Abbott, Mark, R., Professor and Dean, Oceanography
PhD, University of California, Davis; coupling of mesoscale biological and physical processes, Lagrangian drifters to study optical properties and fluorescence in the upper ocean, analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of phytoplankton as observed from satellites, interaction of eastern boundary currents with basin-scale processes. Email: mabbott-at-coas.oregonstate.edu
Boggess, William G., Professor and Chair of Agricultural and Resource Economics. PhD, Iowa State University; interactions between agriculture and the environment (water allocation, groundwater contamination, surface water pollution, water and environmental policy); applied decision theory under risk and uncertainty, stochastic/dynamic simulation and optimization techniques. Email: bill.boggess-at-oregonstate.edu
Bolte, John P., Associate Professor, Bioengineering
PhD, Auburn University; mathematical modeling and simulation of agricultural, aquacultural and environmental systems, GIS-based spatial modeling, artificial intelligence applications in bioresource management. Email: boltej-at-engr.orst.edu
Bond, Barbara, Professor, Forest Ecosystems & Society
PhD, Oregon State University; remote sensing, forest tree physiology. Email: Barbara.Bond-at-oregonstate.edu
Coakley, James A., Jr., Professor, Atmospheric Science
PhD, University of California, Berkeley; atmospheric radiation, remote sensing, clouds and climate. Email: coakley-at-coas.oregonstate.edu
Cohen, Warren, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service PNRS
PhD, Colorado State University; remote sensing, scaling field-based ecological information to landscape and regional levels, forest structure. Email: Warren.Cohen-at-oregonstate.edu
Coop, Len, Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Botany and Plant Pathology. PhD, Oregon State University; integrated pest management, decision support systems, phenology and systems modeling, GIS, the web, and IPM delivery systems
Email: coopl-at-bcc.orst.edu
Daly, Chris, Professor, Senior Research, Geosciences
PhD, Oregon State University; climatology, meteorology, author of the PRISM climate parameter expert system.
Email: daly-at-fsl.orst.edu
Dietterich, Tom, Professor, Computer Science
PhD, Stanford University; adaptive computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence. Email: tgd-at-cs.orst.edu
Edwards, Mark, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, University of Washington; research methods and statistics, stratification, GIS and society. Email: medwards-at-oregonstate.edu
Fern, Xiaoli, Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
PhD, Purdue University; Machine learning, data mining and knowledge discovery. Email: xfern-at-eecs.oregonstate.edu
Freilich, Michael H., Professor and Associate Dean, Oceanography. PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; surface wave modeling, nearshore processes, microwave ocean remote sensing. Email: mhf-at-coas.oregonstate.edu
Goldfinger, Chris, Associate Professor, Oceanography
PhD, Oregon State University; seafloor imaging, mapping and visualization, marine GIS, subduction earthquakes, accretion and erosion of active margins. Email: gold-at-coas.oregonstate.edu
Good, James W., Professor Emeritus, Marine Resource Management Program. PhD, Oregon State University; coastal erosion/shoreline management, urban waterfront development, coastal hazards, wetlands management.
Email: jgood-at-coas.oregonstate.edu
Grant, Gordon, Research Hydrologist U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Research Station and Courtesy Professor of Geosciences. PhD, Johns Hopkins University; fluvial geomorphology of mountain-forest streams.
Email: grantg-at-fsl.orst.edu
Hannaway, David, Professor, Crop and Soil Science
PhD, University of Kentucky; forage crops, GIS-based mapping technologies for climate, soils, and species characteristics
Email: david.hannaway-at-oregonstate.edu
Huber, Wayne C., Professor of Civil Engineering
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; hydrologic and water quality modeling, interactions with GIS.
Email: wayne.huber-at-oregonstate.edu
Huddleston, J. Herbert, Professor, Soil Science
PhD, Iowa State University; soil morphology, classification and survey, land use. Email: huddlesj-at-css.orst.edu
Hunter-Zaworski, Kate, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Director, National Center for Accessible Transportation
PhD, Oregon State University; transportation engineering, transportation GIS.
Email: hunterz-at-engr.orst.edu
Jackson, Philip L., Professor Emeritus, Geosciences
PhD, University of Kansas; climatology, physical geography, land-resource planning and management, natural hazards policy.
