Faculty Directory

The faculty listed below have research expertise related to water and watersheds. Faculty who are approved to serve as advisors in the Water Resources Graduate Program are designated with the following codes:

• WRE = approved to advise students in Water Resources Engineering
• WRS = approved to advise students in Water Resources Science
• WRPM = approved to advise students in Water Resources Policy and Management.

Faculty are listed by college and department. Use the drop down box to view faculty within a particular unit.

To add names to the directory or update information, please email iww@oregonstate.edu.

Several other directories may also be of use:

• OSU Directory of Faculty Expertise (allows one to search for experts by topic)
• Directory of Oregon Climate Change Researchers
• OSU Find Someone (allows one to search for students and staff contact information by name)

College of Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural and Resource Economics Richard M. Adams (Emeritus) Expertise: Natural resource and water economics Web Page Contact Information Penelope L. Diebel Expertise: Agricultural and natural resource policy; Teaching/Advising Eastern Oregon University WRS, WRPM Web Page Contact Information Munisamy Gopinath Expertise: Effect of productivity growth on economic growth, international trade, and investment Web Page Contact Information William Jaeger Expertise: Extension agriculture and resource policy - water and land use WRPM Web Page Contact Information Gregory M. Perry Expertise: Social capital and land transactions Web Page Contact Information Andrew Plantinga Expertise: Environment/resource economics - land use, climate Web Page Contact Information Junjie Wu Expertise: Agricultural production and water quality WRPM Web Page Contact Information

Animal Sciences Michael Gamroth Expertise: Dairy management; extension Web Page Contact Information

Biological and Ecological Engineering Gail G. Andrews Expertise: Extension - wells and septic tanks WRS,WRPM Web Page Contact Information Dominique Bachelet Expertise: Ecosystems analysis and simulation WRS Web Page Contact Information John P. Bolte Expertise: Decision support, artificial intelligence, watershed analysis WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Richard H. Cuenca Expertise: Irrigation system optimization, water resource engineering WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Roger Ely Expertise: Environmental biotechnology WRE Web Page Contact Information Marshall J. English Expertise: Irrigation optimization WRE Web Page Contact Information James Moore Expertise: Livestock waste management, water quality WRE Web Page Contact Information John S. Selker Expertise: Vadose zone hydrology and modeling WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Desiree Tullos Expertise: Ecohydraulics, river morphology and restoration WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information

Crop and Soil Science John E. Baham Expertise: Soil geochemistry Web Page Contact Information Richard P. Dick Expertise: Microbial processes and nutrient cycling Web Page Contact Information Maria I. Dragila Expertise: Soil physics, unsaturated flow WRS Web Page Contact Information Patrick Hayes Expertise: Barley breeding and products WRS Web Page Contact Information J. Herbert Huddleston Expertise: Extension soil science specialist Web Page Contact Information David Myrold Expertise: Soil microbiology, forest soils WRS Web Page Contact Information Jay Noller Expertise: Landscape pedology Web Page Contact Information Clinton Shock Expertise: Director, Malheur Experiment Station, drip irrigation, watershed stewardship WRS Web Page Contact Information

Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Kim Anderson Expertise: Director, Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Web Page Contact Information Jennifer Field Expertise: Fate and transport of organic chemicals Web Page Contact Information Terry L. Miller Expertise: Extension pesticide toxicology and regulations Web Page Contact Information

Extension Sea Grant Karen Buell Expertise: Master Watershed Stewardship program Web Page Contact Information Sam Chan Expertise: Aquatic ecosystem health educator Web Page Contact Information Emily Cosci Expertise: Watershed education coordinator Web Page Contact Information Robert Emanuel Expertise: Water resources/community development educator Web Page Contact Information Megan Kleibacker Expertise: Watershed Education Program Associate Web Page Contact Information Jay Rasmussen Expertise: Assoc Dir-Sea Grant Extension Program Web Page Contact Information Jim Waldvogel Expertise: Marine extension agent Web Page Contact Information

Fisheries and Wildlife Frank Burris Expertise: Extension - Watershed educator, South Coast Web Page Contact Information Guillermo Giannico Expertise: Fish ecology and behavior; extension and outreach Web Page Contact Information Derek Godwin Expertise: Extension - watershed management specialist Web Page Contact Information Stanley V. Gregory Expertise: Stream ecosystems Web Page Contact Information Paul Heikkila Expertise: Extension - watershed restoration, commercial fisheries Web Page Contact Information Sherri Johnson (Courtesy) Expertise: Stream-forest interactions WRE, WRS, WRPM Web Page Contact Information Philip Kaufmann (Courtesy) Expertise: Streams and aquatic habitat WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Robert T. Lackey (Courtesy) Expertise: Salmon restoration WRPM Web Page Contact Information Doug Markle Expertise: fisheries, Klamath Basin Web Page Contact Information Barbara Shields Expertise: Fisheries genetics Web Page Contact Information

