OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
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Arbuckle, Scarlett Instructor/Undergraduate Experiential Learning Coordinator 541-737-3278 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 104
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
I support research endeavors through the OSU Marine Team, instruct several courses and assist in departmental operations. My past research has included work on cephalopod population dynamics, behavior and neurobiology. |
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Arismendi, Ivan * Assistant Professor 541-737-2639 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 40
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
stream ecology, limnology, hydrology, forestry, and watershed-level processes |
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Armstrong, Jonathan * Assistant Professor 541-737-1080 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 34
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
I integrate animal behavior, physiology, and landscape ecology to better understand how fish and wildlife interact with their environment. My research employs observational study, field experiments, and simulation modeling. |
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Bartholomew, Jerri * Department Head of Microbiology; Professor & Director of J.L. Fryer Salmon Disease Laboratory 541-737-1834 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 524
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Our research focuses on the pathogens that affect the health of wild Pacific salmon populations, particularly myxozoan parasites, which have a complex life cycle, requiring both a fish and annelid host. Salmon diseases, host resistance mechanisms, parasite evolution. |
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Biedenweg, Kelly * Assistant Professor 541-737-2207 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 154
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Conservation Psychology and Human Wellbeing, Applied research on human dimensions of natural resource management, Program Evaluation and Facilitation, Environmental Education and Social Learning |
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Boyer, Kathryn Fish Ecologist 541-737-1972 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 104
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
My research has focused on (1) the effects of agricultural and forestry land-use practices on stream and riparian habitats critical to native fish species, and (2) the development of land management practices that minimize degradation of stream and riparian functions important to aquatic species. |
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Brandt, Stephen * Professor 541-737-3396 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 104
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Fish ecology and management of marine and freshwater ecosystems; Specifically: 1) Bioenergetics, food webs, physical-biological interactions, and predator-prey interactions among fishes; 2) The ecology of thermal fronts; 3) Ecosystem forecasting; 4) Spatial modeling of fish growth and production; |
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Campbell, Holly Instructor (541)740-9716 Contact person by email |
Current research interests include •ecosystem-based management in freshwater and marine settings •land-ocean interactions and human influences on coastal water quality and biodiversity (including climate impacts, and land-based pollution) |
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Chan, Samuel Assistant Professor, Sea Grant Extension 541-737-1583 Contact person by email Oregon Sea Grant ExtensionOregon Sea Grant 1600 SW Western Blvd Ste 350Oregon Sea Grant 1600 SW Western Blvd Ste 350 Corvallis, OR 97333 |
Watershed Health and Aquatic Invasive Species Specialist. Sam Chan is Oregon Sea Grant's expert in aquatic invasive species and aquatic ecosystem health. |
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DeWeber, Jefferson Postdoctoral Research Scholar 541-737-1859 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 546
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
My current research focuses on linking multiple values from diverse stakeholders to management actions to support more integrated conservation and restoration. |
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Duarte, Adam * Postdoctoral Research Associate Contact person by email Weniger Hall
Weniger Hall 445
103 SW Memorial Place103 SW Memorial Place Corvallis, OR 97331 |
how animals respond to environmental heterogeneity, and how this leads to variation in the distribution and abundance of species at multiple scales |
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Dunham, Jason * Courtesy Appointment (541)750-0990 Contact person by email Forest Science Lab3200 SW Jefferson Way3200 SW Jefferson Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Fish ecology and conservation biology. Landscape ecology of aquatic ecosystems, conservation biology of focal species, ecology of natural disturbance, biological invasions, monitoring |
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Ebersole, Joseph Courtesy Appointment 541-754-4775 Contact person by email |
Fish Ecology, Fish-habitat relationships, Restoration, Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, Ecological literacy in contemporary culture |
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Egna, Hillary Director of AquaFish Innovation Lab (formerly CRSP) 541-737-6415 Contact person by email |
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Fitzpatrick, Martin Courtesy Appointment 541-750-1032 Contact person by email |
Reproduction; Physiology Clean Water Act Policy (esp. water quality standards) |
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Giannico, Guillermo * Associate Professor, Extension Fisheries Specialist 541-737-2479 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 114
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
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Heppell, Scott * Associate Professor 541-737-1086 Contact person by email |
Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Ecology |
