Environmental Sciences Graduate Faculty

Below you will find a list of faculty that have served as major professors for Environmental Science Graduate students in the past.  The Department headings will take you to our list of faculty for that department. Prospective graduate students need not limit themselves to this list when searching for a major professors.  The icons ۩  link directly to department websites where a more thorough search of professors and research can be conducted.  A visit to the OSU Research website is also a good place to start looking for a major professor.

Environmental Science Graduate Faculty by Department

Name Email Department Research
Abbott Mark mark@coas.oregonstate.edu COAS Biological and physical processes in the upper ocean
Achterman, Gail gail.achterman@oregonstate.edu Inst. for Natural Resources Application of science to public policy making, community-based collaborative natural resource management methods, public land law and policy, water law and policy.
Adams, Richard richard.adams@oregonstate.edu AREC economic effects of air and water pollution, the implications of climate change for agriculture and water resources, and the tradeoffs between agricultural activity and environmental quality
Adamus, Paul adamus7@comcast.net COAS wetland ecology
Arnold Stevan arnolds@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology evolutionary processes and pattern in natural populations, mainly on snakes and salamanders
Bachelet, Dominique bachelet@fsl.orst.edu Biological and Economic Engineering Dynamic Vegetation Model MC1,
Biogeochemical cycling, Potential vegetation distribution, Dynamic Fire Modeling
Baham John john.baham@oregonstate.edu Crop & Soil Science Soil geochemistry
Beatty Joseph beattyj@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Vertebrate ecology with particular emphasis on plethodontid salamanders and lizards.
Bechert Ursula ursula.bechert@oregonstate.edu Animal Sciences Wildlife Medicine
Bella David bella@proaxis.com Civil Engineering environmental and technological impact assessments; environmental impacts, global climate change, nuclear waste disposal, space-based weaponry, and disposal of chemical munitions
Bishaw Badge badege.bishaw@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Agroforestry and social forestry; riparian management agricultural lands; international forestry.
Blaustein Andrew blaustea@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Behavioral and population ecology: social systems and kin recognition; vertebrate ecology and behavior; conservation biology, especially amphibians.
Boersma Larry larry.boersma@oregonstate.edu Crop & Soil Science Soil sciences/ plant-water relations
Bolte John john.bolte@orst.edu Bioengineering Ecological Modeling
Bond Barbara Barbara.Bond@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Plant Ecology, Physiological Ecology, Roles of Vegetation in Hydrological Cycles
Borer, Elizabeth borer@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology the ways in which trophic interactions and resource productivity influence community composition. My approach to understanding communities lies at the interface between quantitative ecological theory and real systems
Bormann Bernard bernard.bormann@oregonstat.edu Forest Science Long-term Ecosystem Productivity
Bowman James james.bowman@oregonstate.edu
Fish & Wildlife Warmwater aquaculture; food fish production; semi-intensive pond culture systems; aquaculture research and extension; international aquaculture development, research and extension.
Bradshaw, Gay mailto:gay.bradshaw@kerulos.org Other Wildlife sociality, animal cultures, psychophysiological stress in long-lived species
Buckhouse John John.C.Buckhouse@oregonstate.edu Rangeland Resources Arid Land Ecology and/or Watershed Management
Burgett D. Michael burgettm@science.oregonstate.edu Horticulture  
Burnett, Kelly Kelly.Burnett@oregonstate.edu
Fisheries & Wildlife Salmonid Ecology, Disturbance Ecology, Landscape Ecology
Compton Jana compton.jana@epa.gov Forest Science/ EPA
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Soil microbial processes
  • Impacts of present and past land use on nutrient and organic matter dynamics
  • Role of plant species in soil and watershed processes
  • Use of stable isotopes as tracers and integrators of ecosystem processes
Conway Flaxen flaxen.conway@oregonstate.edu Sea Grant Extension Coping with change and transition,
Personal and group leadership education,
Cooperative learning and research
Cordray Sheila scordray@oregonstate.edu Sociology Science and Technology in Social Context
Cramer Lori lcramer@oregonstate.edu Sociology Natural Resource Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Social Impact Assessment,
Rural Sociology
Cromack Kermit kermit.cromack@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Forest Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Soil Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Mycorrhizal Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Fire Ecology
Cuenca Richard cuenca@engr.orst.edu
Bioengineering
  • system analysis
  • Irrigation system design
  • Evapotranspiration analysis
  • Soil water and physical property analysis
Dalton David david.dalton@reed.edu Reed College Biology Plant physiology; biological nitrogen fixation; forest ecophysiology
DeWitt, Ted Dewitt.Ted@epamail.epa.gov EPA, COAS Ecology of estuarine and marine benthic invertebrates, populations and communities and their responses to anthropogenic stressors. With special emphais on: ecology of ecosystem engineering species in estuarine and oceanic environments; role of benthic organisms in estuarine food webs, nutrient cycling, and production; remote sensing methods and landscape ecology of sea floor habitats; effects of persistent chemical contaminants on benthic invertebrates
Doel, Ronald rdoel@oregonstate.edu History history of recent science, environmental history, and the international relations of science
Doescher Paul paul.doescher@oregonstate.edu Rangeland Resources Plant Ecology-emphasis on restoration in rangeland and forest ecogystems on the Intermountain West
Dragila Maria maria.dragila@oregonstate.edu Crop and Soil Science Soil physics, vados zone hydrology
Ebersole, Joseph ebersolj@onid.orst.edu Fisheries & Wildlife Fish-habitat relationships, Restoration, Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, Ecological literacy in contemporary culture
Egna, Hillary egnah@onid.orst.edu Aquaculture CRSP  
Engle, Molly molly.engle@oregonstate.edu Extension Family and Community Development
  • Methodology
  • Research and design
  • Data analysis
  • Human subjects application
Enochs Larry enochsl@onid.orst.edu Science & Math Education

