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:
Faculty are listed by college and department. Use the drop down box to view faculty within a particular unit.
College of Agricultural Sciences
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Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Richard M. Adams (Emeritus)
Expertise: Natural resource and water economics
- Penelope L. Diebel
Expertise: Agricultural and natural resource policy; Teaching/Advising Eastern Oregon University WRS, WRPM
- Munisamy Gopinath
Expertise: Effect of productivity growth on economic growth, international trade, and investment
- William Jaeger
Expertise: Extension agriculture and resource policy - water and land use WRPM
- Gregory M. Perry
Expertise: Social capital and land transactions
- Andrew Plantinga
Expertise: Environment/resource economics - land use, climate
- Junjie Wu
Expertise: Agricultural production and water quality WRPM
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Animal Sciences
- Michael Gamroth
Expertise: Dairy management; extension
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Biological and Ecological Engineering
- Gail G. Andrews
Expertise: Extension - wells and septic tanks WRS,WRPM
- Dominique Bachelet
Expertise: Ecosystems analysis and simulation WRS
- John P. Bolte
Expertise: Decision support, artificial intelligence, watershed analysis WRE, WRS
- Richard H. Cuenca
Expertise: Irrigation system optimization, water resource engineering WRE, WRS
- Roger Ely
Expertise: Environmental biotechnology WRE
- Marshall J. English
Expertise: Irrigation optimization WRE
- James Moore
Expertise: Livestock waste management, water quality WRE
- John S. Selker
Expertise: Vadose zone hydrology and modeling WRE, WRS
- Desiree Tullos
Expertise: Ecohydraulics, river morphology and restoration WRE, WRS
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Crop and Soil Science
- John E. Baham
Expertise: Soil geochemistry
- Richard P. Dick
Expertise: Microbial processes and nutrient cycling
- Maria I. Dragila
Expertise: Soil physics, unsaturated flow WRS
- Patrick Hayes
Expertise: Barley breeding and products WRS
- J. Herbert Huddleston
Expertise: Extension soil science specialist
- David Myrold
Expertise: Soil microbiology, forest soils WRS
- Jay Noller
Expertise: Landscape pedology
- Clinton Shock
Expertise: Director, Malheur Experiment Station, drip irrigation, watershed stewardship WRS
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Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
- Kim Anderson
Expertise: Director, Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship
- Jennifer Field
Expertise: Fate and transport of organic chemicals
- Terry L. Miller
Expertise: Extension pesticide toxicology and regulations
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Extension Sea Grant
- Karen Buell
Expertise: Master Watershed Stewardship program
- Sam Chan
Expertise: Aquatic ecosystem health educator
- Emily Cosci
Expertise: Watershed education coordinator
- Robert Emanuel
Expertise: Water resources/community development educator
- Megan Kleibacker
Expertise: Watershed Education Program Associate
- Jay Rasmussen
Expertise: Assoc Dir-Sea Grant Extension Program
- Jim Waldvogel
Expertise: Marine extension agent
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Fisheries and Wildlife
- Frank Burris
Expertise: Extension - Watershed educator, South Coast
- Guillermo Giannico
Expertise: Fish ecology and behavior; extension and outreach
- Derek Godwin
Expertise: Extension - watershed management specialist
- Stanley V. Gregory
Expertise: Stream ecosystems
- Paul Heikkila
Expertise: Extension - watershed restoration, commercial fisheries
- Sherri Johnson (Courtesy)
Expertise: Stream-forest interactions WRE, WRS, WRPM
- Philip Kaufmann (Courtesy)
Expertise: Streams and aquatic habitat WRE, WRS
- Robert T. Lackey (Courtesy)
Expertise: Salmon restoration WRPM
- Doug Markle
Expertise: fisheries, Klamath Basin
- Barbara Shields
Expertise: Fisheries genetics
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Rangeland Ecology and Management
- Michael M. Borman
Expertise: Extension, rangeland ecology and management
- John C. Buckhouse
Expertise: Watershed research on Oregon's rangelands
- William C. Krueger
Expertise: Riparian ecology
- Tamzen K. Stringham
Expertise: Riparian and range ecology, restoration
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College of Engineering
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Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering
- Mark Dolan
Expertise: Aerobic/anaerobic microbial transformation
- Jeffrey Nason
