Faculty in the Environmental Sciences Graduate Program

Name	Department	Area of Specialization
Acker, Steve	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Vegetation ecology. Particular areas of focus are tree mortality; effects of fire on vegetation; role of dead wood in forests; and landscape patterns of riparian vegetation.
Adamus, Paul	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Wetland Science and Wildlife Biologist.
Albert, Dennis	Horticulture	Wetland Ecology and Wetland restoration.
Aiello, Christina	Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Wildlife Spatial and Movement Ecology, Desert Ecosystems, Conservation Biology
Anderson, Kim	Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	Our research is focused in the field of environmental forensic chemistry which involves the application of chemical concepts to the interpretation, distribution, speciation, and bioavailability of chemicals in the environment (often litigious). We focus on persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals. We are working at several field sites, mostly throughout the state of Oregon, including the Portland Harbor Superfund Site, and several sites on the Willamette River. We work in several eco-system compartments: dominantly fish, surface waters and sediments. In addition, to classical techniques, we work on development and evaluation of in-situ techniques which mimic organisms, in order to better understand bioavailability.
Arismendi, Ivan	Fisheries and Wildlife	Freshwater ecology and conservation, climate change and freshwaters, and invasive species in freshwater ecosystems.
Babbar-Sebens, Meghna	Civil and Consruction Engineering	Water Resources and Environmental Systems Analysis
Bachelet, Dominique	Biological & Ecological Engineering	Simulation modeling, Ecosystems research, Nutrient cycling, Climate change impacts, Methane emissions (agricultural and natural wetlands).
Baham, John	Crop & Soil Science	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Soil geochemistry
Bailey, John	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Fire Ecology, Forest Health and Silviculture
Baker, Brian	Other	Organic Agriculture / Organic Farming Systems.
Barden, Jeffrey	College of Business	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * Research focuses on inter-organizational relationships, exchange, entrepreneurship and technology.
Barnhart, Bradley	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* 1) Hydrology, 2) Watershed Modeling, and/or 3) Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling.
Bernell, David	Political Science	Energy Policy, International Relations, American Foreign Policy, International Political Economy, and Latin American Politics
Berry, Pete	Crop and Soil Science	Weed Science
Betts, Matthew	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Forest conservation biology, Landscape Ecology, Population and community ecology, Global ecology.
Bhattaharyya, Sharmodeep	Statistics	Statistical inference of networks, high-dimensional statistical inference, clustering, semiparametric inference, and hypothesis testing. I am also interested in the application of statistical methods in neuroscience, genomics, and astronomy.
Biedenweg, Kelly	Other	I’m an environmental social scientist with expertise in human wellbeing and social indicators, natural resource decision making, environmental psychology, community-based resource management, and participatory research.
Boik, John	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * Machine learning, Gaussian process models, computational sociology, agent-based models, stock-flow consistent models, metrics of social and environmental wellbeing, social choice system design (science-based approaches to transformational systems change), community currency programs, social computation.
Bolte, John	Bioengineering	Simulation, artificial intelligence, GIS, ecosystems analysis, biological systems modeling, watershed analysis.
Bonilla, Carlos	College of Agricultural Sciences	Research focuses on soil physics and hydrology, as well as on soil health and carbon sequestration through natural and managed landscapes.
Bottoms, SueAnn	College of Education	My focus on preservice elementary science teaching draws upon what they bring to science and science teaching. An anti-deficit perspective offers preservice teachers a means to explore their personal, familial, cultural, and societal resources. This perspective provides a platform for them to refer to as they reflect and examine what this means for their future practice. I am especially interested in how preservice teachers use this anti-deficit perspective to inform both their developing practice as teachers of science and their relationships with the children and families in their school communities.
Boudet, Hilary	Sociology	Environmental and natural resource sociology Social movements, contentious politics Public participation in energy and environmental decision-making
Brookes, Allen	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees but not as a Major Professor.* Creating tools that help communities become and remain environmentally sustainable, including models, applications, and decision support systems.
Brooks, J Renee	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.*
Brooks, Spirit	Extension Services Outdoor School	Indigenous methodology, land based education, decolonizing participatory action research, Indigenous education, indigenous representation in outdoor education, ethnographic methods, culturally responsive pedagogy, culturally responsive curriculum, culturally responsive evaluation.
Brown, Mark	Other	He is a systems ecologist, whose research focuses on systems ecology, wetlands ecology, ecological engineering and emergy analysis.
Buckland, Kristine	Horticulture	Sustainable agriculture, Soil health, Nutrient cycling, Agricultural systems analysis.