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Hughes, Robert Professor, Senior Research 541-754-4516 Contact person by email |
Fish Assemblage Ecology |
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Hurst, Thomas * Courtesy Assistant Professor of Fisheries 541-737-7022 Contact person by email |
I am interested in the ecology of early life stages of marine species and the constraints imposed by the environment. I am particularly interested in the pervasive influence on temperature variation on all aspects of physiology and ecology of ectotherms. |
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Johnson, Sherri * Courtesy Assistant Professor 541-758-7771 Contact person by email |
Aquatic Ecology and Biogeochemistry |
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Kent, Michael Professor 541-737-8652 Contact person by email |
Presently the Kent lab is focusing on two major research areas; diseases of zebrafish in research facilities and impacts of pathogens on wild salmonid fishes. In both areas, we are focusing on the study of chronic infectious diseases. |
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Lackey, Robert * Courtesy Professor 541-737-0569 Contact person by email Weniger Hall
Weniger Hall 459
103 SW Memorial Place103 SW Memorial Place Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Research Interests: Assessing alternative Pacific Northwest ecological futures; Pacific salmon policy and management; ecosystem management and alternative management paradigms; ecological policy and decision analysis; interface between science, scientists, and policy. |
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Langdon, Christopher Professor 541-867-0231 Contact person by email |
Research Areas: Aquaculture; nutrition of oysters and other bivalves; microencapsulation; polyculture of abalone; genetic selection of oysters. |
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Mate, Bruce Director and Endowed Chair of the OSU Marine Mammal Institute 541-867-0202 Contact person by email |
Determination of critical habitat, migration routes, feeding ecology and dive behavior for endangered whales; also population assessment, human conflicts and resolution. |
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Miller, Jessica * Professor 541-867-0381 Contact person by email |
Research Areas: Marine ecology, fisheries science, otolith chemistry, mixing and migration, early life history |
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Noakes, David * Professor & Senior Scientist, Oregon Hatchery Research Center 541-737-1953 Contact person by email |
Social behavior, Early development and behavior, Ethology, Ecology and life history, Evolution and polymorphism |
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O Malley, Kathleen * Associate Professor, State Fisheries Geneticist 541-961-3311 Contact person by email |
Research Areas: Fisheries genetics and genomics, fisheries conservation and management. |
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Peterson, James Professor & Leader – USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 541-737-1963 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 176
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
multiple aspects of aquatic ecology- with an emphasis on lotic communities |
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Sampson, David Professor Emeritus 541-867-0386 Contact person by email |
Research Areas: Fishery stock assessment and management; development and testing of stock assessment methods; models of fishermen's behavior (e.g., fishing operations such as gear and fishing location choice). |
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Schreck, Carl * Professor Emeritus 541-737-1961 Contact person by email |
Environmental physiology and reproductive physiology of fish. Particularly, determination of effects of stress on fish performance in the wild and in the hatchery. Areas of interest include fish health, migration and development. |
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Sellinger, Cynthia Courtesy Assistant Professor (541) 740-5519 Contact person by email |
I am researching the effect that climate change has on Pacific salmon. Specifically, I statistically analyze how major climatic events (El Nino and La Nina) affect the respectively nutrient-rich and nutrient- poor oceanographic episodes (upwelling and downwelling). |
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Sidlauskas, Brian * Associate Professor & Curator of Fishes 541-737-6789 Contact person by email |
Ichthyology, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity and Conservation of Fishes |
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Stewart, Heather Faculty Research Assistant - Fish Physiologist 541-737-1889 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 104
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
My current research involves improving hatchery-origin fish to be more phenotypically similar to wild fish for tagging studies and reintroduction efforts. |
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Thompson, Grant Courtesy Associate Professor of Fisheries 541-737-9318 Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 132
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Marine fish stock assessment and fishery harvest theory, statistical methodology, risk analysis and precautionary approaches, prevention of overfishing. |
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Warren, Dana * Associate Professor (541) 737-5319 Contact person by email |
aquatic ecology and fish ecology |
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White, Will * Assistant Professor 541-867-0385 Contact person by email |
Nearshore fisheries oceanographer |
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Whitlock, Steven Graduate Student Contact person by email Nash Hall
Nash Hall 104
2820 SW Campus Way2820 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
I study Pacific lamprey freshwater ecology |
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Wooster, David * Associate Professor 541-567-6337 Contact person by email |
My research interests would be stream ecology, aquatic invertebrate biology, restoration effectiveness monitoring, stream food webs, stream and riparian linkages. |