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Name & Position	Interests	Contact Information
Ackers, Steven Senior Faculty Research Assistant	Northern spotted owl demography. Population demography, habitat effects on demographic performance, behavioral ecology of predator/prey interactions, threatened and endangered species management...	Office: 541-822-3359 Contact person by email
Ahlgren, Amber Administrative Manager	Amber is the Administrative Manager for the Department. Her duties include all personnel and payroll matters. She is...	Office: 541-737-1936 Contact person by email
Albertson, Giselle Instructor/Advisor	I am interested in using molecular markers to address questions about population structure and evolutionary history of both insular and pelagic dolphin species. I use these markers to evaluate...	Office: 503-839-8184 Contact person by email
Allen, Nancy Instructor	I teach online courses in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences program including FW 107, 209, 251, 289, and 325.	Office: 541-737-1941 Contact person by email
Allen, Jennifer Faculty Research Assistant	I couple non-invasive sampling with genetic methods to study fish and wildlife populations.	Office: 541-737-1625 Contact person by email
Amon, Brooke Administrative Program Spec	Brooke is the U.S.G.S. Oregon Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit Administrative Specialist. Brooke also helps with U.S.G.S personnel travel.	Office: 541-737-1938 Contact person by email
Andrews, Lawrence Senior Faculty Research Assistant		Office: 541-776-6794 Contact person by email
Anthony, Christopher Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Appel, Cara		Contact person by email
Arbuckle, Scarlett Instructor/Undergraduate Experiential Learning Coordinator	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...	Office: 541-737-3278 Contact person by email
Arismendi, Ivan Assistant Professor	My interests encompass stream ecology, limnology, hydrology, forestry, and watershed-level processes. In particular, I am interested in the consequences of climate change on freshwater...	Office: 541-737-2639 Contact person by email
Armstrong, Jonathan Assistant Professor	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...	Office: 541-737-1080 Contact person by email
Arnold, Linsey Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Ashkenas, Linda Senior Faculty Research Assistant	Stream Ecology. Stream and riparian zone ecology, including impacts of land use practices and restoration; role of large wood in streams; salmonid ecology; stream community dynamics; environmental...	Office: 541-737-1966 Contact person by email
Avila, Alexandra Graduate Fellow		Contact person by email
Bailey, Olivia		Contact person by email
Baker, C Scott Professor & Associate Director	Scott Baker is broadly interested in the evolutionary and ecological pattern and process in whales and dolphins, including their abundance, population structure, genetic diversity and systematic...	Office: 541-867-0255 Contact person by email
Banks, Michael Professor & Director of CIMRS	Michael's research and teaching interests center on the application of population genetic principles towards furthering basic knowledge and understanding of marine population processes. Broadly...	Office: 541-867-0420 Contact person by email
Barlow, Dawn Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Barrett, Hannah Graduate Fellow		Contact person by email
Bartholomew, Jerri Department Head of Microbiology; Professor & Director of J.L. Fryer Salmon Disease Laboratory	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...	Office: 541-737-1834 Contact person by email
Baumbusch, Ryan Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Betts, Matthew Associate Professor	Landscape ecology, behavioral ecology species distributions, forest management and conservation (1) Influences of landscape structure on demography of animal populations, (2) Animal...	Office: 541-737-3841 Contact person by email
Biedenweg, Kelly Assistant Professor	I am an interdisciplinary social scientist who studies natural resource management in two directions: how humans benefit from the natural environment and how human actions impact the natural...	Office: 541-737-2207 Contact person by email
Bixler, Kirsten Faculty Research Assistant		Contact person by email
Boehlert, George Emeritus Appointment	Ecology of marine fishes, particularly early life history stages; Pelagic habitats; seamount ecology; age, growth and reproduction of fishes.	Office: 541-867-0138 Contact person by email
Boyer, Kathryn Fish Ecologist	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...	Office: 541-737-1972 Contact person by email
Brandt, Stephen Professor	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...	Office: 541-737-3396 Contact person by email
Bredeweg, Evan Postdoc		Contact person by email
Brodeur, Richard Courtesy Appointment	I study the effects of ocean conditions on the distribution and feeding ecology of marine fishes in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Also interested in other trophic levels from zooplankton up to...	Office: 541-867-0336 Contact person by email
Burnett, Kelly Courtesy Assistant Professor	My research interests center around three broad topics: 1) Understanding how salmon and trout use stream habitats and how these habitats are distributed across a landscape; 2)...	Office: 541-750-7309 Contact person by email
Buser, Thaddaeus Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Bynes, Kenya Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Campbell, Holly Instructor	Current research interests include •ecosystem-based management in freshwater and marine settings •land-ocean interactions and human influences on coastal water quality and...	Office: (541) 740-9716 Contact person by email