Buermeyer, Andrew	College of Agricultural Science	Preservation of genomic integrity requires the proper functioning of multiple pathways for DNA replication, repair, and recombination. One critical repair pathway is DNA mismatch repair (MMR) which helps ensure genomic stability by correcting potentially mutagenic mismatches arising during DNA replication and by suppressing recombination between non-identical sequences. In addition to these mutation avoidance functions, MMR potentiates the cytotoxicity of several DNA damaging agents, implicating MMR in a pathway of genome surveillance for DNA damage. First characterized in bacteria and yeast, the association of MMR gene deficiencies with hereditary and sporadic human cancer has highlighted the importance of understanding different MMR functions in mammalian cells.
Bugden, Dylan	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Environmental sociology, contentious politics, public opinion
Burgett, Michael	Horticulture
Burnett, Kelly	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.*
Campana, Michael	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Transboundary ground water resources; water resources management; water resources in developing regions, especially Central America, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia regional hydrogeology; dynamic simulation modeling in water resources.
Campbell, Holly	Fisheries and Wildlife	Ocean/coastal law, environmental law, environmental science, and marine resource management.
Carlin-Morgan, Kerry	Other	Informal science education/free choice learning including marine science and environmental education, conservation behavior, and practical application of research.
Chang, Chih Hung	Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
Chisholm Hatfield, Samantha	College of Agricultural Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), climate change impacts, Indigenous ecosystems, Indigenous food systems
Colwell, Frederick	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Microbial ecology, subsurface microbiology, geomicrobiology, coupling of microbial rates and processes to physical and chemical parameters in the environment, sensing and monitoring of microbes, methods for sampling the earth’s subsurface for microorganisms, bioremediation.
Compton, Jana	Forest Science	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.
Cosens, Barbara	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Water Law, Law and Science, Resilience, law and adaptive governance, Interdisciplinary Education, Dispute resolution, Native American Water Rights.
Cramer, Lori	Sociology	Natural Resource Sociology; Environmental Sociology; Social Impact Assessment; Rural Sociology.
Cramer, Patricia	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Researched wildlife crossing structures and worked to include wildlife concerns in the transportation planning process, with the goal of reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions while promoting wildlife connectivity across landscapes.
Cromack, Kermit	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Decomposition and nutrient cycling processes in forest ecosystems; N2- fixation in forest soils; soil animals as ecosystem components; role of saprophytic and mycorrhizal fungi in nutrient cyclingprocesses; role of cations in forest nutrition.
Cruickshank, Jennifer	Animal & Rangeland Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Dairy and Organic Agriculture
Cuenca, Richard	Bioengineering	Irrigation system optimization, water resource engineering, bioprocesses engineering, modeling of biological systems.
D'Antonio, Ashley	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Recreation ecology, parks and protected areas management, visitor use management, visitor use monitoring.
Davis, Melanie	College of Agricultural Sciences	My work is focused on ecosystem and community level responses to disturbance events, landscape scale processes and their effects on target species, and the development of monitoring tools, programs, and strategies to inform management actions.
DeBruyckere, Lisa	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* I have a broad background in natural resource management in both aquatic and terrestrial systems, and specialize in invasive species, including invasive species risk assessments, prevention activities, management, endangered species act consultation relative to potential control actions, monitoring, and strategic planning.
DeBano, Sandra	Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences	Community ecology, invertebrate ecology, pollinator ecology, riparian and grassland ecology, and ecosystem services.
Diebel, Ken	Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * I am interested in riparian, wetland, stream ecology and restoration. When I am not teaching online courses, I work with watershed councils in eastern Oregon to implement restoration and monitoring projects. This work requires a significant amount of collaboration with individuals and groups of varying backgrounds. Sharing my experiences in restoration and collaborative efforts is a key part of my teaching philosophy.
Dierking, Lynn	Science & Math Education	The study of learning in free-choice learning settings (with particular focus on museums) Understanding the role of socio-cultural factors in free-choice learning Research & development in family/ youth / community-based learning efforts Investigating how to meaningfully engage under-served communities in free-choice learning (e,g., girls, low-income, and racially-ethnically diverse groups)
Donohue, Mary	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * Environmental pollution (derelict fishing gear, microplastics), marine mammal physiological ecology, rainwater catchment and sustainable water resources, sustainable community development and engagement, workforce development (STEM), strategic planning and program/project management.
Donofrio, Mark	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.*
Dunham, Jason	Other	Fish ecology and conservation biology. Landscape ecology of aquatic ecosystems, conservation biology of focal species, ecology of natural disturbance, biological invasions, monitoring.
Duplaix, Nicole	Fisheries & Wildlife	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Comparative ecology, behavior and conservation of otter species and other endangered carnivores, Phylogeny, evolution and behavior.
Durban, John	Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Sciences	Marine mammal population ecology and health, with a focus on photographic mark-recapture for population assessment and photogrammetry to monitor individual body condition and growth.
Egna, Hillary	Aquaculture CRSP	Aquaculture, Aquatic Resources Management, International Development, Poverty Policy, Food Security, Research Administration.