Rangeland Ecology and Management Michael M. Borman Expertise: Extension, rangeland ecology and management Web Page Contact Information John C. Buckhouse Expertise: Watershed research on Oregon's rangelands Web Page Contact Information William C. Krueger Expertise: Riparian ecology Web Page Contact Information Tamzen K. Stringham Expertise: Riparian and range ecology, restoration Web Page Contact Information

College of Engineering

Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Mark Dolan Expertise: Aerobic/anaerobic microbial transformation Web Page Contact Information Jeffrey Nason Expertise: Water and wastewater treatment WRE Web Page Contact Information Lewis Semprini Expertise: Groundwater remediation Web Page Contact Information Dorthe Wildenschild Expertise: Multi-phase flow and transport WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Ken Williamson Expertise: Biological treatment of wastes WRE Web Page Contact Information Brian Wood Expertise: Modeling porous media, groundwater WRE Web Page Contact Information Gregory Rorrer Expertise: Biochemical engineering Web Page Contact Information

Civil and Construction Engineering Daniel T. Cox Expertise: Director, Hinsdale Wave Research Lab Web Page Contact Information Wayne C. Huber Expertise: Urban hydrology and stormwater management WRE Web Page Contact Information Jonathan D. Istok Expertise: Groundwater engineering, contaminants WRE Web Page Contact Information Charles K. Sollitt (Emeritus) Expertise: Wave-structure-foundation interaction Web Page Contact Information Walt Trimmer Expertise: Sprinkler irrigation Web Page Contact Information

College of Forestry

Forest Engineering, Resources and Management Paul Adams Expertise: Forest Watershed Extension Specialist WRS,WRPM Web Page Contact Information Geoffrey M. Huntington Expertise: Law; Endangered Species and Clean Water Acts Web Page Contact Information Jeffrey J. McDonnell Expertise: Hillslope hydrology and isotopes as tracers WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Marvin R. Pyles Expertise: Engineering properties of soils, road drainage WRE, WRS, WRPM Web Page Contact Information Arne E. Skaugset Expertise: Forest roads - headwater watersheds management WRE Web Page Contact Information Parker J. (Jim) Wigington (Courtesy) Expertise: Streams and buffers WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Michael Wing Expertise: GIS and spatial analysis Web Page Contact Information

Forest Ecosystems and Society Barbara Bond Expertise: Physical processes - water and carbon relations WRS Web Page Contact Information David Hibbs Expertise: Silviculture; forest ecology Web Page Contact Information Steven Perakis (Courtesy) Expertise: forest ecology and biogeochemistry Web Page Contact Information Ronald Reuter Expertise: Cascades Campus - juniper management and soils WRS Web Page Contact Information Byron (Bo) Shelby Expertise: Sociology of natural resources; recreation Web Page Contact Information

College of Health and Human Sciences

Public Health Anna K. Harding Expertise: Environmental health Web Page Contact Information Annette M. Rossignol Expertise: Environmental epidemiology Web Page Contact Information

College of Liberal Arts

Anthropology Courtland Smith (Emeritus) Expertise: Environmental anthropology WRPM Web Page Contact Information Bryan Tilt Expertise: Environmental anthropology WRPM Web Page Contact Information

Economics Joe Kerkvliet Expertise: Natural resources and environment economics Web Page Contact Information

Political Science Patrick Corcoran Expertise: Extension - Coastal Storms Initiative coordinator Web Page Contact Information Brent Steel Expertise: Director, Master of Public Policy Program WRPM Web Page Contact Information

Sociology Denise Lach Expertise: Sociology, water law and policy WRPM Web Page Contact Information

Speech Communication Gregg Walker Expertise: Environmental conflict resolution Web Page Contact Information

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Atmospheric Sciences Larry J. Mahrt (Emeritus) Expertise: Micrometeorology, boundary-layer meteorology Web Page Contact Information George Taylor Expertise: Director, Oregon Climate Service WRS Web Page Contact Information Michael H. Unsworth Expertise: Vegetation-atmosphere interactions WRS Web Page Contact Information

Oceanography Paul Adamus (Courtesy) Expertise: Wetlands WRS Web Page Contact Information Jack Barth Expertise: Coastal ocean dynamics Web Page Contact Information Kelly K. Falkner Expertise: Inorganic elemental and isotopic geochemistry WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Ralph Garono (Courtesy) Expertise: Wetlands and watershed assessment WRS Web Page Contact Information Michael Harte Expertise: Director, Marine Resources Management Program WRPM Web Page Contact Information Robert A. Holman Expertise: Beach processes Web Page Contact Information Murray Levine Expertise: Coastal ocean response to wind forcing Web Page Contact Information Patricia A. Wheeler Expertise: Phytoplankton physiology and ecology Web Page Contact Information