Chan, Samuel Assistant Professor, Sea Grant Extension	Watershed Health and Aquatic Invasive Species Specialist. Sam Chan is Oregon Sea Grant's expert in aquatic invasive species and aquatic ecosystem health. He provides public education and...	Office: 541-737-1583 Contact person by email
Chapman, John Courtesy Appointment Professor of Fisheries	Aquatic biological invasions, invertebrate zoology and peracaridan crustacean taxonomy. Climate consequences for species invasions and diversity changes in marine coastal systems, the historical...	Office: (541) 737-0235 Contact person by email
Chasco, Brandon Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Chatfield, Marcus Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Chitwood, Rob Bio Science Research Tech 3	Bioscience Research Technician and the Facility Manager at Smith Farm Genetics and Performance Lab.	Office: 541-737-4008 Contact person by email
Claremont, Rita Faculty Research Assistant		Contact person by email
Clark, Jessica Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Coblentz, Bruce Professor Emeritus	Exotic Species, North American Ungulates. Biology of Introduced Mammals on Islands, Ruminant behavioral ecology	Office: 541-737-1959 Contact person by email
Cortes, Alvaro Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Cosgrove, Jillian Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Creason, Whitney Academic Advisor	Academic Advisor for Ecampus and First Year Corvallis campus students	Office: 541-737-2313 Contact person by email
Crowhurst, Rachel Faculty Research Assistant		Office: 541-737-6035 Contact person by email
Curran, Lorne Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Curtis, Jenna Graduate Student		Contact person by email
DeBano, Sandy Associate Professor	My research focuses on how human activities affect terrestrial invertebrate communities and the ecosystem services they provide, with a special interest in riparian and grassland ecology, food...	Office: 541-567-6337 Contact person by email
Delie, Jackie Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Diebel, Ken Instructor	Restoring wetland and riparian areas to proper functioning condition, primarily in eastern Oregon. Improving communication among all stakeholders to ensure effective natural resource...	Contact person by email
Donaghy Cannon, Michelle Head Advisor	Head Academic Advisor for the Fisheries and Wildlife Department and instructor for FW 107 Orientation to Fisheries and Wildlife - Corvallis Campus.	Office: 541-737-2646 Contact person by email
Duarte, Adam Postdoctoral Research Associate	I am a quantitative ecologist working at the Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. I am broadly interested in how environmental heterogeneity...	Contact person by email
Dugger, Bruce Professor & Associate Department Head	Ongoing research includes: understanding factors that limit populations of wintering waterfowl; biological theory behind the development of conservation plans; avian behavioral ecology and...	Office: 541-737-2465 Contact person by email
Dugger, Katie Associate Professor; Assistant Unit Leader- USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Population Dynamics and Avian Ecology. The effect of abiotic factors (climate, flooding, etc.) on avian survival and reproductive rates, and the changes in demographic parameters that may result...	Office: 541-737-2473 Contact person by email
Dungannon, Tyler Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Dunham, Susie Graduate Program Coordinator and Instructor	Graduate Program Coordinator for Fisheries and Wildlife Certificate, MS, and PhD programs. Instructor for FW 506: Projects. Academic advisor for Ecampus undergraduate students and graduate...	Office: 541-737-2642 Contact person by email
Dunham, Jason Courtesy Appointment	Fish ecology and conservation biology. Landscape ecology of aquatic ecosystems, conservation biology of focal species, ecology of natural disturbance, biological invasions, monitoring	Office: (541)750-0990 Contact person by email
Duplaix, Nicole Senior Instructor	Comparative ecology, behavior and conservation of otter species and other endangered carnivores, Phylogeny, evolution and behavior.	Office: 503-302-4913 Contact person by email
Dziedzic, Emily Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Eagles Smith, Collin Courtesy Appointment	My research focuses on the interactions among ecological processes, contaminant bioaccumulation, and effects on wild populations. I have specifically focused on (1) the ecological factors...	Office: 541-750-0949 Contact person by email
Ebersole, Joseph Courtesy Appointment	Fish Ecology, Fish-habitat relationships, Restoration, Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, Ecological literacy in contemporary culture	Office: 541-754-4775 Contact person by email
Edge, William Associate Dean College of Agricultural Sciences & Professor	Population and habitat ecology of wildlife in forest and agricultural ecosystems; mammal conservation and management; administration and policy; university education pedegogies, especially...	Office: 541-737-2910 Contact person by email
Ellsworth, Lisa Assistant Professor	Fire Behavior and Modeling, Habitat Ecology, Rangeland Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Ecological Restoration	Office: 541-737-1959
Engelman, Catherine Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Epps, Clinton Associate Professor	Connectivity and dispersal in fragmented landscapes Effects of climate and climate change on distribution and demography Conservation genetics Wildlife ecology and...	Office: 541-737-2478 Contact person by email
Erickson, Brian Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Eriksson, Charlotte Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Evans, Allison Research Associate (Post Doc)		Contact person by email