Eisenberg, Cristina	Forest Ecosystems & Society	I am very interested in creating, facilitating, and supporting intercultural collaborative partnerships between Indigenous peoples, Universities such as OSU, Federal agencies, and conservation non-profits that begin by identifying mutual research interests (e.g., a knowledge gap or need), the tools required, and then co-creating research that honors Tribal sovereignty.
Ellis, Lucas	Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering
Ellsworth, Lisa	Fisheries and Wildlife	Fire Science and Ecology Restoration Ecology Management of critical habitat for sagebrush associated wildlife species
Emard, Kelsey	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Land use and livelihood change, with a focus in the U.S. and Latin America; political ecology; regenerative and sustainable agriculture; equitable development.
Endress, Bryan	Agriculture and Natural Resource Program	Research focus on a range of issues including invasive plant science and management, ecological restoration, vegetation responses to management actions and alterations in disturbance regimes, and plant-animal interactions.
Engels, Jenny	Oregon Sea Grant	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * Community-engaged research, equity in STEM, and student success
Falk, John	Science & Math Education	* Approved to advise Master's students only * The study of learning in free-choice learning settings (with particular focus on museums and eco-tourism venues); Understanding the role of situated-identity in leisure/tourist decision-making and learning; Investigating how the public utilizes free-choice educational institutions to support their long-term science learning.
Fennell, David	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Ecotourism, tourism ethics, moral issues tied to the use of animals in tourism, sustainable tourism, and fly-fishing.
Field, Jennifer	Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	Her current research focuses on the development and application of quantitative analytical methods for organic micropollutants and their transformation products in natural and engineered systems with a focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Early in her career, she focused on field-based research to investigate the fate and transport of surfactants in groundwater and wastewater treatment systems. She is considered a pioneer in the area of PFAS occurrence and behavior and has focused on groundwater contaminated by fire-fighting foams and PFAS in municipal wastewater treatment systems and in municipal landfill. Current work focuses on the development of PFAS fingerprinting sources, characterizing PFAS in landfill gas, and PFAS on specialized textiles and other materials. She serves as an Executive Editor for Environmental Science and Technology.
Field, Katherine	Microbiology	Novel applications of molecular techniques to water quality problems caused by microbial contamination. Host-specific and geographic distribution of fecal bacteria. Persistence and fate of microbiological contaminants in water, including anaerobes, indicators, antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens.
Fischer, Heather	Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning
Fisher, Dianna	College of Forestry	*Could serve on Master's Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Environmental impacts of recreation and tourism Environmentally responsible behavior Social identity/self-image and environmental choices in recreation/tourism Social dynamics of recreation behavior
Fleishman, Erica	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Biogeography, conservation, ecological responses to climate and land-use change.
Fonyo, Carolyn	Biological & Ecological Engineering	Systems Ecology, Systems Modeling and Analysis, Embodied Energy (Emergy) Analysis, Watershed Assessment, Sustainable Design for the Environment, and Sustainable Business.
Foster, Kai	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Gaines, Lisa	Other
Gollany, Hero	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Soil Scientist
Gamble-George, Joyonna	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * Machine learning engineering, environmental artificial intelligence, climate adaptation and resilience, climate change impacts, human health or environmental risk mapping, indigenous health concerns, community health, welfare, and cultural sustainability.
Ganzhorn, Seth	Natural Resources	His research integrates field-based experiments, molecular ecology, and spatial analysis to answer biological questions with ecological, economic, and conservation implications to find solutions to environmental challenges. Seth is particularly interested in the reproduction, dispersal, recruitment, and genetic diversity of forest species.
Garcia, Tiffany	Fisheries & Wildlife	Animal Behavior, Aquatic Ecology, Agro-ecosystems, Herpetology, Community Ecology.
Garcia-Jaramillo, Manuel	Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	Our lab relies on state-of-the-art high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), combining suspect and non-target screening (NTS) of contaminants to help expand the coverage of current water monitoring strategies. Contaminants are prioritized based on their potential risk (i.e., hazard and exposure) by combining in vitro toxicity data with computational toxicity predictions. We also combine this risk-based approach with effects-directed analysis (EDA), for the identification of unknown toxic chemical contaminants in water and their prioritization based on bioactivity and environmental concentrations. In addition, we use targeted and non-targeted mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and lipidomics analyses, combined with genomics techniques, to better understand the impact of contaminants on animals and human health".
Garono, Ralph	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Dr. Ralph Garono is trained in biochemical limnology (e.g., the role that phosphorus limitation plays in structuring planktonic communities) and in aquatic entomology. His current research interests focus on assessments, at multiple spatial and temporal scales, of aquatic and marine ecosystems. For example, he is currently measuring wintertime patterns of dissolved oxygen concentration and winter algal assemblages in the lower St. Louis River, a tributary to Lake Superior. Other recent research projects include: the use of aquatic insects as a wetland assessment tool; GIS-based watershed assessments; the use of GIS-based models to evaluate alternative land use and climate change scenarios; and, the use of remotely-sensed imagery to map landscape patterns in estuarine vegetation and wetland plant communities.
