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Eliza Allen standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Allen, Eliza
Graduate Student

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Allen Jr, Thomas
Emeritus Appointment

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Araya Andersen standing outside in Cordley courtyard
Andersen, Araya
Graduate Student

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Jeff Anderson standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Anderson, Jeff
Associate Professor

Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis and plant disease resistance

Inter-Kingdom chemical signaling between bacteria and plants; Pseudomonas syringae...

Office: 541-737-4076
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Apigo, Austen
Postdoctoral Scholar

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Arp, Daniel
Dean Emeritus
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Baetge, Nicholas
Postdoctoral Scholar

PI: Michael Behrenfeld

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Baker, Blaine
Bio Science Research Tech 3

Administrative Support

  • Bioscience Tech. & Renovation Project Manager

Fiscal Support

  • Purchasing/Payables...
Office: 541-737-5265
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Baldino, Katelyn
Faculty Research Assistant

PI: Walter Mahaffee

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Bearden, Nathan
Graduate Student

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Behrenfeld, Michael
Professor

A primary thrust in my research has been to bridge fundamental understandings in physiology and biochemistry with broad-scale understanding of biospheric functioning. Topics of my research...

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Berry, Ralph
Emeritus Appointment

IPM - Field crops and soil insects

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Bisson, Kelsey
Assistant Professor (Sr Res)

I leverage observations from remote technologies, together with numerical models, to inform our understanding of ocean...

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Borland, Theodora
PostDoc Scholar

PI: David Gent

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Braithwaite, Emily
Graduate Student

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Brown, Jordan
Courtesy Appointment
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Brunner, Ray
Graduate Student

PI: Thomas Kaye

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Posy Busby standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Busby, Posy
Associate Professor

Plant microbiome ecology

  • Research in the Busby lab focuses on plant-fungal interactions, plant disease, and community ecology. Our current research seeks to...
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Callahan, Kimberly
Office Specialist 2 - General Inquiries, Travel, Accounts Payable

Front desk, accounts payable, reimbursements, general departmental support

Office: 541-737-3451
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Cameron, H
Emeritus Appointment
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Carbonell-Moore, M Consuelo
Courtesy Appointment
Carr, Gerald
Courtesy Appointment

Adaptive radiation of the Hawaiian Silversword Alliance; chromosome evolution; plant taxonomy; and in later years macro-photography as an aid to teaching, learning, and identification of species...

Jeff Chang
Chang, Jeffrey
Professor

Microbial genomics; Plant-microbe interactions; Microbe-microbe interactions

  • We study the mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary bases for plant-microbe and microbe-microbe...
Office: 541-737-5278
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Chase, Steph
Graduate Student

PI: Jared LeBoldus

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Ciuffetti, Lynda
Emeritus Appointment

Molecular genetics of plant-parasitic fungi; evaluation of pathogenicity factors

  • Our major research interest is in the area of host-pathogen interactions, specifically,...
Office: 541-737-2188
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Coakley, Stella
Emeritus Appointment

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Cooper, Laurel
Research Associate

PI: Pankaj Jaiswal

Office: 541-737-5272
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Corden, Malcolm
Emeritus Appointment

Keonny Cosek standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Cosek, Keonny
Graduate Fellow

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Cronn, Richard
Courtesy Appointment

Plant population and evolutionary genetics, genetic mechanisms of adaptation

  • Our research focuses on four main areas: (1) studying the genetic basis of adaptation through the...
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Crowe, Frederick
Emeritus Appointment

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Curtis, Marc
Senior Instructor I

   

Office: 541-737-5287
Davis, Benjamin
Director of Marketing & Communications
Office: 541-737-9134
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de Neve, Amber
Postdoctoral Scholar

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Joseph DeShields
DeShields, Joseph
Faculty Research Assistant & Graduate Student

I assist with research related to grapevine red blotch disease (GRBD) and its causative agent the grapevine red blotch...

