WRCEFS Team and Partners

Principal Investigator/co-Principal Investigators

headshot of Jovana Kovacevic

Jovana Kovacevic
Oregon State University (PI)

Joy Waite-Cusic
Oregon State University

Tom Dean

Tom Dean
New Mexico State University

Erin DiCaprio

Erin DiCaprio
University of California at Davis

Girish Ganjyal

Girish Ganjyal
Washington State University

Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez

Eduardo Gutierrez-Rodriguez
Colorado State University

Claire Murphy

Claire Murphy
Washington State University

Lendel Narine

Lendel Narine
Utah State University

Ragini Reddyvari

Ragini Reddyvari
Oregon State University

Channah Rock

Channah Rock
University of Arizona

Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith
Washington State University

Kylie Tavares

Kylie Tavares
University of Hawaii-Manoa

Sharon Wages

Sharon Wages
University of Hawaii-Manoa

Qingyang Wang

Qingyang Carly Wang
Oregon State University

Xu Yang- Assistant Professor at Cal Poly Pomona

Xu Yang
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Non-governmental organizations

Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association logo
California Certified Organic Farmers
Community Alliance with Family Farmers logo
Tilth Alliance: Where good food grows

Previous co-PIs

Dave Stone
Oregon State University

Image of Christina DeWitt, Director of OSU Seafood Research and Education Center, Food Science and Technology

Christina DeWitt
Oregon State University

Robert McGorrin

Robert McGorrin
Oregon State University

Alda Pires

Alda Pires
University of California at Davis

Faith Critzer

Faith Critzer
Washington State University

Jensen Y Uyeda

Jensen Uyeda
University of Hawaii-Manoa

Additional Western States Partners

  • University of Alaska (Casey Matney)
  • University of Arizona (Natalie Brassill)
  • Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (Heather Branvold-Faber, Dena Cologgi)
  • Colorado State University (Martha Sullins, Beth LaShell)
  • Montana State University (Claude Smith)
  • Nevada Department of Agriculture (Kailey Keenan-Garren, Alexa Johnson, Leycha Ortiz)
  • New Mexico Department of Agriculture (Emily Harris)
  • New Mexico State University (Janet Witte)
  • Oregon Department of Agriculture (Susanna Pearlstein)
  • Utah State University (Karin Allen, Jose Brandao)
  • University of California, Davis (Linda Harris, Luxin Wang)
  • University of Guam (Jian Yang)
  • University of Idaho (Ariel Agenbroad)
  • University of Hawaii (Joshua Silva, Jensen Uyeda, Emilie Kirk)
  • University of Nevada, Reno (Jill Moe)
  • Washington State University (Cathy Blood)
  • Washington State Department of Agriculture (Thane Tupper)