Gatziolis, Demetrios	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Remote sensing, primarily LiDAR/ALS and unmanned aerial system photogrammetry, geographic information science, forest inventory, and spatial modeling.
Giebultowicz, Jadwiga	Integrative Biology	Regulatory Functions of Biological Clocks in the Reproductive Physiology of Male Insects.
Glaser, Sarah	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Fisheries oceanography and fisheries conflict.
Goldfinger, Chris	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	*Could only serve as a Doctoral students Major Professor.* Subduction earthquakes; mechanics of oblique subduction, accretion and erosion of active margins; seafloor imaging, mapping, and visualization techniques; seafloor drilling technology.
Gosnell, Hannah	College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciencs	Transformations to sustainability; biodiversity conservation; regenerative agriculture; environmental governance; water resource policy, management and law; drivers and consequences of rural land use change
Gregg, Jillian	Crop & Soil Science	Climate Change science and solutions.
Gregory, Stanley	Fisheries and 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.
Gross, Joan	Anthropology	Language issues and Food Sovereignty.
Gutzwiller, Kevin	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* The overarching goals of my research are to understand broad-scale human influences on natural systems and to provide a scientific basis for managing the influences in support of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human societies. My general research interests include interdisciplinary assessment and management of impacts from land use, wildland recreation, road networks, energy and residential development, and climate change. Policy relevance and societal importance are key aspects of this work. The ecological settings for these analyses range from remote wildlands to managed landscapes. I am interested in various taxa and ecosystems, especially those that are facing significant conservation problems.
Hagar, Joan	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Forest and wildlife ecology; Wildlife-habitat relationships; Restoration of native habitats; Great Basin pygmy rabbits.
Hagerty, Christina	College of Agricultural Sciences	Plant Pathology
Hajjar, Reem	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Multi-level forest governance and forest-dependent livelihoods.
Halama, Jonathan	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.*
Hall, Troy	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Sustainable Recreation and Tourism, Social Science, and Policy and Natural Resources.
Hammer, Roger	Sociology	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Ecological Demography, Rural, Sociology, Migration, and Housing.
Harte, Davis	Other	Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor. A design-behavior anthropologist, transdisciplinary social science health researcher and educator focused on authentic child-, family-, learner-, and community-centric designed environments (both physical and educational).
Harte, Michael	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Rights-based fishery management systems; cost recovery and resource royalty systems; capacity building for sustainable management of the environment; co-management of coastal marine resources; and decision support systems to assist environmental decision-making.
Havaligi, Neeraja	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Agriculture (focus on sustainable agriculture, agronomy, plant physiology, plant breeding and genetics, molecular biology and ag. microbiology); climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation with international (United Nations), regional and local focus; multi lateral stakeholder engagement, capacity development and gender mainstreaming and equity for sustainable development; agrobiodiversity conservation, rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse in urban areas and its relevance to climate adaptation and community food security.
Hawkins, Linnia	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees *
Healey, Sean	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Expertise in satellite change detection, forest carbon accounting, and uncertainty in satellite map products.
Henkel, Sarah	Integrative Biology	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Benthic marine ecology; Ecological effects of wave energy development; Trophic interactions; Response to abiotic stress at community, organism, and cellular levels in invertebrates and seaweeds.
Higley, Kathryn	Nuclear Science & Engineering	Environmental transport and fate of radionuclides, radioecology, radiochemistry, radiation dose assessment, neutron activation analysis, nuclear emergency response, and environmental regulations.
Houck, Lynne	Integrative Biology	My research interests encompass many aspects of reproduction in amphibians, particularly salamanders. I work mainly on eastern North American species of terrestrial plethodontid salamanders in the genera Plethodon and Desmognathus.
Howe, Glenn	Forest Ecosystems & Society
Hulson, Pete	Other	Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Biologist
Hurst, Allison	School of Public Policy	Class inequality Higher education and social mobility School to Work transitions of college graduates Social welfare policy; Higher education policy
Hutchenson, Rebecca	Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences	Machine learning applications
Ideker, Jason	Civil and Consruction Engineering
Istok, Jonathan (Jack)	Civil Engineering	Dr. Istok is a groundwater hydrologist who specializes in the development and validation of flow and contaminant transport models in laboratory and field experiments. Dr. Istok designed the large-scale physical aquifer models in the Groundwater Research Laboratory and has developed several new single well tests for aquifer characterization. He is the author of two widely used textbooks (Aquifer Testing: Analysis and Design of Pumping and Slug Tests, and Groundwater Modeling by the Finite Element Method).