Office: 541-930-8421
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Dhakal, Upasana
Postdoctoral Scholar

PI: Jeff Chang

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scientist in the forest with mushrooms
Di Meglio, Joseph

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Di Meglio, Elisa
Sr. Instructor I

   

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Dolja, Valerian
Professor

Virus diversity, origins and evolution

  • Previous research included plant cell biology (functional genomics of plant myosin transport), functional genomics of plant RNA viruses...
Office: 541-737-5472
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Dung, Jeremiah
Associate Professor

Molecular epidemiology, population biology, disease modeling, and integrated disease management

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Daniella Echeverria standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Echeverria, Daniella
Graduate Student

PI: Kenneth Frost

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Elser, Justin
Research Associate

PI: Pankaj Jaiswal

Office: 541-737-2316
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Fager, Daniel
Graduate Student

PI: Dimitre Mollov

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Farthing, Daniel
Graduate Student

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Fieland, Valerie
Faculty Research Assistant

PI: Joseph Spatafora

Office: 541-738-4105
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Foster, Zachary
Courtesy Appointment

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Fowler Jr, John
Professor

Plant cell and developmental biology

  • My primary research interest is in the molecular mechanisms that govern cellular morphogenesis and development in plants.  At the cellular...
Office: 541-737-5307
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Frost, Kenneth
Associate Professor

Ecology and epidemiology, agricultural systems, insect vectored plant pathogens, agricultural microbiome, disease diagnostics and management

Office: 541-567-6337
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Joe Gagne standing outside in Cordley courtyard
Gagne, Joseph
Graduate Student

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Gent, David
Courtesy Appointment

Plant Pathology, Disease Ecology, Disease Epidemiology

  • Our research centers around better understanding the epidemiology and biology of downy mildew and powdery mildew diseases...
Office: 541-738-4167
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Gohar, Daniyal
Postdoctoral Scholar

PI: Jessie Uehling

Goyer, Aymeric
Associate Professor (Sr Res)

Research Interests:

We are studying crops’ gene function related to plant metabolism and plant-microbe molecular interactions with the goal of improving crops’...

Office: 541-737-7123
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Graff, Jason
Associate Professor (Sr Res)

Phytoplankton ecology and physiology, bacteria-phytoplankton interactions, developing and improving methods for investigating marine phytoplankton from the cellular to global scale.

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Gregory, Dylan
Graduate Research Assistant

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Grevstad, Fritzi
Assistant Professor (Sr Res)

Population ecology, invasive species ecology, plant-insect interactions, biological control of weeds.

  • I am interested in the population dynamics and interactions of plants and...
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Grunwald, Niklaus
Professor (Courtesy)

My group develops tools and applies approaches to characterize pathogen emergence.

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Guerrero, Andreas

PI: Jessie Uehling

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Gupta, Parul
Research Associate

PI: Pankaj Jaiswal

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Hagey, Cheryl
Administrative Program Assist - Human Resources

Office: 541-737-5263
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Halliday, Fletcher
Assistant Professor

In the Disease Ecology and Diversity Lab, we study host...

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Halse, Richard
Emeritus Appointment

Taxonomy of the Hydrophyllaceae; ecology and taxonomy of Sidalcea; floristics of Oregon.

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I am interested in the taxonomy of...

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Hamm, Philip
Emeritus Appointment

Identification and control of diseases impacting vegetable and seed crops; understanding impacts to soilborne pathogens following fumigation; diseases caused by Phytophthora sp.;...

Office: 541-567-6337
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David Handy standing outside in Cordley's Courtyard
Handy, David
Postdoctoral Scholar

PI: Aymeric Goyer

Hansen, Everett
Emeritus Appointment

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Linda Hardison standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Hardison, Linda
Assistant Professor (Sr Res)

Director of the Oregon Flora Project

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Smiling scientist in the valley
Hardy, Grace
Graduate Fellow

PI: Jeremiah Dung

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Amy Honan
Honan, Amy
Instructor

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Ingham, Russell
Emeritus Appointment

Biology, ecology, pathology and management of nematodes in potato, onion, and other field crops.

  • Nematodes which live in soil may be plant parasites, insect parasites or feed...
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BPP Graduate Student Pear Intasin in front of a tree
Intasin, Pear

PI: Kenneth Frost...

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Ivanov, Sergey
Assistant Professor

Molecular and Cell Biology of Plant-Microb Interactions. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: Signal Transduction and...