Science Teacher Improvement in Teaching; Self-Efficacy of Inservice Teachers of Science; Research on the Implementation of Staff Development Projects Involving Systemic Change; Continued Development and Validation of Self-Efficacy Instruments; Development of Communities of Learners in Schools; Development of Early Childhood Science Teaching Activities; Preservice Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Interns; Enhancing Middle Students Interest and Self-Efficacy in Careers in Mathematics and Science

Esbensen Steven esbensen@coas.oregonstate.edu COAS  
Ford Jesse Jesse.Ford@oregonstate.edu Fish & Wildlife Paleoecology, Contaminant Biogeochemistry
Garcia, Tiffany tiffany.garcia@oregonstate.edu Fish & Wildlife Animal Behavior, Aquatic Ecology, Agro-ecosystems, Herpetology, Community Ecology
Garono, Ralph garonor@onid.orst.ed COAS Factors that control the abundance and distribution of organisms in freshwater and estuarine ecosystem
Giebultowicz Jadwiga giebultj@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Regulation of Gene Expresion; Molecular Basis of Biological Clocks; Drosophila; Circadian Rhythms; Insect Physiology
Gonzales-Berry Erlinda egonzales-berry@oregonstate.edu Ethnic Studies Chicano and Nuevomexicano literature and culture; immigration from Mexico to the U.S.
Gregory Stanley stanley.gregory@oregonstate.edu
Fish & Wildlife Stream ecosystems: channel dynamics, woody debris, water chemistry, benthic algae, invertebrates, fish, salamanders, and riparian vegetation. Landscape perspectives for stream ecosystems. Influence of human activities on ecosystem structure and function. Historical reconstruction of rivers and riparian forests. Development of restoration perspectives and practices that are consistent with natural stream processes.
Griffith Stephen griffits@onid.orst.edu Crop & Soil Science Sustainable grass seed cropping systems, plant N nutrition, N and C cycling, environmental impacts
Gross Joan jgross@oregonstate.edu
anthropology Language Issues and the Esatblishment of Secure Food Webs
Hacker, Sally hackers@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Mechanisms important to plant species diversity and productivity in salt marsh and rocky intertidal communities; Invasion and restoration dynamics of invasive estuarine and dune grasses in the Pacific Northwest; Interactions of shellfish aquaculture on estuarine eelgrass productivity and recovery.
Hall Roberta rhall@oregonstate.edu anthropology health, prehistory, human biology, culture, and skeletal biology
Halse Richard halser@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Taxonomy of the Hydrophyllaceae; ecology and taxonomy of Sidalcea; floristics of Oregon.
Hansen Everett hansene@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Forest pathology, the biology and management of forest tree diseases; population biology of forest fungi; ecology, taxonomy and phylogenetics of Phytophthora
Harding Anna anna.harding@oregonstate.edu Public Health Environmental health, including water quality, environmental contamination and public health interventions, and community involvement
Harmon Mark Mark.Harmon@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Carbon dynamics, forest growth and production, disturbance, ecology, landuse, history and effects
Heppell Selina selina.heppell@oregonstate.edu Fish & Wildlife Population ecology, marine fisheries ecology, conservation biology, life history evolution
Hixon Mark hixonm@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Marine ecology and conservation biology. Behavioral, population, and community ecology, especially of coastal marine fishes
Hogsett William hogsett.william@epa.gov EPA  
Jaeger William WJaeger@oregonstate.edu AREC Economic policy, applied welfare analysis and institutional economics. Current interests include interactions between agriculture and the environment
Jarvis, Todd todd.jarvis@oregonstate.edu Institute for Water and Watersheds groundwater development and source water protection with emphasis in fractured rock and karst terranes, transboundary aquifers, environmental conflict resolution, and education in water science and policy
Jenkins, Jeffrey jenkinsj@ace.orst.edu Environmental and Molecular Toxicology impact of pesticide use on air and water quality, studies designed to investigate human and wildlife exposure as a result of pesticide use in both agricultural and urban settings, studies which investigate how sub-lethal exposures effect fitness and survival, and studies that may assist in the development of technologies that mitigate adverse human and environmental impacts
Jensen Edward ed.jensen@oregonstate.edu Forest Resources natural resource education, forest ecology
Jepson Paul jepsonp@science.oregonstate.edu Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Invertebrate ecology: population biology; metapopulation dynamics; predator-prey interactions ,  Agroecology and sustainable agriculture: conservation biological control; ecologically-based pest management practices; practices that mitigate pesticide side-effects ,  Ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment: impacts of pesticides or other anthropogenic products, on terrestrial or stream invertebrates; population level risk assessment
Johnson Douglas douglas.e.johnson@oregonstate.edu Rangeland Resources invasive species, The Effect of Topogrophy, Vegetation, Weather, and Climate on Cattle
Distribution on the San Joaquin Experimental Range
Johnson Sherri johnsons@fsl.orst.edu
Fish & Wildlife Landscape influences on streams: stream-forest interactions; abiotic factors (hydrology, temperature, geomorphology, others) which influence stream biota and stream ecosystem functions; network/patch dynamics; hierarchical analysis of effects of scale of observation on our understanding of the process under study.
Jolles, Anna jollesa@science.oregonstate.edu Veterinary Medicine ecology of infectious diseases with the aim of providing knowledge and theoretical foundations relevant to public and veterinary health, and biological conservation
Jones Julia jonesj@geo.orst.edu Geosciences Streamflow response to forest harvest, soil spatial variability, landscape scale patterns and processes of disturbance