Iwamura, Takuya	Forest Ecosystems & Society
Jacobsen, Grant	School of Public Policy	My area is energy and environmental economics and policy.
Jaeger, William	Applied Economics	Natural resource & environmental economics, agricultural economics, institutional economics, public finance and taxation, economic growth & development, sustainability.
Jenkins, Jeffrey	Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	Field studies to examine the 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 sublethal exposures effect fitness and survival, and studies that may assist in the development of technologies that mitigate adverse human and environmental impacts.
Jin, Xue	Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering	General area of the water-energy nexus.
Johansson, Orjan	Other	Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.
Johnson, Douglas	Rangeland Resources	Animal behavior; GIS; Range Ecology; Analyzing Ecosystems.
Johnson, K. Norman	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Forest Policy, Planning, and Management.
Johnson, Mark	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.*
Jolles, Anna	Other	Disease ecology; Population ecology; Wildlife diseases; Tuberculosis; Intestinal parasites; Parasite interactions.
Jones, Andy	Botany and Plant Pathology	Molecular ecology, population ecology, community ecology, tropical ecology.
Jones, Gerrad	Biological & Ecological Engineering	Environmental chemistry, water quality, geochemical cycling, statistical and machine learning modeling and geo/spatial analyses.
Jones, Julia	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Land use, climate change and disturbance effects on hydrology, geomorphology, water quality.
Kauffman, J. Boone	Fisheries & Wildlife	Ecosystem structure and process of riparian zones. Restoration of riparian ecosystems, fire ecology, influences of deforestation on neotropical forests.
Kaye, Thomas	Botany & Plant Pathology	Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology.
Kayes, Lori	Integrative Biology	Biology education, environmental education, plant community ecology.
Kennedy, Robert	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Geospatial analysis, remote sensing, modeling, landscape ecology, disturbance dynamics, computational methods.
Khanna, Sunil	Anthropology	Medical anthropology, global health, health program planning and evaluation, health disparities and cultural competency, minority health.
Kiser, Jim	College of Forestry	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Research interests is Mycorrhiza Ecology.
Kleber, Markus	Crop & Soil Science	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* The processes at the interface between organic matter and mineral surfaces, including mineral surface properties, organic matter properties, bonding mechanisms, adsorption processes, mineral-microbial interactions, and organic matter turnover dynamics.
Lackey, Robert	Fisheries & Wildlife	Ecological policy; role of science in public policy; ecosystem management; salmon science and policy; fisheries management.
Lambrinos, John	Horticulture	Ecological processes that tie landscapes together.
Lancaster, Stephen	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Fluvial geomorphology, hydrology.
Lerczak, James	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Coastal physical oceanography including the study of internal tides, high-frequency internal waves, and circulation in the vicinity of fronts; estuarine oceanography including the dynamics that drive the three-dimensional circulation, the mechanisms that transport and disperse materials within estuaries, and the time response of estuaries to changes in forcing; physical/biological interactions which influence larval dispersal.
Lillie, Robert	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Geophysics; Tectonics; Public Interpretation, Geology of National Parks.
Lindberg, Kreg	Cascades Campus, Forest Ecosystems & Society	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Social science aspects of natural resource management, human well-being, community resilience, tourism / recreation, and choice experiments.
Liu, Hong	Biological & Ecological Engineering	Sustainable bioenergy production; Environmental biotechnology; Waste and wastewater treatment; Microbial fuel cell technology; Biohydrogen production.
Low, Russanne (Rusty)	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Luke, Jessica	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Learning in Museums: critical thinking, play, and social emotional learning and family involvement in learning
MacCarty, Nordica	Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering	My specialty is in mechanical and humanitarian engineering, specifically applied to household energy.
Maddison, David	Integrative Biology
Madsen, Lisa	Statistics Department	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Marino, Elizabeth	Social Science	Her research focuses on how historically and socially constructed vulnerabilities interact with climate change and disasters – including disaster policy, biophysical outcomes of disasters and climate change, and disaster discourses. She is also interested in how people make sense and meaning out of changing environmental and social conditions; and how people interpret risk.
Marshall, Christopher	Integrative Biology	beetles - especially scarab beetles and their relatives.
Mata-Gonzalez, Ricardo	College of Agricultural Sciences	Rangeland vegetation and arid land plants.
Mattheis, Allison	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Mc Comb, Brenda	Fisheries & Wildlife	Wildlife habitat management and monitoring.
McFadden, Tyler	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Biodiversity responses to land use and climate change; avian ecology; species interactions
Medlock, Jan	Other
Meganck, Richard	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Mehlenbacher, Shawn	Horticulture	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* The OSU Hazelnut Breeding program develops new cultivars for Oregon's hazelnut industry, with an emphasis on resistance to eastern filbert blight (EFB) and suitability for the kernel market.
