist for the semiarid...	Office: 541-278-4416 Contact person by email
Miller, Weston Associate Professor (Practice)	Consumer Horticulture Clackamas County Extension 200 Warner Milne Rd Oregon City, OR 97045	Office: 503-650-3124 Contact person by email
Myers, James Professor, Vegetable Breeding and Genetics	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...	Office: 541-737-3083 Contact person by email
Peachey, Ed Associate Professor (Practice)	Weed Biology and Ecology Effect of crop and tillage rotations on weed seed survival in row...	Office: 541-737-3152 Contact person by email
Penhallegon, Ross Associate Professor Emeritus, Horticulturist	I focus on urban and commercial horticulture. Organic food production Composting Consult with organic farming community Hazelnuts Berries	Office: 541-344-1709 Contact person by email
Pscheidt, Jay Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology and Extension Plant Pathology Specialist	My work focuses on diagnosis of disease problems on woody perennials including fruit, nut, and nursery crops, and cultural disease control tactics. Research Description: ...	Office: 541-737-3472 x5539 Contact person by email
Putnam, Melodie Chief Diagnostician	Research and Extension Area: Diagnosis of diseases and disorders of plants submitted to the OSU Plant Clinic; chemical and...	Office: 541-737-3472 Contact person by email
Renquist, Stephen Associate Professor, Extension Agent	Viticulture and marketing for wine grape growers of the Umpqua Valley Pest management, IPM systems with Tree fruit and wine grape growers Nursery and Landscape...	Office: 541-672-4461 Contact person by email
Rosetta, Robin Associate Professor, Extension Entomologist	Nursery/greenhouse integrated pest management Biological control implementation Management of honeylocust pod gall midge and root weevils Current...	Office: 503-678-1264 Contact person by email
Seavert, Clark Professor	Fields: AgBiz Logic, enterprise budgets, capital investment analysis, crop & livestock leasing.	Office: 503-961-4709 Contact person by email
Seiter, Stefan Courtesy Appointment		Office: 541-737-3695 Contact person by email
Selman, Lane Senior Faculty Research Assistant I	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,...	Office: 541-737-3695 Contact person by email
Stone, Alexandra Ext Vegetable Crop Specialist	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...	Office: 541-737-5461 Contact person by email
Strik, Bernadine Professor, Berry Crops	Oregon has a diverse, economically important berry crop industry with about 24,000 acres harvested for a farm gate value of over $200 million. Berry crops, including blueberry, blackberry,...	Office: 541-737-5434 Contact person by email
VanBuskirk, Philip	Pear production. Olive production.	Office: (541) 776-7371 Contact person by email
Walton, Vaughn Professor, Horticultural Entomologist	Entomology IPM Biorational pest control agent Biological control Small fruit and tree nut crops I work on economically...	Office: 541-740-4149 Contact person by email
Yilma, Solomon Senior Faculty Research Assistant	Potato Tissue Culture and Genetics Breeding Late Blight Resistance into specialty potatoes Breeding Specialty Potatoes for Extreme Resistant to Potato Virus Y.	Office: 541-231-5893 Contact person by email

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