Kann, Jacob jacobkann@aol.com Klamath Basin Rangeland Trust ecological research pertaining to limnology, fisheries, wetland, and watershed dynamics, ecology and deynamics of toxic algal blooms, lake and reservoir restoration and management, ecosystem restoration projects
Kaye Thomas kayet@peak.org Botany Plant demography, plant conservation biology, habitat restoration (prairie, coastal, forest, serpentine soils, etc.), endangered plant species restoration and reintroduction, interactions with invasive alien species, fire ecology
Kentula Mary kentula.mary@epa.gov Botany Monitoring and assessment of wetlands at regional and watershed scales. Restoration ecology, especially as it applies to wetlands.
Khanna Sunil skhanna@orst.edu anthropology interrelations of biology, culture, gender, and health in South Asia and among ethnic minorities in the US
King, Jonathan jonathan.king@bus.oregonstate.edu Business business managment
Kingston Deanna deanna.kingston@orst.edu anthropology folklore, oral traditions, ethnohistory, symbolic anthropology, and visual anthropology of Native Peoples of North America
Klingeman Peter peter.klingeman@oregonstate.edu Civil Engineering hydrology; river hydraulics, sediment transport and channel morphology; hydraulic structures; hydropower; fish habitat and fish passage engineering; environmental impact assessment and mitigation; and river resource planning and management.
Lach Denise denise.lach@oregonstate.edu Sociology Environmental Natural Resource Sociology,
Applied Sociology including social impact assessment, program evaluation, and organizational development,
Organizational Sociology,
Water Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Lackey Robert Robert.Lackey@oregonstate.edu
Fish & Wildlife Alternative ecological futures, salmon restoration, ecosystem management, ecological risk assessment, interface between science and policy
Lajtha Kate lajthak@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Nutrient cycling in natural and human-disturbed ecosystems, soil organic matter dynamics, forest biogeochemistry
Law, Beverly bev.law@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Ecosystem processes, including carbon and water cycling as influenced by climate and disturbance; processes contributing to whole ecosystem CO 2 and water vapor exchange measured by the eddy covariance method; remote sensing of canopy structure; modeling ecosystem processes in response to climate and disturbance
Lesser Virginia lesser@science.oregonstate.edu Statistics
  • Sampling
  • Survey Methodology
  • Environmental Statistics
  • Applied Statistics
Lev Larry larry.s.lev@orst.edu Agric & Resource Econ crop marketing, sustainable agriculture, and international development. Extension/research activities focus on decision support system development for commodity marketing management, development of participatory methods for examining natural resource issues, and analysis of government farm programs
Lillie Robert lillier@geo.orst.edu Geosciences Structure and evolution of collisional mountain ranges; presenting geology to the public in national parks
Lubchenco, Jane lubchenco@oregonstate.edu Zoology interactions between humans and the environment: biodiversity, climate change, sustainability science, ecosystem services, marine reserves, coastal marine ecosystems, the state of the oceans and of the planet
Luna John lunaj@hort.oregonstate.edu
Horticulture Conservation tillage and cropping systems, Biological control and Integrated pest management, Agricultural ecology, Applied entomology and insect ecology
Lunch William blunch@oregonstate.edu Political Science
  • American Politics and Public Policy
  • Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
  • Northwest Regional Politics and Policy
Lytle David david.lytle@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology evolutionary ecology to understand how aquatic organisms are shaped by disturbances such as floods, droughts, and dams. Empirically most of our focus is on aquatic insects, but lab members also work on projects involving riparian trees and freshwater fish
Marshall, Christopher marshach@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Insect Morphology, Systematics and Biogeography with an emphasis on beetles (Coleoptera).
Mason Robert masonr@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology interrelationships among natural products chemistry, behavioral biology, reproductive endocrinology, and ecology
Matzke Gordon matzkeg@geo.orst.edu Geosciences Biotic Resources, Human Wildlife Interface
McCune Bruce bruce.mccune@oregonstate.edu Science Lichenology, multivariate statistics in ecology
McEvoy Peter mcevoyp@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Insect Interactions, Ecology and Biological Control of Invasive Plant Species, Conservation of Plants and Insects
Miller, Richard richard.miller@oregonstate.edu EOARC (1) the impacts of juniper expansion on plant community dynamics and avian populations, (2) juniper woodland chronology, (3) dynamics and ecology of old growth juniper woodlands, (4) impacts of fire on plant community structure, composition, and on avian, small mammal, and lepidoptera populations, (5) fire history of the sagebrush steppe, and (5) age structure and conifer succession in aspen communities.
Milligan, Allen Allen.Milligan@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Application of cellular-scale molecular and biochemical studies of microalgae, bacteria and corals to environmental questions about ecosystem function and global change
Moldenke Andrew moldenka@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Plant/insect interactions; pollination ecology; soil invertebrates and nutrient cycling; taxonomy of Coleoptera; behavioral evolution of bees; biological diversity and food-web structure.
Moore, Mark mmoore@oregonstate.edu Speech Communication rhetorical criticism, political communication, public address, and argumentation.
Muir Patricia muirp@science.oregonstate.edu Botany

Effects of land management practices on plant population and community ecology; effects of air pollutants on plants; chemistry of fogwater; fire ecology.