Email: jacksonp-at-geo.oregonstate.edu
Lancaster, Stephen, Associate Professor, Geosciences
PhD, MIT; fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, GIS
Email: Stephen.Lancaster-at-oregonstate.edu
Levy, Gad, Associate Professor, Atmospheric Science
PhD, University of Washington; synoptic, mesoscale and boundary layer dynamics and modeling, air-sea interaction and marine meteorology, remote sensing. Email: gad-at-ats.orst.edu
Olsen, Mike, Assistant Professor, Civil & Construction Engineering
PhD, University of California, San Diego; geomatics engineering, digital terrain modeling, applications of terrestrial laser scanning and GIS to earthquake, liquefaction, and coastal hazards
Email: michael.olsen-at-oregonstate.edu
Pancake, Cherri, Professor and Intel Faculty Fellow, Computer Science. PhD, Auburn University; usability engineering, parallel processing, user interfaces, distributed databases and computing, Director of Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering. Email: pancake-at-cs.orst.edu
Petersen, Steve, Instructor and Post-Doctoral Associate, Rangeland Ecology & Management
PhD, Oregon State University, landscape ecology, plant community ecology, restoration ecology, wildlife habitat. Email: steven.l.petersen-at-oregonstate.edu
Pisias, Nicklas, G., Professor, Oceanography
PhD, University of Rhode Island; paleoceanography, the history of the ocean atmospheric circulation on geologic time scales, the Ocean Drilling Program (particularly, examining evidence for changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and changes in oceanic circulation in the Pacific Ocean using stable isotopic analysis and the marine microfossils), the response of the eastern boundary currents of both the North and South Pacific to climate change during the past glacial-interglacial cycle.
Email: npisias-at-coas.oregonstate.edu
Noller, Jay, Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Science
PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder; landscape pedology, soil geomorphology, GIS. Email: jay.noller-at-oregonstate.edu
Reitsma, Rene, Associate Professor, College of Business
PhD, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; cartography of information space, information systems, information management.
Email: reitsmar-at-bus.oregonstate.edu
Schultz, Robert, J., Professor, Civil Engineering
MSCE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; cadastral, geodetic, and photogrammetric surveying.
Email: robert.schultz@oregonstate.edu
Spies, Thomas A., Professor, Forest Ecosystems & Society
PhD, University of Michigan; landscape ecology, ecology and management of old-growth forests, forest succession.
Email: spiest-at-fsl.orst.edu
Turner, David P., Assistant Professor, Forest Ecosystems & Society
PhD, Washington State University; biogenic emissions, global ecology. Email: turnerd-at-fsl.orst.edu
Vincent, Paul, Associate Professor, Marine Geology & Geophysics
PhD, University of Colorado; Surface deformation measurements using terrestrial and satellite geodesy; advanced InSAR techniques; coupled, multi-physics source characterization; dynamic simulations.
Email: pvincent@coas.oregonstate.edu
Ashkenas, Linda, Senior Faculty Research Assistant, Fisheries and Wildlife (GIS, stream ecology, environmental history)
Email: Linda.Ashkenas-at-oregonstate.edu
Davidson, Jeanne, Science Librarian, Valley Library
Email: jeanne.davidson-at-oregonstate.edu
Fiez, Tim, Spatial Data Coordinator, Willamette Basin Project, Virtual Oregon Natural Resources Clearinghouse, Valley Library
Email: tim.fiez-at-oregonstate.edu
Hanus, Joe, Database Manager, Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering, Botany and Plant Pathology. Email: hanusj-at-nacse.org
James, Corrine, Faculty Research Assistant, Oceanography (Remote Sensing) Email: corrine-at-coas.oregonstate.edu
Lienkaemper, George, Geologist, U.S. Forest Service (GIS)
Email: geo-at-fsl.orst.edu
Garber-Yonts, Brian, Faculty Research Associate, Forest Ecosystems & Society, (GIS applications in resource economics, social science/forest policy) Email: yonts-at-cof.orst.edu
Keon, Dylan, GIS Research Specialist, Northwest Alliance for Computational Science. Email: keon-at-nacse.org
Meyers, S. Mark, Faculty Research Assistant, Geosciences (GIS, geographical analysis, wildlife science)
Email: meyerss-at-geo.oregonstate.edu
Minear, Paula, Director of Enrollment and Student Services, OSU Extended Campus (distance education, GIS)
Email: paula.minear-at-oregonstate.edu
Pittam, Sherry, Database Specialist, Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering and Botany and Plant Pathology. Email: pittams-at-nacse.org
Valentine, Theresa, Spatial Information Manager, Forestry Sciences Lab (GIS) Email: theresa.valentine-at-oregonstate.edu
Walker, Scott, Map Librarian, Valley Library (GIS and science education) Email: scott.walker-at-oregonstate.edu
White, Denis, Faculty Research Associate, Geosciences, (GIS, cartography, geographic analysis and synthesis)
Email: white.denis-at-epa.gov
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