Ivan Arismendi
Associate Professor of Freshwater Ecology and Conservation
Research Interests:
Large wood in streams links terrestrial and aquatic systems; Food web structure from 40 year old streams at Mt. Saint Helens; Parasite ecology in streams: implications for humans & dogs; Ectoparasites on Oregon fishes; stream ecology, limnology, hydrology, forestry, and watershed-level processes, consequences of climate change on freshwater ecosystems, biological invasions in freshwaters, and terrestrial-aquatic food webs
Serkan Ates
Associate Professor of Animal and Rangeland Sciences
Research Interests:
Sustainable forage/livestock systems; Pastures for pollinators (Involves dual use of pastures for pollinators and livestock); Forage NV analyses, Forage-pollinator interactions; Agrivoltaics (Grazing under solar panels); Methane emissions from dairy cows (SF6 methane emission analyses); Grazing management of diverse pastures
Massimo Bionaz
Associate Professor of Dairy Nutrigenomics
Research Interests:
Nutrigenomics; Milk & Human health; Dairy management & welfare; Hemp use with livestock; Use of chicory and selenium supplementation in sheep to improve health and resistance to mastitis; In vivo nutrigenomics of fatty acid mixture in dairy cows; Effect of health and cannabinoids residuals in dairy cows fed with spent hemp biomass
Taylor Chapple
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Foraging ecology and ecosystem impact of sharks; Potential effects of EMF from energy development on movement and distribution
Tim Delbridge
Assistant Professor of Applied Economics
Research Interests:
Economic feasibility of robotic harvesters • Analysis of manual harvest efficiency • Organic adoption dynamics • Analyzing crop insurance programs
Lisa Ellsworth
Associate Professor of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences
Research Interests:
Impacts of fire on sagebrush dominated ecosystems; Fire behavior and modeling; Wildlife habitat ecology; Restoration ecology; Interacting disturbances (livestock grazing, fire, salvage logging, invasive species); Science communication
Jennifer Field
Professor of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Research Interests:
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); Chemical discovery; Fate & transport; Human exposure; Firefighting (AFFF); Fingerprinting sources (forensics); Weapons: thermal degradation
Amy Garrett
Associate Professor of Horticulture
Research Interests:
Coordinate variety trial(s) with Dry Farming Collaborative (DFC); Participatory Climate Adaptation Research; Dry Farming in maritime PNW
David Hannaway
Professor of Crop and Soil Science
Research Interests:
Data curation; Web segment design and implementation; Greenhouse work. Products: Forage identification learning tool with phone, web, field, and greenhouse components; Oregon Forages web segment; GIS-based suitability maps for forage selection; Plant species response functions and models. • Learn about: Physiological ecology, GIS mapping, World climate/soils, Agro-eco modeling, Animal-plant-human diet linkages
Paul Hughes
Assistant Professor of Food Science and Technology
Research Interests:
Adding value to agricultural by-products by fermentation and subsequent processing; Innovating flavor delivery from botanicals; Impact of copper on neutral spirit distillates; Novel sensory methodologies for evaluation of work in progress and final product quality; Rapid extraction of wood flavors for spirit augmentation
Siva K. Kolluri
Professor of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Research Interests:
How do certain chemicals act and investigate their mechanism of action Why do ‘normal’ cells lose their normalcy and become abnormal How to make abnormal cells normal again How to stop the growth of cancer cells or selectively kill them Understand how certain proteins protect cancer cells and find means to eliminate them
Michelle Kutzler
Professor of Animal and Rangeland Sciences
Research Interests:
Work with sheep, cattle, horses, and dogs • Cell culture with canine cancer cell lines • Sperm counts, sperm morphologies, and other sperm testing • Radioactive & non-radioactive hormone testing • Role of luteinizing hormone in the longterm health problems following spaying and neutering in dogs • Improving fertility in livestock • Alternative methods for sterilizing horses
Jung Y Kwon
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Characterization of biomedical functions of natural molecules derived from marine organisms and application for chronic disease prevention; Regulation of lipid metabolism & gut microbiome in obesity; Redox & inflammatory signaling pathway; Bioactive peptides, phytochemicals
Fiona Tomas Nash
Fisheries and Wildlife
Research Interests:
Patterns and drivers of eelgrass wasting disease (EWD) in OR; Evaluating eelgrass natural recovery potential from seed banks in South Slough and lower Coos Bay, OR
Mike Penner
Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology
Research Interests:
Hydration Properties of Foods: Technologies (Drying, Rehydration); Underlying Science (Surface Chemistry, Porosity, Intermolecular Interactions); Implications (Food Security, Sustainability)
Salini Sasidharan
Assistant Professor of Biological and Ecological Engineering
Research Interests:
Development pre- and post treatment systems • Groundwater modeling for drywell-MAR • Comparison of various MAR techniques • Alternative water for groundwater recharge • Use of geophysical tool for site characterization
Timothy Warren
Assistant Professor of Horticulture
Research Interests:
Long-distance dispersal in Drosophila