Mundt Christopher mundtc@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Plant disease epidemiology; host plant resistance; population genetics of plant pathogens; sustainable agriculture.
Myrold David david.myrold@oregonstate.edu Crop & Soil Science Research projects are on N dynamics in forest ecosystems; use of stable isotopes for quantifying N cycle processes; ecology of Frankia in soil; functional diversity of soil microbial communities
Neilson, Ronald neilsonr@fsl.oregonstate.edu Botany

Climate-Biosphere interactions, Biogeography, Dynamic ecosystem simulation, Disturbance modeling: landscape-global.

Noller, Jay jay.noller@oregonstate.edu Crop & Soil Science temporal and spatial variability in soil development along the Saharan ecotone including the investigation of co-evolution of landscape and culture; soil geomorphological -- soil biogeochemical; the impact of El Niño on soil development on the west coast of the Americas
Nolin Anne nolina@geo.oregonstate.edu Geosciences Cryosphere-climate interactions, snow hydrology, remote sensing of snow and ice, surface energy balance modeling, radiative transfer modeling, digital image processing
Olson Deanna dede.olson@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Conservation biology, behavioral ecology, population and coomunity ecology of anphibians and salmonid fishes, effects of forest management practices, landscape designs and policies on aquatic-dependent vertebrates
Olson Robert robert.olson@oregonstate.edu Fish & Wildlife

Research interests involve the parasites and diseases of marine fishes and invertebrates. Of particular interest are microsporidian and helminth parasites especially with regard to the ecological factors that influence the distribution and prevalence of these organisms in estuarine and marine environments. Studies have focused on pleuronectid flatfishes, salmonids and crustaceans including Dungeness crabs.

Olszyk David olszyk.david@epamail.epa.gov US EPA, Crop and Soil Science Environmental stresses and plant physiology productivity and ecology
Perakis Steven steven.perakis@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Ecosystem Response to Human Accelerated Environmental Change, Watershed and Comparative Ecosystem Studies, Stable Isotopes
Peters Kurt kpeters@oregonstate.edu Ethnic Studies twentieth century Native American experience and Native American wage labor
Pyke David david a pyke@usgs.gov Rangeland Resources Population biology and restoration ecology of arid and semiarid plants in the Intermountain West and development of protocols to assess status of rangelands.
Radosevich Steven Steve.Radosevich@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Forest Ecology, Sustainable Forestry, Invasive Plant Species
Ramsey Fred ramsey@science.oregonstate.edu Statistics Wildlife survey methods, biometry, statistical ecology, time series analysis, stochastic processes, and environmental statistics
Rao Sujaya sujaya@oregonstate.edu Crop & Soil Science Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions
Robinson W. Douglas douglas.robinson@oregonstate.edu Fish & Wildlife Wildlife ecology, particularly relating to songbirds and their conservation; life histories; tropical ecology; arid lands ecology
Rosenberger Nancy nrosenberger@oregonstate.edu anthropology The Dynamics of Local, Natural and Organic Foods in Japan: Production, Distribution and Consumption; Food Systems; Power and Resistance
Rosenfeld Charles rosenfec@geo.orst.edu Geosciences Volcanic hazards research in the Cascade mountains, drought management in west Africa, shoreline erosion, and storm induced mass wasting events in both Oregon and Korea
Rossignol Philippe Phil.Rossignol@oregonstate.edu Fish & Wildlife Mathematical ecology, parasitology
Rowe Shawn shawn.rowe@oregonstate.edu Sea Grant Extension Investigating how talk and activity work together to help people absorb and make sense of what they see in history and science museums; Free-Choice Learning
Rushdi, Ahmed arushdi@coas.oregonstate.edu COAS
  • Chemical equilibria in natural waters; carbon dioxide system in marine environment; chemical behavior of mixed solids in solutions; application of thermodynamic equilibrium models in complex electrolyte solutions.
  • Biogeochemistry of organic matter in hydrothermal systems; abiotic formation of organic compounds under hot aqueous conditions; fate of organic pollutants in environment.
Sahr Robert robert.sahr@oregonstate.edu Political Science Political communication, especially media coverage of presidents and of such complex public policy topics as economics, budget, taxes, and energy; The presidency, especially public approval and media coverage, and analyses of the Electoral College process for electing presidents; Public opinion and political information; Economic, tax, and budget policy; Long-term trends in US politics and policy, using dollar figures adjusted for inflation;Public opinion and political information of Oregon residents
Santelmann Mary santelmm@geo.oregonstate.edu Geosciences 1) Ecosystem response to human land use and management practices; use of alternative future scenarios combined with diverse evaluative approaches
2) Environmental and anthropogenic influences on species composition and species richness in agricultural, urban and wetland ecosystems, including effects of landscape composition and pattern on native biodiversity
3) Ecology and biogeochemistry of wetlands and riparian systems
Seabloom, Eric seabloom@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology
  • Effects of nutrient supply and climate change on communities of viral plant pathogens in grasslands
  • Mechanisms and ecosystem implications of invasion in grasslands
  • Continental-scale patterns of species extinctions and invasions
  • Effects of nutrient additions and trophic interactions on plant communities
  • Interactions between animal behavior and plant community dynamics
  • Effects of water-level fluctuations on wetland plant communities
Sharrow Steven Steven.H.Sharrow@oregonstate.edu Rangeland Resources Agroforestry, Rangeland Ecology
Sherr Evelyn sherre@coas.oregonstate.edu COAS roles of heterotrophic microbes, bacteria and phagotrophic protists, in the ecology of marine pelagic ecosystems
Shindler Bruce bruce.shindler@orst.edu Forest Resources social values of natural resources, public agency-community interactions, social aspects of wildland fire management, communication strategies
Simoneit Bernd simoneit@coas.oregonstate.edu COAS  
Simonich, Staci staci.simonich@oregonstate.edu Environmental & Molecular Toxicology
  • Regional and global environmental fate, transport, and deposition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere, aquatic, and terrestrial compartments.
  • Novel and improved analytical methods and techniques for studying the fate of semi-volatile organic contaminants in the environment.
  • Validation of regional and global environmental fate models for semi-volatile organic compounds.
Smith Courtland csmith@orst.edu anthropology Watershed, Fisheries, Forestry Use and Management Issues
Spatafora, Joseph spatafoj@science.oregonstate.edu Botany molecular systematics and population genetics of fungi with particular emphases include the evolutionary biology of fungal symbioses as they relates to the evolution of host shifts, the phylogenetic integration of ecologically disparate groups of fungi, and population genetics of closely related organisms with different reproductive life histories.
Steel Brent bsteel@oregonstate.edu Political Science Social Science, Environmental Education (but only PhD students)
Swanson Frederick fred.swanson@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Geomorphology; Erosion and other disturbances in forest and mountain stream environments
Taylor Barbara taylorb@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology Cellular and genetic neurobiology in Drosophila, especially genetic control of sex-specific differentiation of the nervous system and reproductive behaviors; cellular communication between neurons and with muscles.
Trujillo Juan jtrujillo@orst.edu Foreign Language Language, Race and Ethnicity
Tullos, Desiree tullosd@engr.orst.edu Bioengineering
  • Ecohydraulics
  • River morphology and restoration
  • Bioassessment
  • Habitat and hydraulic modeling
Unsworth Michael unswortm@coas.oregonstate.edu COAS Environmental Physics of plants and animals; vegetation-atmosphere interactions; water vapor and carbon dioxide exchange of forest ecosystems; flux estimation in complex topography
Van Zee, Emily Emily.vanZee@science.oregonstate.edu Science & Mathematics Education