Mentler, John	College of Business	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Mileham, Michelle	Other	Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor. Education, with a specific focus on zoo, aquarium, and museum (generally informal) education.
Miller, Jessica	College of Agricultural Sciences	The ecology and evolution of life history diversity in fishes and the development and maintenance of that diversity.
Miller, Richard	Rangeland Resources	Solve regional problems and generate principles that apply nationally and internationally to semi-arid land management systems.
Milligan, Allen	Botany & Plant Pathology	Application of cellular-scale molecular and biochemical studies of microalgae, bacteria and corals to environmental questions about ecosystem function and global change.
Minc, Leah	Anthropology	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Archaeometry (Materials Science in Archaeology), Political Economy and Exchange in Early Complex Societies.
Monson, Daniel	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Retrospective and historical data analysis, nearshore ecology of marine systems; predator/prey dynamics; mammalian reproductive biology/ecology; marine food web dynamics and marine mammal foraging ecology; population biology.
Monz, Christopher	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Moriarty, Katie	Fisheries & Wildlife	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.*
Mote, Phil	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Regional climate modeling, the influence of climate change on western US snowpack.
Munanura, Ian	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Integrated Social and Ecological Systems, Social Science, Policy and Natural Resources, Sustainable Recreation and Tourism.
Mundt, Christopher	Botany & Plant Pathology	Plant disease epidemiology; host plant resistance; population genetics of plant pathogens; sustainable agriculture.
Muraca, Barbara	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Environmental Philosophy, including more specifically environmental justice, political ecology, value of nature, and sustainability theories.
Navab-Daneshmand, Tala	School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering	The inactivation, growth and persistence of bacterial pathogens in the environment and treatment processes.
Needham, Mark	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Natural resource recreation and tourism, social psychology of natural resources, parks and protected areas, human dimensions of wildlife, norms and standards, carrying capacity and crowding, specialization, conflict, risk, trust, survey and quantitative methods.
Nelson, Michael	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Environmental Ethics and philosophy
Nelson, Suzanne	Other	*Could serve on Master's Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Wildlife nutrition of mammals. I examine how mammals meet their nutritional needs within the environment. I also examine disease development due to environmental challenges and stressors like climate change. My work has focused mostly on animals that live on islands and have limited food choices and ability to disperse. I am interested in learning how animals meet their nutritional requirements for different life stages and demonstrate resiliency with changing environmental conditions.
Ochoa, Carlos	Animal and Rangeland Sciences	My research focuses on land use effects on ecological and hydrological interactions occurring in watersheds and riparian ecosystems throughout the West.
Olsen, Christine	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Social aspects of natural resources.
Orr, Matt	Cascades Campus: Biology	* Approved to advise Master's students only * Terrestrial and restoration ecology in forest, field, and stream habitats in Central Oregon.
Pacella, Stephen	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Pastey, Manoj	Biomedical Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Molecular Virology, Immunology, Veterinary Medicine, Diagnostics and Microbiology.
Perry, David	Forest Ecosystems & Society	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * Terrestrial Ecologist.
Pett-Ridge, Julie	Crop & Soil Science	Understanding the controls on chemical weathering, the connections between chemical weathering and the carbon cycle, and ecosystem biogeochemical cycles.
Presley, Gerald	Wood Science and Engineering	Wood Identification and Characterization and Forest-based Bio-Products.
Priest, Susanna	Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning	*Could serve on Master's Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* My broad specialty is communication studies, in particular science communication studies. This includes environmental communication, risk communication, and some aspects of health communication. I am also interested in communication about technology and STS (science, technology, & society) studies.
Qin, Ruijun	Crop and Soil Science	Oilseed and Fiber Crops
Radosevich, Steven	Forest Ecosystems and Society
Raleigh, Mark	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Mountain hydrology, snow hydrology, forest-snow processes, hydrometeorology, hydroclimatology, water supply forecasting, rain-on-snow flooding, remote sensing, numerical modeling, data assimilation.
Ranches, Juliana	College of Agricultural Sciences	Primary research interests and the pillars of her research program are (1) nutrition, (2) health and welfare, (3) production management, and (4) precision technology.
Reichman, Jay	Other	Ecology, molecular genetics, genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics and evolutionary biology.
Reuter, Ronald	Crop and Soil Science	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Landscape ecology and soils, restoration ecology, wetland ecology, and a little sprinkling of environmental policy.
Rice, Aaron	Other	Bioacoustics, passive acoustic monitoring, fish biology, and conservation biology.
Riedinger, Kelly	Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning	Science teacher preparation as well as youths’ experiences learning science in out-of-school settings. She is particularly interested in the role of social interactions on youths’ authoring of their identities in science.
Ries, Paul	Forest Ecosystems and Society	*Could serve on Master's Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Ripple, William "Bill"	College of Forestry	Forest, Wildlife and Landscape Ecology
Risien, Julie	Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning	Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.
