Faculty
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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... |
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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.... |
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Patrick Hayes Professor |
541-737-5878 Contact person by email |
We use genetics and plant breeding tools to understand and realize the potential of barley, a most amazing crop and model organism. Our applied efforts are directed at developing varieties and germplasm meeting a range of end uses: malting and brewing; food; and feed. Our basic research is... |
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Jennifer Kling Professor (Sr Res) |
541-737-8277 Contact person by email |
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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... |
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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... |
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Andrew Ross Professor |
541-737-9149 Contact person by email |
Fundamental and applied research of cereal grain components, Wheat- and barley-based foods, Fermentation as a vehicle for improving cereal-foods' nutritional profiles. Advocacy for whole-grain consumption: whole-grains, fiber, human gut microbiome, and human... |
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Vidyasager Sagar Sathuvalli | 541-567-6337 |
My research focuses on Potato Breeding and Germplasm Improvement using traditional, molecular, and genomic tools. My program will aim at developing new potato cultivars with increased biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, nutrient efficiency and processing quality. |
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Shaun Townsend Associate Professor (Sr Res) |
541-737-5099 Contact person by email |
The Aroma Hop Breeding Program is tasked with developing new hop cultivars, adapted for Oregon growing conditions, with a focus on essential oil quality. This program interacts closely with Dr. Tom Shellhammer's program in the Food Science & Technology Department to characterize the... |
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Kelly Vining Associate Professor |
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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... |
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Robert Zemetra Professor |
541-737-4278 Contact person by email |
Wheat Breeding and Genetics |
Associated Faculty
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Nahla Bassil Courtesy Appointment |
541-738-4214 Contact person by email |
Plant Geneticist |
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Lauren Gwin Associate Professor |
541-737-1569 Contact person by email |
Focus areas: Farm and food system policy, local and regional food supply chains, community food system development. Dr. Lauren Gwin is an Associate Professor in the Crop & Soil Science Department, Extension Community Food Systems Specialist, and Associate Director of OSU... |
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John Henning Courtesy Appointment |
541-738-4145 Contact person by email |
USDA-ARS |
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Glenn Howe Associate Professor |
541-737-9001 Contact person by email |
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Pankaj Jaiswal Professor |
541-737-8471 Contact person by email |
Flowering Time, Seed Development, Comparative Plant Genomics, Functional genomics, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Genome Annotation, Biochemical and Regulatory Pathway Databases, Genome Databases, Ontology Development. ... |
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Keith Jayawickrama Dir-NW Tree Imprmnt Coop |
541-737-8432 Contact person by email |
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Christopher Langdon Professor |
541-867-0231 Contact person by email |
Research Areas: Aquaculture; nutrition of oysters and other bivalves; microencapsulation; polyculture of abalone; genetic selection of oysters. Chris’s research is broadly interested in aquaculture of oysters and other bivalves, and of sea vegetables such as dulse.... |
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Garry Stephenson Dir-Ctr Sm Farms/Comm Food Sys |
541-737-5833 Contact person by email |
Garry is a Professor, Extension Small Farms Specialist and Director of the Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, an alternative farming program at Oregon State University that is striving to change the world through small scale organic/sustainable agriculture and local/regional... |
Support Staff
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Kali Brandt |
Contact person by emailCrop Science Building
Crop Science Building 445
3050 SW Campus Way3050 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Joel Davis Faculty Research Assistant |
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Tanya Filichkin Senior Faculty Research Asst I |
541-737-1750 Contact person by email Crop Science Building
Crop Science Building 251
3050 SW Campus Way3050 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Scott Fisk Senior Faculty Research Asst I |
541-737-2912 Contact person by email Crop Science Building
Crop Science Building 257
3050 SW Campus Way3050 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Hilary Gunn Laboratory Technician 2 |
Contact person by emailCrop Science Building
Crop Science Building 423
3050 SW Campus Way3050 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Adam Heesacker Senior Faculty Research Asst I |
541-737-5828 Contact person by email Crop Science Building
Crop Science Building 107
3050 SW Campus Way3050 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Laura Helgerson Senior Faculty Research Asst I |
541-737-1547 Contact person by email Crop Science Building
Crop Science Building 245
3050 SW Campus Way3050 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Tyler Hoskins |
Contact person by emailGreenhouse, West
Greenhouse, West 1130A
2801 SW Campus Way2801 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Shinji Kawai Faculty Research Assistant |
Contact person by emailAgricultural & Life Sciences
Agricultural & Life Sciences 4017
2750 SW Campus Way2750 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Mark Larson Senior Faculty Research AsstII |
541-737-4093 Contact person by email Crop Science Building
Crop Science Building 235
3050 SW Campus Way3050 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Rebecca Mc Cluskey Senior Faculty Research Assistant |
Contact person by emailAgricultural & Life Sciences
Agricultural & Life Sciences 4017
2750 SW Campus Way2750 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Nathalia Moretti Faculty Research Assistant |
541-737-2949 Contact person by email |
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Angela Randazzo | Contact person by email |
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Daniela Resende... Courtesy Appointment |
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David Smith Senior Faculty Research Assistant |
541-737-3108 Contact person by email Agricultural & Life Sciences
Agricultural & Life Sciences 4017
2750 SW Campus Way2750 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Jacob Snelling Senior Faculty Research Assistant I |
541-737-4596 Contact person by email |
Graduate Students
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Mary Holzberger Graduate Research Assistant Graduate Students |
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Hops Master of Science, Crop Science |
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Burcu Celebioglu | Contact person by email | Master of Science, Horticulture |
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Melike Cirak Graduate Student |
Contact person by email | Master of Science, Horticulture |
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Mahmut Diker | Contact person by email | Ph.D., Horticulture |
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Michael Gordon Graduate Students |
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Host-induced gene silencing PhD. Molecular and Cellular Biology |
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Monzarath Hernandez Graduate Student |
Contact person by email | Master of Science, Horticulture |
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Serhan Mermer Research Associate |
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Ph.D., Horticulture |
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Surbhi Nahata | Contact person by email |
M.S. Environmental Science |
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Kristin Neill | Contact person by email |
Recurrent selection to improve fruit and landscape qualitities of evergreen huckleberry. Interploidy and intersubgeneric hybridization in Cotoneaster. . Master of Science, Horticulture |
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Lillian Padgitt-Cobb | Contact person by email |
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Hayley Park | Contact person by email |
Master of Science, Horticulture |
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Muhammet Sahin Graduate Student |
541-737-5839 Contact person by email |
Forages Master of Science, Crop Science |
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Elif Sahin Graduate Student |
541-737-5839 Contact person by email |
Forages Master of Science, Crop Science |
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Elizabeth Seeno | Contact person by email |
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Casey Kellog Wilson | Contact person by email |
Master of Science, Horticulture |
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Ozgecan Yalcin | Contact person by email |
Ozge’s two major projects focus on identifying genome regions that are responsible for traits of economic importance in tetraploid highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, via Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) analysis, and using simple-sequence repeats (SSRs) markers to resolve... |