Student and teacher questioning during conversations about science; Science conversations in which students express their own ideas and engage one another in discussing what they think; Factors that foster science learning; Ways to foster science learning and teaching; Development of web-based cases that can communicate one's own teaching practices to interested colleagues

Vong Richard vong@coas.oregonstate.edu COAS Atmospheric chemistry and physics of aerosol, cloud, gases, and rainwater; deposition.

Waring Richard richard.waring@oregonstate.edu Forest Science Biodiversity, 3-PG research
Warrick, Douglas warrickd@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology functional/ecological morphology, aerodynamics, and evolution of vertebrate flight, from hummingbirds to seabirds
Wilson Mark wilsonm@science.oregonstate.edu Botany Plant population ecology, plant community ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem management, restoration ecology
Wolf Aaron wolfa@geo.oregonstate.edu Geosciences Transboundary Water Conflicts and Conflict Resolution, Water Basin Technical and Policy Analysis, Environmental Policy Analysis
Wu Junjie JunJie.Wu@oregonstate.edu Agric & Resource Econ Interactions between agricultural production and water quality, conservation and environmental policy design and analysis, land use economics and policy
Yamada Sylvia yamadas@science.oregonstate.edu Zoology marine ecology, population ecology, predator-prey interactions, the management of invertebrate fisheries and on the ecological role of introduced species in the marine environment including the European Green crab

