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Brewer, Linda Academic Wage Appt - Salaried |
Technical Writer and Project Manager I manage multiple research grants in the College of Agricultural Sciences, including:... |
Office: 541-737-1408 Contact person by email |
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Bryla, David Courtesy Status |
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Office: 541-738-4094 Contact person by email |
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Dalton, Daniel |
Primary responsibilities include:
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Davis, Amanda Senior Faculty Research Assistant II |
Amanda has been a Faculty Research Assistant for the berry crop production/physiology research program in the Department of Horticulture and the NWREC (led by Dr. Scott Lukas and formerly Dr.... |
Office: 971-801-0394 Contact person by email |
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Dixon, Emily Instructor |
I develop and support online berry classes, including the Pruning and Training of Berries, Kiwifruit, and Grapes series; Blueberry Physiology, Production Systems, and Management; and HORT 456/... |
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Fernandez-Salvador, Javier |
Small Farms, Specialty Crops (Small Fruits & Berries and Tree Fruit - Olives), Soil and Plant Fertility and Nutrition, Organic Production. Marion County, Polk County |
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Finn, Chad Courtesy Appointment, Research Geneticist & Small Fruit Breeder |
Our research program has three primary objectives:
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Office: 541-738-4037 Contact person by email |
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Lee, Jana Courtesy Status |
Our team studies arthropod pests of small fruits and ornamental crops. We focus on biologically-based approaches such as biological control (predators, parasitoids), characterizing host... |
Office: 541-738-4110 Contact person by email |
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Lukas, Scott Northwest Berry Production and Management Professor |
Dr. Scott Lukas is an Associate Professor holding the Endowed Professorship for Northwest Berry Production and Management. This position is responsible for the design, development,... |
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Melathopoulos, Andony Associate Professor |
I have wide interests in the area of keeping native and managed bees healthy in working and natural landscapes. A major area of my work focuses on how pesticide applicators understand... |
Office: 541-452-3038 Contact person by email |
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Miller, Betsey Senior Instructor I |
I teach an undergraduate course in entomology. My goal in teaching entomology to non-entomologists is to provide insight into a group of organisms that is largely ignored. The vast and... |
Office: 541-737-3913 Contact person by email |
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Moretti, Marcelo Associate Professor |
4017 Agriculture & Life Sciences Building... |
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Morris, Alexis Office Specialist 2 |
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Office: 541-737-5480 Contact person by email |
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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 |
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Putnam, Melodie Senior Instructor II |
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 |
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Sagili, Ramesh Professor |
To promote sustainable apiculture and pollination, our research program focuses on three prime areas: (1) honey bee health (2) honey bee nutrition and (3) honey bee pollination... |
Office: 541-737-5460 Contact person by email |
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Stephenson, Garry Dir-Ctr Sm Farms/Comm Food Sys |
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... |
Office: 541-737-5833 Contact person by email |
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Strik, Bernadine Emeritus Appointment |
Bernadine’s extension, research, and teaching programs focused on physiology and production systems of berry crops. She also served as the OSU lead on the USDA/ARS-OSU Cooperative Berry Crops... |
Office: 541-737-5434 Contact person by email |
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Sullivan, Dan Emeritus Appointment |
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Wada, Sugae |
Expertise research areas in Plant Science ********************************** Horticulture, Botany & Plant Pathology, Plant Anatomy & Systematics, Seed Biology &... |
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Walton, Vaughn Professor |
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Office: 5417404149 Contact person by email |
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Zhao, Yanyun CAS Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs /University Distinguished Professor, Food Science and Technology |
In the Zhao research lab we aim to increase the sustainability of food processing and packaging through technology innovations by focusing on:
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People
It takes a team of people from many different specialties to help solve new and emerging issues facing the berry industry.
See who is working on various projects where you live and how to get in contact with them.
OSU Researchers
- Scott Lukas: Berry crops research leader & extension specialist
- Bernadine Strik: Professor Emeritus, berry crops
- Vaughn Walton: Entomology (SWD and BMSB)
- Jay Pscheidt: Plant pathology
- Ramesh Sagili: Honey bees & pollinators
- Andony Melathopoulos: Pollinator ecology & ecotoxicology
- Marcelo Moretti: Weed science
- Dan Sullivan: Soil science (professor Emeritus)
- Garry Stephenson: Small farms specialist, Crop & Soils Science
- Melodie Putnam: OSU plant clinic
- Yanyun Zhao: Value added foods, Food Science & Technology
- Michael Qian: Flavor chemistry & technology, Food Science & Technology
Faculty Research Assistants & Instructors
- Amanda Davis (Lukas)
- Patrick Jones (Lukas)
- Emily Dixon (Lukas)
- Betsey Miller (Walton)
- Carolyn Breece (Sagili)
- Jen Holt (Sagili/Melathopoulos)
- Hannah Lucas (Sagili)
USDA-ARS Researchers
- David Bryla: Irrigation & nutrient management
- Claire Luby: Blueberry breeding
- Michael Hardigan: Caneberry breeding
- Jana Lee: Entomology
- Man-Yeon Choi: Entomology
- Carolyn Scagel: Mycorrhizae & substrates
- Inga Zasada: Plant pathology
- Jungmin Lee: Food technology
- Virginia Stockwell: Plant pathology
- Walt Mahaffee: Plant pathology
- Jerry Weiland: Plant pathology
- Nik Grunwald: Plant pathology
OSU Extension
- Wei Yang: North Willamette Research & Extension Center (NWREC)
- Cassie Bouska: Coos/Curry County
- Nick Andrews: OSU Organic Agriculture, Extension Small Farms
- Heidi Noordijk: NWREC, OSU Small Farms
- Heather Stoven: Yamhill County
- Melissa Fery: Benton/Lane/Linn County
- Amy Garrett: Benton/Linn County
- Maud Powell: Jackson/Josephine County, SOREC (Southern Oregon Research & Extension Center)
- Clare Sullivan: Small farms & Community food systems, Crook/Deschutes/Josephine County
- Erica Chernoh: Commercial and community horticulture, Lane and Linn County