Rivers, James	Forest Engineering, Resources, & Management	Animal vital rates and forest management practices; ecology and conservation of insect pollinators, especially in forest ecosystems; behavioral and physiological ecology of birds.
Robinson, Douglas	Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences	Bird ecology and conservation; benchmarking biodiversity; environmental change; citizen science; tropical and aridlands ecology
Rowe, Susan	OSU Precollege Programs	Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.
Ruiz-Mesa, Kristina	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Organizatioal Communication, inclusive and culturally-responsive pedagogy, instructional communication, environmental communication, nonprofit organizational equity and inclusion, communication for social change.
Russel, Kory	Other	Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor. Educational background and faculty positions in Environmental Science, Engineering and Landscape Architecture. Research topics include water, energy, and resource recovery from waste streams; sustainable delivery of water services in rural and urban settings; development and analysis of entrepreneurial-based sanitation service delivery models; caloric costs of water fetching; international and informal development; sustainable and human-centered design.
Sahr, Robert	Political Science	Political communication; the presidency; Public opinion and political information; Economic, tax, and budget policy; Public opinion and political information of Oregon residents.
Sasidharan, Salini	Biological & Ecological Engineering	Groundwater Quantity and Quality Management, Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture and Resilient urban and rural water resources infrastructures.
Scheerer, Ann	College of Agricultural Sciences	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * The intersection of climate change and social sciences with expertise in planning, management, and policy development for sustainability and resilience, in particular climate planning and management for organizations and communities. My research background includes mixed methods approaches with a focus on qualitative methodologies, such as case study research.
Schlachter, Christina	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees *
Schroeder, Elizabeth	School of Public Policy	Applied Microeconometrics and Development.
Schumaker, Nathan	Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Landscape Ecology, Conservation Biology, Simulation model development & forecasting, Landscape Genetics, and Epidemiology.
Scott, Inara	College of Business	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Sustainable business, and climate and energy policy.
Shandas, Vivek	Other
Sheehan, Timothy	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Shen, Xiagyou (Sharon)	Forest Ecosystems and Society	Play and playfulness across life span, leisure, human health and wellbeing, leisure constraints, nature-based recreation and sustainable tourism, human dimensions of natural resources, psychometrics, survey, cross-cultural studies, quantitative methods, and mixed methods.
Sherr, Evelyn	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Aquatic microbial ecology; pelagic food webs; carbon and nitrogen cycles in aquatic ecosystems; phagotrophic protists.
Shiel, Alyssa	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Heavy stable isotope geochemistry; geochemical tracer development; transport, transformations and environmental fate of metals/metalloids.
Shinderman, Matthew	Fisheries & Wildlife	My research and scholarship focuses on species and ecosystem resilience to change, with emphasis on sagebrush steppe ecosystems and American pika in low-elevation lava landscapes.
Simoneit, Bernd	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences
Spatafora, Joseph	Botany & Plant Pathology	Mycology; systematics and evolutionary biology of fungi.
Spalding, Ana	School of Public Policy	Marine studies: Integrated coastal management, resource use and property regimes, international marine policy, and marine protected areas. Design and implementation of interdisciplinary research across a variety of topics related to marine studies. Human geography and development in Latin America: international lifestyle migration and the political ecology of socio-environmental change.
Steel, Brent	Political Science	Comparative Public Policy and Administration, Environmental Politics and Policy, Theory, Methodology, and Public Policy.
Stemper, Dave	College of Forestry	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * Environmental Interpretation; Recreation Planning & Management; Natural Resource Education; Adult Learning Methods.
Stephenson, Garry	Crop and Soil Science	Organic and sustainable farming systems, local and regional food systems, farmers’ markets, beginning farmer and rancher education.
Stevenson, John	Oregon Sea Grant	*Could serve on Master's Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Still, Chris	Forest Ecosystems & Society	My research is centered on forests and climate change feedbacks and impacts, on linkages between the carbon and water cycles at multiple spatial and temporal scales, and on the global biogeography and biogeochemistry of C4 grasses. My group uses a variety of measurement and modeling approaches for this research, including thermal imaging, deployment of eddy covariance flux, microclimate, and physiological sensors, and ecological and physiological process modeling.
Stoner, Joseph	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Sediments magnetism including paleomagnetism, environmental magnetism, geomagnetism, sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleoclimatology.
Strauss, Steven	Forest Ecosystems & Society	Specialization is biotechnology and forestry.
Stubblefield, Bill	Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	Internationally recognized expert in the field of environmental toxicology, with a research focus on the area of aquatic toxicology and ecotoxicology.
Strimbu, Bogdan	Forest Engineering, Resources & Management	Forest Biometrics and Geomatics and Forest Operations Planning and Management
Sumich, James	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees *
Sylvia, Gilbert	Agriculture and Resource Economics
Tanguay, Robyn	Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	Exploit the advantages of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) model to improve human health.
