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Medina Montes, Maria Camila Research Associate	PI: Sergey Ivanov	Contact person by email
Megraw, Molly Associate Professor	Transcription Factors, machine learning, Arabidopsis, plant natural products, microRNAs/miRNAs, systems biology, synthetic biology My lab works on identifying critical...	Office: 541-737-1118 Contact person by email
Meinke, Robert Courtesy Appointment	Conservation biology of higher plants, particularly involving reproductive ecology and systematics; restoration of extirpated populations; integrating biological data into species management...	Contact person by email
Meints, Russel Emeritus Appointment		Contact person by email
Mickley, James Sr Instructor I	Herbarium Our priceless and irreplaceable collection of plants, fungi, lichens, and algae provides data to allow us to see where species were historically, how...	Office: 541-737-5297 Contact person by email
Mijatovic, Jovana Postdoctoral Scholar	PI: ...	Contact person by email
Milligan, Allen Courtesy Appointment	Allen J. Milligan is a Biological Oceanographer with 67+ publications and over 8,400 citations (as of 01/09/2026). His...	Contact person by email
Mills, Dallice Emeritus Appointment		Contact person by email
Mitchell, Katie Faculty Research Assistant	PI: Linda Hardison	Contact person by email
Moldenke, Andrew Courtesy Appointment	spacer....	Office: 541-737-5496 Contact person by email
Mollov, Dimitre Courtesy Appointment	Formerly from the USDA National Germplasm Resources Laboratory in Beltsville, MD, USDA, Plant Disease Clinic Director at...	Contact person by email
Mondron, Kyle	PI: Jessie Uehling	Contact person by email
Monk, Sara Info Technology Consultant	Web site development and training Manage payment gateway for units selling products	Contact person by email
Muir, Patricia Emeritus Appointment		Office: 541-737-1745 Contact person by email
Mullins, Catherine Office Manager		Office: 541-737-7663 Contact person by email
Mundt, Chris Academic Wage Appt - Salaried	Plant disease epidemiology; host plant resistance; population genetics of plant pathogens; effects of plant genetic diversity on disease and productivity; sustainable agriculture. ...	Office: 541-737-5256 Contact person by email
Naithani, Sushma Associate Professor (Sr Res)	Naithani Lab Area of Expertise: Biocuration of genomic data, plant pathway modeling, systems biology, genomics, cell signaling, plant development, and photosynthesis...	Office: 541-737-8022 Contact person by email
Neat, Abigail	PI: Posy Busby	Contact person by email
Nunnemacher, Heidi Academic Wage Appt - Hourly	PI: David Gent	Contact person by email
Ocamb, Cynthia Professor	Research and Extension Area: Diagnosis and disease management in vegetable and field crops. Primary interests include pathogen biology and disease management. Research emphasis...	Office: 541-737-4020 Contact person by email
Ohkura, Mana Plant Clinic Director & Professor of Practice	Head of the Plant Clinic	Office: 541-737-5542 Contact person by email
Olaya, Cristian Research Associate	PI: Mana Ohkura	Contact person by email
Peper, Alan Postdoctoral Scholar	PI: Jerry Weiland	Contact person by email
Perez-Pazos, Eduardo Postdoctoral Associate	PI: Posy Busby	Contact person by email
Phipps, Savannah	PI: Inga Zasada	Contact person by email
Powell, Jared Farm Operation Manager		Office: (541)737-3435 Contact person by email
Powelson, Mary Emeritus Appointment
Pryor, Barry Professor	Biological and cultural control of disease in field, tree, and vegetable crops Phylogenetic analysis...	Office: 541-737-4314 Contact person by email
Pscheidt, Jay Professor	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: 541-737-5539 Contact person by email
Putnam, Melodie Emeritus Appointment	I am interested in why plants fail, which fits nicely with my position in the OSU Plant Clinic where we diagnose diseases/disorders of plants and...	Office: 541-737-5542 Contact person by email
Pyke, David	Population biology, fire and restoration ecology of arid and semiarid plants in the Intermountain West and development of protocols to assess ecoysystem status. Little is known about...	Office: 541-750-7334 Contact person by email
Raco, Milica Postdoctoral Scholar	PI: Jared LeBoldus	Contact person by email
Rahman, Arafat Postdoctoral Scholar	PI: Alexandra Weisberg
Richardson, Briana Senior Faculty Research Assistant I	PI: David Gent...	Contact person by email
Richardson, Hayley		Contact person by email
Rickson, Fred Emeritus Appointment
Rivedal, Hannah Courtesy Status	As a USDA-ARS Research Plant Pathologist, my research program focuses on finding solutions to plant pathology challenges facing the forage seed, grass seed, and hemp industries of the Pacific...	Contact person by email
Rivin, Carol Emeritus Appointment	Molecular genetics of maize; genetic programs controlling plant development; regulation of gene expression during embryogenesis. Description of Research My...	Contact person by email
Rojas, Justine Postdoctoral Scholar		Contact person by email
Romero Jimenez, Maria Jose	PI: Posy Busby	Contact person by email
Rothwell, Gar Courtesy Appointment	Studies of fossil and living land plants are directed toward a fuller understanding of phylogeny and evolution. These are explored using data from morphological, anatomical, ultrastructural,...	Contact person by email
