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.

Archibeque, Benjamin

STEM Research Center *** Approved to advise Non Thesis, Master's students and serve on student committees ***

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

Brook, Edward

College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences Paleoclimatology, geochemistry, ice core trace gas records, cosmogenic isotopes, extraterrestrial dust.

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.

Bude, Tekla

School of Writing, Literature, and Film Specializes in late medieval literature. Her research focuses on the ways medieval writers were influenced by and influenced the study of music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy -- what medieval scholars would have called the quadrivium and what we might think of as the study of numbers.

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.

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)

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.

Encomico, Vincent

Other Could serve on Graduate Committees or as Master students Major Professor.

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.

Foster, Kristi

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.

Gearhart Bouwma, Jana

College of Education  

Giannico, Guillermo

Fisheries and Wildlife and Oregon Sea Grant Freshwater Fish Ecology. Salmonid behavior and habitat selection in freshwater and estuarine systems. Aquatic habitat restoration. Land use impacts on fish habitat. Integrated watershed management. Fish passage.

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.

Gutierrez, Evan

Other Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.

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 ***

Hazboun, Shawn

School of Public Policy

Shawn is environmental and natural resource sociologist whose research examines community impacts and public perceptions of energy systems, fuels extraction, and transition to a carbon-free future. 
•    Environmental, natural resource, and community sociology
•    Global energy transition and community change
•    Public response to renewable energy, fossil fuels extraction, and fossil fuel export
•    Rural community wellbeing, extractive histories, and just transitions

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.

Hoff, Samantha

Other *** Approved to advise Non Thesis, Master's students and serve on student committees ***

Hossain, Yasmeen

Natural Resources Education Program *** Approved to advise Non Thesis, Master's students and serve on student committees ***

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, Eric

College of Forestry

Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.

Integrated Social and Ecological Systems

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.
Lowry, John

College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences

*** Approved to advise Non Thesis students and serve on student committees ***

Geospatial Science applications in environmental planning and management

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.

McDermott, Daniel

ESGP Could serve on Graduate Committee but not as a Major Professor.

McFadden, Tyler

College of Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences Biodiversity responses to land use and climate change; avian ecology; species interactions

McGilliard, Carey

Other *** Approved to advise Non Thesis, Master's students and serve on student committees ***

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

*** Not available to chair or 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