Thompson, Allen	School of History, Philosophy, & Religion	Environmental philosophy, in which I have expertise regarding evaluative, normative, and policy issues in ecology (esp. restoration and novel ecosystems) and atmospheric/climate science.
Thurber, Andrew	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Microbe-metazoan Interactions. Deep-Sea and Polar Ecology. Food Web Dynamics. Deep-sea reducing habitats. Annelid ecology.
Tilt, Bryan	Anthropology	Sustainable development, environmental risk assessment, pollution, community participation, natural resources, fisheries management.
Tilt, Jenna	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Land Use, Rural Resource Planning.
Tomasek, Abigail	Crop and Soil Science	Soil, sustainability, ponds, riparian areas, water management and conservation.
Trammell, E. Jamie	Other	*Could serve as a Master's student major professor or on a Graduate Committee.*
Tripathi, Sanjai	College of Business	Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.
Truong, Lisa	Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees * I have developed advanced zebrafish as a premier model for environmental health sciences research. We are now at a point to begin mining the data to develop models to prioritize and predict toxicity of chemicals/nanoparticles/mixtures that have insufficient hazard information.
Unsworth, Michael	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Van Den Hoek, Jamon	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Satellite remote sensing of armed conflict effects on land cover, land use, and forced displacement, Refugee and IDP settlement dynamics as they relate to development, land use, and climate vulnerability, Gaps and biases in satellite and geospatial data and their consequences for monitoring conflict and displacement.
Vega Thurber, Rebecca	Microbiology	Environmental virology and microbiology; metagenomics and marine disease ecology.
Walker, Gregg	Speech Communication	Marine Resource Management
Wang, Luguang	Biological & Ecological Engineering	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.*
Warren, Dana	College of Forestry	I work in aquatic ecosystems and have broad reasearch interests that encompass fish, ecosystems, forests, invertebrates, biogeochemistry, historical ecology, and restoration. Much of my recent work has focused on aquatic-terrestrial linkages in natural and managed ecosystems. Working at the interface between streams and forests, I have a joint appointment between the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife here at Oregon State University.
Warrick, Douglas	Integrative Biology	The functional/ecological morphology, aerodynamics, and evolution of vertebrate flight, from hummingbirds to seabirds. I also participate in studies of seabird mortality from oil spills.
Watson, James	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	My research uses tools from oceanography, ecology, economics, computer science and applied math to understand the functioning of Complex Adaptive Systems. These systems are all around us, including the financial systems, the human immune system and ecosystems. I am interested in learning from all these systems, to improve our understanding and governance of primarily marine social-ecological systems.
Weber, Edward	Political Science
Wettstein, Justin	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Large-scale and long-term climate and atmospheric dynamics, climate variability and change, climate impacts and responses in natural and human-managed systems.
White, Denis	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.* Geography: landscapes, regions, cartography, gis, spatial modeling.
White, Will	Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences	Fisheries oceanography, population dynamics, spatial fisheries management, and climate change effects on fisheries.
Wicks, Teresa	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees *
Wiens, David	Other	* Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees *
Wilcock, Ronni	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor*
Wilkins, Emily	Other	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor*
Wing, Michael	Forest Engineering, Resources & Management	GIS, remote sensing, unmanned aircraft systems
Wolf, Aaron	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Issues relating transboundary water resources to political conflict and cooperation, where his training combining environmental science with dispute resolution theory and practice have been particularly appropriate.
Wollstein, Katherine	Animal and Rangeland Sciences	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* Rangeland fire, rangeland conservation, rangeland policy and governance.
Wolters, Erika	School of Public Policy	As an Environmental Social Scientist, my research focuses on environmental behavior, adaptation and policy in response to resource use and conservation in an era of rapid climate change. Focusing primarily on the Western United States, I examine the interface of science and policy, public lands issues, community resilience, contested natural resources, sustainable behavior and adaptive capacity, and policy regarding food, energy, and water.
Woodside, Gail	College of Forestry	*Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.* As a Natural Resource Conservationist and Rangeland Ecologist my primary focus is situated within subsistence landscapes and their contributions within a rapidly changing world. Rangeland Ecology, Natural Resource Restoration, Indigenous Knowledge, Teaching and learning, Subsistence and Plants of Key Cultural Significance, Agricultural Education and Sciences, Wildlife, Wildlife Movement.
Wooster, David	Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences	Stream ecology, aquatic invertebrate biology, restoration effectiveness monitoring, stream food webs, stream and riparian linkages.
Wrathall, David	College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences	Climate hazards, climate change adaptation, social vulnerability, migration, and political ecology.
Zemetra, Robert	Crop and Soil Science	*Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor* Wheat Breeding and Genetics

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