Name Email Area of Expertise
Agriculture & Resource Economics (AREC)
Adams Richard richard.adams@oregonstate.edu economic effects of air and water pollution, the implications of climate change for agriculture and water resources, and the tradeoffs between agricultural activity and environmental quality  
Jaeger William WJaeger@oregonstate.edu Economic policy, applied welfare analysis and institutional economics. Current interests include interactions between agriculture and the environment 
Lev Larry larry.s.lev@orst.edu crop marketing, sustainable agriculture, and international development. Extension/research activities focus on decision support system development for commodity marketing management, development of participatory methods for examining natural resource issues, and analysis of government farm programs
Wu Junjie JunJie.Wu@oregonstate.edu Interactions between agricultural production and water quality, conservation and environmental policy design and analysis, land use economics and policy
Animal Sciences
Bechert, Ursula ursula.bechert@oregonstate.edu Wildlife medicine
Anthropology
Gross Joan jgross@oregonstate.edu Language Issues and the Esatblishment of Secure Food Webs
Hall Roberta rhall@oregonstate.edu  
Khanna Sunil skhanna@orst.edu Anthropology, Health, International Issues
Kingston Deanna deanna.kingston@orst.edu Ecology, Environmental Education
Rosenberger Nancy nrosenberger@oregonstate.edu The Dynamics of Local, Natural and Organic Foods in Japan: Production, Distribution and Consumption; Food Systems; Power and Resistance
Smith Courtland csmith@orst.edu Watershed, Fisheries, Forestry Use and Management Issues
Bioengineering
Bolte John john.bolte@orst.edu Ecological Modeling
Cuenca Richard cuenca@engr.orst.edu
  • system analysis
  • Irrigation system design
  • Evapotranspiration analysis
  • Soil water and physical property analysis
Tullos, Desiree tullosd@engr.orst.edu
  • Ecohydraulics
  • River morphology and restoration
  • Bioassessment
  • Habitat and hydraulic modeling
Botany & Plant Pathology
Halse Richard halser@science.oregonstate.edu Taxonomy of the Hydrophyllaceae; ecology and taxonomy of Sidalcea; floristics of Oregon.
Hansen Everett hansene@science.oregonstate.edu Forest pathology, the biology and management of forest tree diseases; population biology of forest fungi; ecology, taxonomy and phylogenetics of Phytophthora
Kaye Thomas kayet@peak.org Plant demography, plant conservation biology, habitat restoration (prairie, coastal, forest, serpentine soils, etc.), endangered plant species restoration and reintroduction, interactions with invasive alien species, fire ecology
Kentula Mary kentula.mary@epa.gov Monitoring and assessment of wetlands at regional and watershed scales. Restoration ecology, especially as it applies to wetlands.
Lajtha Kate lajthak@science.oregonstate.edu Nutrient cycling in natural and human-disturbed ecosystems, soil organic matter dynamics, forest biogeochemistry
McCune Bruce bruce.mccune@oregonstate.edu Lichenology, multivariate statistics in ecology
McEvoy Peter mcevoyp@science.oregonstate.edu Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Insect Interactions, Ecology and Biological Control of Invasive Plant Species, Conservation of Plants and Insects
Milligan, Allen allen.milligan@science.oregonstate.edu Application of cellular-scale molecular and biochemical studies of microalgae, bacteria and corals to environmental questions about ecosystem function and global change.
Moldenke Andrew moldenka@science.oregonstate.edu Plant/insect interactions; pollination ecology; soil invertebrates and nutrient cycling; taxonomy of Coleoptera; behavioral evolution of bees; biological diversity and food-web structure.
Muir Patricia muirp@science.oregonstate.edu Effects of land management practices on plant population and community ecology; effects of air pollutants on plants; chemistry of fogwater; fire ecology.
Mundt Christopher mundtc@science.oregonstate.edu Plant disease epidemiology; host plant resistance; population genetics of plant pathogens; sustainable agriculture.
Neilson, Ronald neilsonr@fsl.oregonstate.edu Climate-Biosphere interactions, Biogeography, Dynamic ecosystem simulation, Disturbance modeling: landscape-global.
Spatafora, Joseph spatafoj@science.oregonstate.edu molecular systematics and population genetics of fungi with particular emphases include the evolutionary biology of fungal symbioses as they relates to the evolution of host shifts, the phylogenetic integration of ecologically disparate groups of fungi, and population genetics of closely related organisms with different reproductive life histories.
Wilson Mark wilsonm@science.oregonstate.edu Plant population ecology, plant community ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem management, restoration ecology
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Bella David bella@proaxis.com environmental and technological impact assessments; environmental impacts, global climate change, nuclear waste disposal, space-based weaponry, and disposal of chemical munitions
Klingeman Peter peter.klingeman@oregonstate.edu hydrology; river hydraulics, sediment transport and channel morphology; hydraulic structures; hydropower; fish habitat and fish passage engineering; environmental impact assessment and mitigation; and river resource planning and management.
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Abbott Mark mark@coas.oregonstate.edu Biological and physical processes in the upper ocean
Esbensen Steven esbensen@coas.oregonstate.edu  
Rushdi, Ahmed arushdi@coas.oregonstate.edu
  • Chemical equilibria in natural waters; carbon dioxide system in marine environment; chemical behavior of mixed solids in solutions; application of thermodynamic equilibrium models in complex electrolyte solutions.
  • Biogeochemistry of organic matter in hydrothermal systems; abiotic formation of organic compounds under hot aqueous conditions; fate of organic pollutants in environment.
Sherr Evelyn sherre@coas.oregonstate.edu roles of heterotrophic microbes, bacteria and phagotrophic protists, in the ecology of marine pelagic ecosystems
Simoneit Bernd simoneit@coas.oregonstate.edu  
Unsworth Michael unswortm@coas.oregonstate.edu Environmental Physics of plants and animals; vegetation-atmosphere interactions; water vapor and carbon dioxide exchange of forest ecosystems; flux estimation in complex topography
Vong Richard vong@coas.oregonstate.edu Atmospheric chemistry and physics of aerosol, cloud, gases, and rainwater; deposition.
Crop & Soil Science
Baham John john.baham@oregonstate.edu Soil geochemistry
Boersma Larry larry.boersma@oregonstate.edu Soil sciences/ plant-water relations
Dragila Maria maria.dragila@oregonstate.edu Soil physics, vados zone hydrology
Griffith Stephen griffits@onid.orst.edu Sustainable grass seed cropping systems, plant N nutrition, N and C cycling, environmental impacts
Myrold David david.myrold@oregonstate.edu Research projects are on N dynamics in forest ecosystems; use of stable isotopes for quantifying N cycle processes; ecology of Frankia in soil; functional diversity of soil microbial communities
Noller, Jay jay.noller@oregonstate.edu temporal and spatial variability in soil development along the Saharan ecotone including the investigation of co-evolution of landscape and culture; soil geomorphological -- soil biogeochemical; the impact of El Niño on soil development on the west coast of the Americas
Rao Sujaya sujaya@oregonstate.edu Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions
Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability (CWEST)
   
