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
- Wei Yang: North Willamette Research & Extension Center (NWREC)
- 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
- Mana Ohkura: OSU plant clinic, Director
- 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)
- Betsey Miller (Walton)
- Carolyn Breece (Sagili)
- Jen Holt (Sagili/Melathopoulos)
- Hannah Lucas (Sagili)
USDA-ARS Researchers
- David Bryla: Irrigation & nutrient management
- Michael Hardigan: Caneberry breeding
- Jenyne Loarca: Blueberry & strawberry breeding
- Jana Lee: Entomology
- Man-Yeon Choi: Entomology
- Carolyn Scagel: Mycorrhizae & substrates
- Inga Zasada: Plant pathology
- Virginia Stockwell: Plant pathology
- Walt Mahaffee: Plant pathology
- Jerry Weiland: Plant pathology
- Nik Grunwald: Plant pathology
OSU Extension
- Cassie Bouska: Coos/Curry County
- Heidi Noordijk: NWREC, OSU Small Farms
- Heather Stoven: Yamhill County
- Melissa Fery: Benton/Lane/Linn County
- Maud Powell: Jackson/Josephine County, SOREC (Southern Oregon Research & Extension Center)
- Erica Chernoh: Commercial and community horticulture, Lane and Linn County