Ruggiero, Diana	PI: Samuel Leiboff	Contact person by email
Russell, Sterling Emeritus Appointment
Sandlin, Isaac Courtesy Appointment	I am a conservation botanist with the State of Oregon's Native Plant Conservation Program, housed at the Oregon...	Office: 9713457452 Contact person by email
Scagel, Carolyn Courtesy Appointment		Office: 541-738-4063 Contact person by email
Sirova, Dagmara Courtesy Appointment		Contact person by email
Smiley, Richard Emeritus Appointment	Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center 48037 Tubbs Ranch Rd. Adams, OR 97810	Contact person by email
Smyth, Johanna Sr Instructor I		Office: 541-737-4397 Contact person by email
Soeldner, Alfred Emeritus Appointment		Contact person by email
Sondreli, Kelsey Research Associate	PI: Jared LeBoldus	Contact person by email
Spatafora, Joseph Department Head	Mycology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Fungi Research in our laboratory is focused on ecology and evolutionary biology of fungi. Current research...	Office: 541-737-5305 Contact person by email
Spotts, Robert Emeritus Appointment		Office: 541-386-2030 Contact person by email
Stamm, Elizabeth Faculty Research Assistant	PI: Jared LeBoldus ...	Office: 541-737-4799 Contact person by email
Stockey, Ruth Courtesy Appointment	Paleobotany Whole plant biology of fossil plants and their use in phylogenetic analysis. Evolution of ferns, gymnosperms, and aquatic angiosperms. ...	Contact person by email
Stockwell, Virginia Courtesy Appointment	Integrated management of bacterial plant diseases with an emphasis in biological control. My research focuses on utilizing biological control agents as a disease management...	Contact person by email
Stone, Jeffrey Courtesy Appointment	Mycology, ecology and systematics of fungal endophytes; taxonomy, ecology and infection biology of fungal parasites of conifers and other woody hosts; taxonomy and systematics of...	Office: 541-737-5260 Contact person by email
Studebaker, Gabrielle		Contact person by email
Sudermann, Martha Postdoctoral Scholar	PI: Jeff Chang	Contact person by email
Sugar, David Emeritus Appointment		Office: 541-772-5165 Contact person by email
Syring, Kimberly		Contact person by email
Thomas, Duncan Teaching/Summer Session	spacer.gif...	Contact person by email
Thomas, William Sr Research Associate I	PI: Cynthia Ocamb	Contact person by email
Trappe, James Courtesy Appointment	Taxonomy of hypogeous fungi; floristics of alpine fungi; mycorrhizal ecology and applications; fungal-animal interactions...	Contact person by email
Uehling, Jessie Associate Professor	My research Lab website Academic website...	Contact person by email
Valentine, Don Bio Science Research Tech 2	PI: Virginia Stockwell	Contact person by email
Vargas Gastelum, Lluvia Research Associate	PI: Joseph Spatafora...	Contact person by email
Vargas Gutiérrez, German Assistant Professor	Research interests: Plant ecophysiology, tropical ecology, forest resilience, ecological modeling, climate change, plant hydraulics, ecological forecasting. ...	Contact person by email
Vejlupkova, Zuzana Senior Faculty Research AsstII	PI: John Fowler	Office: 541-737-5295 Contact person by email
Vergara, Melissa	PI: Posy Busby	Contact person by email
Walker, Donald Courtesy Appointment		Contact person by email
Watson, Kassondra	PI: M ichael Behrenfeld...	Contact person by email
Weiland, Jerry Courtesy Appointment	I am a research plant pathologist working for USDA-ARS in Corvallis, Oregon. The goal of our laboratory is to conduct applied and basic research that helps growers control nursery plant diseases...	Office: 541-442-2183 Contact person by email
Weisberg, Alexandra Assistant Professor	Evolution of Plant/Microbe Interactions We work to understand how plants and microbes interact, as well as the role of mobile genetic elements in these symbioses. We use genomics,...	Office: (541) 737-7003 Contact person by email
Westberry, Toby Associate Professor (Sr Res)	Ocean color remote sensing and bio-optics; Marine phytoplankton, primary production, physiology, biogeochemical cycling My research investigates the role and functioning of...	Office: 541-737-5274 Contact person by email
Wilson, Mark Emeritus Appointment		Contact person by email
Wingfield, Joshua		Contact person by email
Wiseman, Michele	PI: David Gent	Contact person by email
Wolpert, Thomas Emeritus Appointment	Biochemistry and molecular biology of host-parasite interactions. We are attempting to understand the interactions that occur between a plant host and its microbial parasite at...	Contact person by email
Zaccaron, Alex Postdoctoral Scholar	PI: Alexandra Weisberg	Contact person by email
Zasada, Inga Courtesy Appointment	Develop economic thresholds for plant-parasitic nematodes important to small fruits and understand under which conditions these thresholds apply. Develop production systems...	Contact person by email
Zebosi, Brian Postdoctoral Scholar	PI: Samuel Leiboff
Zobel, Donald Emeritus Appointment	Recent Publications Zobel, D.B. and J.A. Antos. 2009. Species properties and recovery from disturbance: Forest herbs buried by volcanic tephra. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: ...	Contact person by email

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