DEQ-Water Quality
   
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center (EOARC)
Miller, Richard richard.miller@oregonstate.edu (1) the impacts of juniper expansion on plant community dynamics and avian populations, (2) juniper woodland chronology, (3) dynamics and ecology of old growth juniper woodlands, (4) impacts of fire on plant community structure, composition, and on avian, small mammal, and lepidoptera populations, (5) fire history of the sagebrush steppe, and (5) age structure and conifer succession in aspen communities.
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Jepson Paul jepsonp@science.oregonstate.edu Invertebrate ecology: population biology; metapopulation dynamics; predator-prey interactions ,  Agroecology and sustainable agriculture: conservation biological control; ecologically-based pest management practices; practices that mitigate pesticide side-effects ,  Ecotoxicology and ecological risk assessment: impacts of pesticides or other anthropogenic products, on terrestrial or stream invertebrates; population level risk assessment
Simonich, Staci staci.simonich@oregonstate.edu
  • Regional and global environmental fate, transport, and deposition of semi-volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere, aquatic, and terrestrial compartments.
  • Novel and improved analytical methods and techniques for studying the fate of semi-volatile organic contaminants in the environment.
  • Validation of regional and global environmental fate models for semi-volatile organic compounds.
EPA
DeWitt, Ted Dewitt.Ted@epamail.epa.gov Ecology of estuarine and marine benthic invertebrates, populations and communities and their responses to anthropogenic stressors. With special emphais on: ecology of ecosystem engineering species in estuarine and oceanic environments; role of benthic organisms in estuarine food webs, nutrient cycling, and production; remote sensing methods and landscape ecology of sea floor habitats; effects of persistent chemical contaminants on benthic invertebrates
Hogsett William hogsett.william@epa.gov  
Ethnic Studies
Gonzales-Berry Erlinda egonzales-berry@oregonstate.edu Chicano and Nuevomexicano literature and culture; immigration from Mexico to the U.S.
Peters Kurt kpeters@oregonstate.edu twentieth century Native American experience and Native American wage labor
Fish & Wildlife
Bowman James james.bowman@oregonstate.edu
Warmwater aquaculture; food fish production; semi-intensive pond culture systems; aquaculture research and extension; international aquaculture development, research and extension.
Ford Mary Jesse.Ford@oregonstate.edu Paleoecology, Contaminant Biogeochemistry
Garcia, Tiffany tiffany.garcia@oregonstate.edu Animal Behavior, Aquatic Ecology, Agro-ecosystems, Herpetology, Community Ecology
Gregory Stanley Stanley.Gregory@oregonstate.edu Stream ecosystems: channel dynamics, woody debris, water chemistry, benthic algae, invertebrates, fish, salamanders, and riparian vegetation. Landscape perspectives for stream ecosystems. Influence of human activities on ecosystem structure and function. Historical reconstruction of rivers and riparian forests. Development of restoration perspectives and practices that are consistent with natural stream processes.
Heppell Selina selina.heppell@oregonstate.edu Life history analysis of OR groundfish, grouper population dynamics and marine protected area design, sea turtle population dynamics in response to management and longline bycatch, bullfrog dispersal
Johnson Sherri Sherri.L.Johnson@oregonstate.edu Landscape influences on streams: stream-forest interactions; abiotic factors (hydrology, temperature, geomorphology, others) which influence stream biota and stream ecosystem functions; network/patch dynamics; hierarchical analysis of effects of scale of observation on our understanding of the process under study.
Lackey Robert Lackey.Robert@epa.gov Ecological Policy, Salmon Policy, interface between science & policy, fisheries
Olson Robert robert.olson@oregonstate.edu Research interests involve the parasites and diseases of marine fishes and invertebrates. Of particular interest are microsporidian and helminth parasites especially with regard to the ecological factors that influence the distribution and prevalence of these organisms in estuarine and marine environments. Studies have focused on pleuronectid flatfishes, salmonids and crustaceans including Dungeness crabs.
Robinson W. Douglas douglas.robinson@oregonstate.edu Wildlife ecology, particularly relating to songbirds and their conservation; life histories; tropical ecology; aridlands ecology
Rossignol Philippe Phil.Rossignol@oregonstate.edu Mathematical ecology, parasitology
Foreign Language
Trujillo Juan jtrujillo@orst.edu Language, Race, Ethnicity
Forest Engineering
Forest Resources
Jensen Edward ed.jensen@oregonstate.edu natural resource education, forest ecology
Shindler Bruce bruce.shindler@orst.edu social values of natural resources, public agency-community interactions, social aspects of wildland fire management, communication strategies
Forest Science
Bishaw Badge badege.bishaw@oregonstate.edu Agroforestry and social forestry; riparian management agricultural lands; international forestry.
Bond Barbara Barbara.Bond@oregonstate.edu Plant Ecology, Physiological Ecology, Roles of Vegetation in Hydrological Cycles
Bormann Bernard bernard.bormann@oregonstat.edu Long-term Ecosystem Productivity
Cromack Kermit kermit.cromack@oregonstate.edu Forest Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Soil Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Mycorrhizal Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Fire Ecology
Harmon Mark Mark.Harmon@oregonstate.edu Carbon dynamics, forest growth and production, disturbance, ecology, landuse, history and effects
Law, Beverly bev.law@oregonstate.edu Ecosystem processes, including carbon and water cycling as influenced by climate and disturbance; processes contributing to whole ecosystem CO 2 and water vapor exchange measured by the eddy covariance method; remote sensing of canopy structure; modeling ecosystem processes in response to climate and disturbance