Expertise: Water and wastewater treatment WRE
- Lewis Semprini
Expertise: Groundwater remediation
- Dorthe Wildenschild
Expertise: Multi-phase flow and transport WRE, WRS
- Ken Williamson
Expertise: Biological treatment of wastes WRE
- Brian Wood
Expertise: Modeling porous media, groundwater WRE
- Gregory Rorrer
Expertise: Biochemical engineering
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Civil and Construction Engineering
- Daniel T. Cox
Expertise: Director, Hinsdale Wave Research Lab
- Wayne C. Huber
Expertise: Urban hydrology and stormwater management WRE
- Jonathan D. Istok
Expertise: Groundwater engineering, contaminants WRE
- Charles K. Sollitt (Emeritus)
Expertise: Wave-structure-foundation interaction
- Walt Trimmer
Expertise: Sprinkler irrigation
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College of Forestry
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Forest Engineering, Resources and Management
- Paul Adams
Expertise: Forest Watershed Extension Specialist WRS,WRPM
- Geoffrey M. Huntington
Expertise: Law; Endangered Species and Clean Water Acts
- Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Expertise: Hillslope hydrology and isotopes as tracers WRE, WRS
- Marvin R. Pyles
Expertise: Engineering properties of soils, road drainage WRE, WRS, WRPM
- Arne E. Skaugset
Expertise: Forest roads - headwater watersheds management WRE
- Parker J. (Jim) Wigington (Courtesy)
Expertise: Streams and buffers WRE, WRS
- Michael Wing
Expertise: GIS and spatial analysis
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Forest Ecosystems and Society
- Barbara Bond
Expertise: Physical processes - water and carbon relations WRS
- David Hibbs
Expertise: Silviculture; forest ecology
- Steven Perakis (Courtesy)
Expertise: forest ecology and biogeochemistry
- Ronald Reuter
Expertise: Cascades Campus - juniper management and soils WRS
- Byron (Bo) Shelby
Expertise: Sociology of natural resources; recreation
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College of Health and Human Sciences
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Public Health
- Anna K. Harding
Expertise: Environmental health
- Annette M. Rossignol
Expertise: Environmental epidemiology
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College of Liberal Arts
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Anthropology
- Courtland Smith (Emeritus)
Expertise: Environmental anthropology WRPM
- Bryan Tilt
Expertise: Environmental anthropology WRPM
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Economics
- Joe Kerkvliet
Expertise: Natural resources and environment economics
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Political Science
- Patrick Corcoran
Expertise: Extension - Coastal Storms Initiative coordinator
- Brent Steel
Expertise: Director, Master of Public Policy Program WRPM
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Sociology
- Denise Lach
Expertise: Sociology, water law and policy WRPM
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Speech Communication
- Gregg Walker
Expertise: Environmental conflict resolution
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College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
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Atmospheric Sciences
- Larry J. Mahrt (Emeritus)
Expertise: Micrometeorology, boundary-layer meteorology
- George Taylor
Expertise: Director, Oregon Climate Service WRS
- Michael H. Unsworth
Expertise: Vegetation-atmosphere interactions WRS
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Oceanography
- Paul Adamus (Courtesy)
Expertise: Wetlands WRS
- Jack Barth
Expertise: Coastal ocean dynamics
- Kelly K. Falkner
Expertise: Inorganic elemental and isotopic geochemistry WRE, WRS
- Ralph Garono (Courtesy)
Expertise: Wetlands and watershed assessment WRS
- Michael Harte
Expertise: Director, Marine Resources Management Program WRPM
- Robert A. Holman
Expertise: Beach processes
- Murray Levine
Expertise: Coastal ocean response to wind forcing
- Patricia A. Wheeler
Expertise: Phytoplankton physiology and ecology
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College of Science
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Botany and Plant Pathology
- Mary Kentula (Courtesy)
Expertise: Wetlands ecology WRS
- Kate Lajtha
Expertise: Director, Environmental Studies Undergraduate Program, biogeochemistry WRS
- Ronald P. Neilson (Courtesy)
Expertise: MAPSS Ecosystem Modeling
- William E. Winner
Expertise: Plants and environmental stresses
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Chemistry
- John C. Westall
Expertise: Surface and solution chemistry in the env.
