Niklaus Grunwald

Courtesy Appointment
grunwaln [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-738-4049

Horticulture Crops Research Lab

3420 NW Orchard Avenue

Corvallis, OR 97331

Our group conducts research on the epidemiology, ecology, evolution, population biology and genetics of Phytophthora species with a current emphasis on the sudden oak death pathogen P. ramorum. For more information, please visit our lab site.

Research Group Members

Faculty Research Assistants/Associates

Caroline Press
Valerie Fieland
Karan Fairchild
Kenny Rolfe

Post-doctoral Scientists

Andrew Tupper
Zach Foster
Fernanda Iruegas-Bocardo
Ricardo Alcalá-Briseño
Martha Sudermann

Gradaute Students

Nick Carleson

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Ag Botany / Plant Path

Headquarters:

OSU Main Campus

Career Links:

USDA ARS HCRU

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology

Grünwald Lab

Student(s):

Nicholas Carleson

Professional Accomplishments

Education:

Ph.D., 1997, Ecology, UC Davis, Davis, CA

Service:

Vice President, American Phytopathological Society (APS), 2021-22.
Founding editor-in-chief, CABI Agriculture and Biosciences, 2019-present.
Editor-in-chief, PhytoFrontiers, 2020-2021.
Chair, American Phytopathological Society (APS) Publications Board, 2013-16; 2016-19.
Editor-in-chief, Phytopathology, 2009-2011.

My Awards

Honors and Awards:

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Seattle, WA, 2020.
Fellow, American Phytopathological Society (APS), 2016
Ruth Allen Award, American Phytopathological Society (APS), 2015
Syngenta Award, American Phytopathological Society (APS), 2007
Young Career Scientist of the Year Award, USDA ARS, Pacific West Area, 2006
Sigma Xi, 1996
Outstanding performance, Undergraduate in Plant Science, UC Davis, 1992
Summa Cum Laude, UC Davis, 1992
Phi Kappa Phi, 1991