Office: 541-737-9945
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Jacobson, Eleonore
Temp Laboratory Technician 1

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Pankaj Jaiswal
Jaiswal, Pankaj
Professor

Flowering Time, Seed Development, Comparative Plant Genomics, Functional genomics, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Genome Annotation, Biochemical and Regulatory Pathway Databases, Genome...

Office: 541-737-8471
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Jaster, Theodora
Faculty Research Assistant

PI: Linda Hardison

Office: 541-737-2445
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Jefferson, Tanner

PI: Molly Megraw

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Johnson, Kenneth
Academic Wage Appt - Salaried

Plant pathology with emphasis on disease ecology, pathogen detection and integrated management strategies.

Office: 541-737-5249
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Research scientist Emily Johnson
Johnson, Em

PI: Aaron Liston
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Hayden Johnson standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Johnson, Hayden
Postdoctoral Scholar

PI: Jessie Uehling

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Jones, Andy
Associate Professor

Molecular ecology, population ecology, community ecology, tropical ecology.

Office: 541-737-5362
Kaye, Thomas
Courtesy Appointment

My major areas of research are population dynamics of endangered plants and invasive species. This area provides opportunities for experiments with rare species reintroduction, seed germination...

Office: 541-753-3099
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KC, Achala
Associate Professor

Tree fruit and wine grape pathology.

  • Develop a progressive applied research and educational outreach program that address emerging diseases in horticultural crops (tree fruits...
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Koepsell, Paul
Emeritus Appointment

Kronmiller, Brent
Assistant Professor (Sr Res)

Office: 541-737-3611
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Kurth, Ellie
Senior Faculty Research Asst I

PI: Jared LeBoldus

Office: 541-737-2468
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Nichole Laggan standing outside in Cordley courtyard
Laggan, Nichole
Postdoctoral Scholar

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Lan, Yung-Hsiang
Research Associate

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Alexandre Lassagne at OSU Campus
Lassagne, Alexandre
Postdoctoral Scholar

PI: Jared LeBoldus

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LeBoldus, Jared
Associate Professor

Forest pathology; the genomics host-parasite interactions in natural ecosystems; impacts of biotic disturbance on forest structure and function; molecular mechanisms of innate immunity in plants...

Office: 541-737-1907
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Leiboff, Samuel
Assistant Professor

The Leiboff Lab uses quantitative techniques to understand plant development. We are interested in understanding the way the plant assembles its leaves and flowers and the dynamic changes in...

Office: 541-737-5285
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Penelope Lindsay standing outside in Cordley's courtyard
Lindsay, Penelope
Research Associate

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Liston, Aaron
Dir-Herbarium

My research focuses on the application of genomics to plant phylogeny and speciation. I am currently using the strawberry genus (Fragaria) as a model for studying the evolution of...

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Liu, Jiang
Faculty Research Assistant

PI: Christopher Mundt

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Lockman, Irene
Courtesy Appointment

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Lodwick, Jessica
Sr Instructor I

My teaching interests are grounded in the ecological and evolutionary basis of life on earth. I have previously developed and taught courses in animal behavior and scientific writing, with a...

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Loper, Joyce
Emeritus Appointment

 Plant-associated bacteria, biological control of plant diseases, identification and function of bacterial secondary metabolites, and microbial genomics....

Office: 541-737-1097
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Lorang, Jennifer
Sr Instructor I

  

Office: 541-737-5282
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Mahaffee, Walter
Courtesy Appointment

Research focuses on understanding the ecology of microorganisms on plant surfaces, and applying that knowledge to reduce disease development in agronomic settings while enhancing the economic...

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Martin, Robert
Courtesy Appointment

My research focuses on understanding viruses of small fruit crops, developing diagnostic tests for viruses, understanding the epidemiology of viruses to develop control strategies, developing...

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Martin, Nicole
Faculty Research Assistant

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Mc Cune, Bruce
Emeritus Appointment

I work in three overlapping, interdependent areas (see lab website):

  • Tools for analysis of ecological communities and...
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Mc Evoy, Peter
Emeritus Appointment

Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Insect Interactions, Ecology and Biological Control of Invasive Plant Species, Conservation of Plants and Insects

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