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Geosciences
- Peter Clark
Expertise: Glacial geology
- Chris Daly
Expertise: Director, PRISM Group (Climate)
- Ronald Doel
Expertise: Reconstructing historical landscapes
- Hannah Gosnell
Expertise: Integrated land and water resource management WRPM
- Gordon E. Grant (Courtesy)
Expertise: Structure and dynamics of mountain streams WRE, WRS, WRPM
- Roy Haggerty
Expertise: Hydrogeology WRE, WRS
- Julia A. Jones
Expertise: Land use and ecosystem informatics WRE, WRS
- Stephen T. Lancaster
Expertise: Landscape analysis, geomorphology WRE, WRS
- Randall Milstein
Expertise: eCampus - Environmental Science
- Anne Nolin
Expertise: Remote sensing; snow hydrology WRS
- Mary V. Santelmann
Expertise: wetlands ecology; Director, Water Resources Graduate Program WRS, WRPM
- Fred. J. Swanson (Courtesy)
Expertise: USFS - Ecosystem Team WRS
- Aaron T. Wolf
Expertise: Water resources policy and conflict resolution WRPM
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Mathematics
- Ronald Guenther
Expertise: Porous medium flow and biodegradation WRS
- Lea F. Murphy
Expertise: Applied mathematics
- Malgorzata Peszynska
Expertise: Modeling, flow and transport in porous media WRE, WRS
- Ralph Showalter
Expertise: Flow in heterogeneous media WRS
- Enrique Thomann
Expertise: PDEs arising from fluid mechanics WRS
- Edward C. Waymire
Expertise: Various types of flow and dispersion
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Microbiology
- Peter J. Bottomley
Expertise: Soil microbiology
- Theo Dreher
Expertise: Molecular plant virology; freshwater cyanobacteria
- Katharine Field
Expertise: Environmental microbiology, fecal source detection WRS
- Stephen J. Giovannoni
Expertise: Organisms in oceans and oceanic lithosphere
- Paul W. Reno
Expertise: Etiology of disease
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Zoology
- Andrew R. Blaustein
Expertise: Director, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, amphibians
- David Lytle
Expertise: Aquatic organisms and disturbance regimes
- Allen Milligan
Expertise: Microalgae, bacteria and corals WRS
- Deanna H. Olson (Courtesy)
Expertise: Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service
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Valley Library
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Valley Library
- Andrea Wirth
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Expertise: Geosciences and Environmental Sciences Librarian
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Office of Research
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Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program
- Hillary Egna
Expertise: Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Program
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Institute for Natural Resources
- Gail Achterman
Expertise: Director, Institute for Natural Resources, Water law WRPM
- Jeff Behan
Expertise: Grand Canyon studies
- Renee Davis-Born
Expertise: Coastal-ocean research and outreach
- Sally Duncan
Expertise: Social acceptance of resource management
- Lisa Gaines
Expertise: Environmental policy; international waters WRPM
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Institute for Water and Watersheds
- Michael E. Campana
Expertise: Hydrogeology, groundwater policy WRS
- Julia Doermann (Courtesy)
Expertise: Policy; mediation and conflict resolution WRPM
- Richard J. Heggen (Courtesy)
Expertise: Hydraulic engineering; water resources
- George Gary Ice (Courtesy)
Expertise: Stream improvement
- Todd Jarvis
Expertise: Groundwater policy, conflict resolution WRSWRPM
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Beyond OSU
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Deschutes Resources Conservancy
- Bruce Aylward (Adjunct)
Expertise: Cascades Campus; International energy and resources, water markets WRPM
- Alan Yeakley
Expertise: Ecosystem management, urban ecology WRS
- David Hulse
Expertise: GIS, natural resources planning
- Adell Amos
Expertise: Environmental law WRPM
- Stephen Taylor
Expertise: Geomorphology WRS
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