College of Science

Botany and Plant Pathology Mary Kentula (Courtesy) Expertise: Wetlands ecology WRS Web Page Contact Information Kate Lajtha Expertise: Director, Environmental Studies Undergraduate Program, biogeochemistry WRS Web Page Contact Information Ronald P. Neilson (Courtesy) Expertise: MAPSS Ecosystem Modeling Web Page Contact Information William E. Winner Expertise: Plants and environmental stresses Web Page Contact Information

Chemistry John C. Westall Expertise: Surface and solution chemistry in the env. Web Page Contact Information

Geosciences Peter Clark Expertise: Glacial geology Web Page Contact Information Chris Daly Expertise: Director, PRISM Group (Climate) Web Page Contact Information Ronald Doel Expertise: Reconstructing historical landscapes Web Page Contact Information Hannah Gosnell Expertise: Integrated land and water resource management WRPM Web Page Contact Information Gordon E. Grant (Courtesy) Expertise: Structure and dynamics of mountain streams WRE, WRS, WRPM Web Page Contact Information Roy Haggerty Expertise: Hydrogeology WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Julia A. Jones Expertise: Land use and ecosystem informatics WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Stephen T. Lancaster Expertise: Landscape analysis, geomorphology WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Randall Milstein Expertise: eCampus - Environmental Science Contact Information Anne Nolin Expertise: Remote sensing; snow hydrology WRS Web Page Contact Information Mary V. Santelmann Expertise: wetlands ecology; Director, Water Resources Graduate Program WRS, WRPM Web Page Contact Information Fred. J. Swanson (Courtesy) Expertise: USFS - Ecosystem Team WRS Web Page Contact Information Aaron T. Wolf Expertise: Water resources policy and conflict resolution WRPM Web Page Contact Information

Mathematics Ronald Guenther Expertise: Porous medium flow and biodegradation WRS Web Page Contact Information Lea F. Murphy Expertise: Applied mathematics Web Page Contact Information Malgorzata Peszynska Expertise: Modeling, flow and transport in porous media WRE, WRS Web Page Contact Information Ralph Showalter Expertise: Flow in heterogeneous media WRS Web Page Contact Information Enrique Thomann Expertise: PDEs arising from fluid mechanics WRS Web Page Contact Information Edward C. Waymire Expertise: Various types of flow and dispersion Web Page Contact Information

Microbiology Peter J. Bottomley Expertise: Soil microbiology Web Page Contact Information Theo Dreher Expertise: Molecular plant virology; freshwater cyanobacteria Web Page Contact Information Katharine Field Expertise: Environmental microbiology, fecal source detection WRS Web Page Contact Information Stephen J. Giovannoni Expertise: Organisms in oceans and oceanic lithosphere Web Page Contact Information Paul W. Reno Expertise: Etiology of disease Web Page Contact Information

Zoology Andrew R. Blaustein Expertise: Director, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, amphibians Web Page Contact Information David Lytle Expertise: Aquatic organisms and disturbance regimes Web Page Contact Information Allen Milligan Expertise: Microalgae, bacteria and corals WRS Web Page Contact Information Deanna H. Olson (Courtesy) Expertise: Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Contact Information

Valley Library

Valley Library Andrea Wirth Expertise: Geosciences and Environmental Sciences Librarian Web Page Contact Information

Office of Research

Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program Hillary Egna Expertise: Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Program Web Page Contact Information

Institute for Natural Resources Gail Achterman Expertise: Director, Institute for Natural Resources, Water law WRPM Web Page Contact Information Jeff Behan Expertise: Grand Canyon studies Web Page Contact Information Renee Davis-Born Expertise: Coastal-ocean research and outreach Web Page Contact Information Sally Duncan Expertise: Social acceptance of resource management Web Page Contact Information Lisa Gaines Expertise: Environmental policy; international waters WRPM Web Page Contact Information

Institute for Water and Watersheds Michael E. Campana Expertise: Hydrogeology, groundwater policy WRS Web Page Contact Information Julia Doermann (Courtesy) Expertise: Policy; mediation and conflict resolution WRPM Contact Information Richard J. Heggen (Courtesy) Expertise: Hydraulic engineering; water resources Contact Information George Gary Ice (Courtesy) Expertise: Stream improvement Web Page Contact Information Todd Jarvis Expertise: Groundwater policy, conflict resolution WRSWRPM Web Page Contact Information

Beyond OSU

Deschutes Resources Conservancy Bruce Aylward (Adjunct) Expertise: Cascades Campus; International energy and resources, water markets WRPM Web Page Contact Information Alan Yeakley Expertise: Ecosystem management, urban ecology WRS Web Page Contact Information David Hulse Expertise: GIS, natural resources planning Web Page Contact Information Adell Amos Expertise: Environmental law WRPM Web Page Contact Information Stephen Taylor Expertise: Geomorphology WRS Web Page Contact Information