Finley, Mary Instructor	I’m interested in the development of fisheries and fisheries science in the Pacific. Most of the scholarly attention on fisheries development is about the Atlantic, where fisheries developed...	Office: 541-745-9093 Contact person by email
Fitzpatrick, Martin Courtesy Appointment	Reproduction; Physiology Clean Water Act Policy (esp. water quality standards)	Office: 541-750-1032 Contact person by email
Fleming, Whitney Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Ford, M Jesse Associate Professor, Senior Research (retired)	Atmosphere-biosphere interactions High latitude ecosystems Influence of airborne contaminants on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems Long-term patterns of aquatic and terrestrial...	Office: 541-737-1960 Contact person by email
Forsman, Eric Courtesy Appointment - Retired	Ecology of forest wildlife and ecology of forest owls.	Office: 541-750-7266 Contact person by email
Friedlaender, Ari Associate Professor	My research focuses on using advanced telemetry tools to study the underwater behavior of marine mammals. I am interested in how the foraging behavior of marine mammals is affected by...	Office: (919) 672-0103 Contact person by email
Garcia, Tiffany Associate Professor	My research examines the direct and indirect effects of environmental stress on aquatic communities. My focal species are local and invasive amphibians, and I often work in ephemeral pond and...	Office: 541-737-2164 Contact person by email
Gerth, William Senior Faculty Research Assistant		Office: 541-737-1949 Contact person by email
Gervais, Jennifer Courtesy Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology	My research currently focuses on population dynamics with particular regard to anthropogenic stressors, such as contaminant effects. How do patterns of contaminant exposure interact with natural...	Office: 541-737-9159 Contact person by email
Giannico, Guillermo Associate Professor, Extension Fisheries Specialist	Freshwater Fish Ecology. Salmonid behavior and habitat selection in freshwater and estuarine systems. Aquatic habitat restoration. Land use impacts on fish habitat. Integrated watershed...	Office: 541-737-2479 Contact person by email
Goodman, Emily Office Specialist 2		Office: 541-737-4531 Contact person by email
Gregory, Stanley Professor Emeritus	Stream ecosystems: channel dynamics, woody debris, water chemistry, benthic algae, invertebrates, fish, salamanders, and riparian vegetation. Landscape perspectives for stream ecosystems....	Office: 541-737-1951 Contact person by email
Hagen, Christian Associate Professor	Evaluating population level responses of gallinaceous birds to large scale conservation effort and/or habitat perturbations, whether they be natural (e.g., wildfire) or anthropogenic. ...	Office: 541-410-0238 Contact person by email
Hahlbeck, Nicholas Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Haig, Susan Courtesy Professor of Wildlife Ecology	Processes affecting persistence/extinction of small populations, conservation genetics, behavioral ecology of shorebirds, wetland ecology, mating systems. Avian Population Genetics	Office: 541-750-0981 Contact person by email
Hakanson, Olivia Faculty Research Assistant		Contact person by email
Hall, James Emeritus Appointment		Office: 541-737-1950 Contact person by email
Hallman, Tyler Postdoc		Contact person by email
Hanshumaker, William Oregon Sea Grant Chief Scientist, Senior Instructor	My research centers on how people learn outside of the formal classroom. The major focus of my position is to support the development of exemplary extension, education and communication programs...	Office: 541-867-0167 Contact person by email
Haver, Samara Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Hendrickson, Courtney Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Heppell, Selina Department Head & Professor	I devote most of my research to some of the oldest and slowest-growing animals in the sea: sea turtles, sharks, sturgeon, and west coast rockfish (scientifically know as Sebastes,...	Office: 541-737-9039 Contact person by email
Heppell, Scott Associate Professor	My research interests are the physiological ecology of fishes, in particular how physiology, behavior, and life history traits affect the interactions between fish populations, their respective...	Office: 541-737-1086 Contact person by email
Herlihy, Alan Professor (Sr Res)	Aquatic Monitoring/Bioassessment Biogeochemistry Ecological Indicators. Lake, Stream, and Wetland Biological Assessment and Monitoring	Office: 541-754-4442 Contact person by email
Hildebrand, Lisa Graduate Student		Contact person by email
Horning, Markus Associate Professor	Pinniped Ecology Starting in 1990, I have developed and built numerous miniaturized data recording computers to monitor physiological, behavioral and environmental parameters on diving...	Office: 541-867-0270 Contact person by email
Horton, Howard Emeritus Appointment		Office: 541-737-1974 Contact person by email
Hughes, Robert Professor, Senior Research	Fish Assemblage Ecology Landscape Ecology Stream & River Ecology	Office: 541-754-4516 Contact person by email
Hurst, Thomas Courtesy Assistant Professor of Fisheries	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...	Office: 541-737-7022 Contact person by email
Jan, Arif Graduate Fellow
Janousek, Christopher Assistant Professor	I work with researchers at Oregon State University and other institutions (e.g., USGS, PNNL, NOAA NERR system) to study climate change impacts to west coast estuarine wetlands, carbon storage in...	Office: 541-250-2086 Contact person by email

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