Perakis Steven steven.perakis@oregonstate.edu Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Nutrient Cycling, Ecosystem Response to Human Accelerated Environmental Change, Watershed and Comparative Ecosystem Studies, Stable Isotopes
Radosevich Steven Steve.Radosevich@oregonstate.edu Forest Ecology, Sustainable Forestry, Invasive Plant Species
Swanson Frederick fred.swanson@oregonstate.edu Geomorphology; Erosion and other disturbances in forest and mountain stream environments
Waring Richard richard.waring@oregonstate.edu Biodiversity, 3-PG research
Compton Jana compton.jana@epa.gov
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Soil microbial processes
  • Impacts of present and past land use on nutrient and organic matter dynamics
  • Role of plant species in soil and watershed processes
  • Use of stable isotopes as tracers and integrators of ecosystem processes
Geosciences
Jones Julia jonesj@geo.orst.edu Streamflow response to forest harvest, soil spatial variability, landscape scale patterns and processes of disturbance
Lillie Robert lillier@geo.orst.edu Structure and evolution of collisional mountain ranges; presenting geology to the public in national parks
Nolin Anne nolina@geo.oregonstate.edu Cryosphere-climate interactions, snow hydrology, remote sensing of snow and ice, surface energy balance modeling, radiative transfer modeling, digital image processing
Rosenfeld Charles rosenfec@geo.orst.edu Volcanic hazards research in the Cascade mountains, drought management in west Africa, shoreline erosion, and storm induced mass wasting events in both Oregon and Korea
Santelmann Mary santelmm@geo.oregonstate.edu 1) Ecosystem response to human land use and management practices; use of alternative future scenarios combined with diverse evaluative approaches
2) Environmental and anthropogenic influences on species composition and species richness in agricultural, urban and wetland ecosystems, including effects of landscape composition and pattern on native biodiversity
3) Ecology and biogeochemistry of wetlands and riparian systems
Wolf Aaron wolfa@geo.oregonstate.edu Transboundary Water Conflicts and Conflict Resolution, Water Basin Technical and Policy Analysis, Environmental Policy Analysis
Horticulture
Luna John lunaj@hort.oregonstate.edu Conservation tillage and cropping systems, Biological control and Integrated pest management, Agricultural ecology, Applied entomology and insect ecology
North Willamette Experimentation Station
Political Science
Lunch William blunch@oregonstate.edu
  • American Politics and Public Policy
  • Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
  • Northwest Regional Politics and Policy
Sahr Robert robert.sahr@oregonstate.edu Political communication, especially media coverage of presidents and of such complex public policy topics as economics, budget, taxes, and energy; The presidency, especially public approval and media coverage, and analyses of the Electoral College process for electing presidents; Public opinion and political information; Economic, tax, and budget policy; Long-term trends in US politics and policy, using dollar figures adjusted for inflation;Public opinion and political information of Oregon residents
Steel Brent bsteel@oregonstate.edu Social Science, Environmental Education (but only PhD students)
Professional Science Master's Program- PSM
Bechert Ursula ursula.bechert@oregonstate.edu Wildlife Medicine
Public Health
Harding Anna anna.harding@oregonstate.edu Environmental health, including water quality, environmental contamination and public health interventions, and community involvement
Rangeland Resources
Buckhouse John John.C.Buckhouse@oregonstate.edu Arid Land Ecology and/or Watershed Management
Doescher Paul paul.doescher@oregonstate.edu Plant Ecology-emphasis on restoration in rangeland and forest ecogystems on the Intermountain West
Johnson Douglas douglas.e.johnson@oregonstate.edu invasive species, The Effect of Topogrophy, Vegetation, Weather, and Climate on Cattle
Distribution on the San Joaquin Experimental Range
Pyke David david a pyke@usgs.gov Population biology and restoration ecology of arid and semiarid plants in the Intermountain West and development of protocols to assess status of rangelands.
Sharrow Steven Steven.H.Sharrow@oregonstate.edu Agroforestry, Rangeland Ecology
Reed College Biology
Dalton David david.dalton@reed.edu Plant physiology; biological nitrogen fixation; forest ecophysiology
Science & Math Education
Enochs Larry enochsl@onid.orst.edu Science Teacher Improvement in Teaching; Self-Efficacy of Inservice Teachers of Science; Research on the Implementation of Staff Development Projects Involving Systemic Change; Continued Development and Validation of Self-Efficacy Instruments; Development of Communities of Learners in Schools; Development of Early Childhood Science Teaching Activities; Preservice Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Interns; Enhancing Middle Students Interest and Self-Efficacy in Careers in Mathematics and Science
Van Zee, Emily Emily.vanZee@science.oregonstate.edu Student and teacher questioning during conversations about science; Science conversations in which students express their own ideas and engage one another in discussing what they think; Factors that foster science learning; Ways to foster science learning and teaching; Development of web-based cases that can communicate one's own teaching practices to interested colleagues
Sea Grant Extension
Conway Flaxen flaxen.conway@oregonstate.edu Coping with change and transition,
Personal and group leadership education,
Cooperative learning and research
Sociology
Cordray Sheila scordray@oregonstate.edu Science and Technology in Social Context
Cramer Lori lcramer@oregonstate.edu Natural Resource Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Social Impact Assessment,
Rural Sociology
Lach Denise denise.lach@oregonstate.edu Environmental Natural Resource Sociology,
Applied Sociology including social impact assessment, program evaluation, and organizational development,
Organizational Sociology,
Water Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Speech Communication
Moore, Mark mmoore@oregonstate.edu rhetorical criticism, political communication, public address, and argumentation.
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