Director
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James Osborne Director: Oregon Wine Research Institute |
541-737-6494 Contact person by email |
OWRI Support Staff
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Justin Litwin Woodhall Vineyard Manager |
541-737-5483 Contact person by email Woodhall III VineyardsWoodhall III Vineyards 25944 Green Peak RdWoodhall III Vineyards 25944 Green Peak Rd Monroe, OR 97456 |
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Kierra Woekel OWRI Communication and Outreach Manager |
Wiegand Hall 108B Contact person by email Wiegand Hall
Wiegand Hall 108B
3051 SW Campus Way3051 SW Campus Way Corvallis, OR 97331 |
Core Members
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Laurent Deluc Associate Professor |
541-737-4356 Contact person by email |
Genomics and genetic engineering in crops |
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Alexander Levin SOREC Director and Viticulturist |
541-930-8411 Contact person by email |
Viticulture, plant water relations, woody perennial physiology, fruit ripening biochemistry |
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Walter Mahaffee Courtesy Appointment |
541-738-4036 Contact person by email |
Foliar pathology of horticulture crops: development of biological control systems; ecology/epidemiology of pathogens and biocontrol agents; and integrated pest management. |
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Michael Qian Professor |
541-737-9114 Contact person by email |
Flavor Chemistry, Food Analysis, and Dairy chemistry. characterization of aroma compounds, chemical and biological generation in dairy, small fruits and wines. Instrumental analysis of food components. |
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Patricia Skinkis Professor |
541-737-1411 Contact person by email |
I conduct applied viticulture research with focus on canopy and yield management, rootstocks, vine nutrition, soil x plant interactions, vineyard sustainability, and grower adoption of viticulture practices. |
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James Sterns Associate Professor |
541-737-1406 Contact person by email |
Fields: Agribusiness economics and management, agricultural marketing, institutional economics. |
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Elizabeth Tomasino Professor |
541-737-4866 Contact person by email |
Relationships between wine sensory and chemical data; determination and importance of chiral aroma compounds in wine; differentiation of regional wine styles. |
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Vaughn Walton Professor |
5417404149 Contact person by email |
I work on economically important pests, with the aim to provide... |
Associated Members
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Cole Cerrato Assistant Professor Senior Research |
Contact person by email | Chemistry of foods and beverages with a focus on smoke-affected wine analysis |
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Cody Copp Assistant Professor (Practice) |
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Extension educational programming and applied research for commercial horticulture producers (wine grapes, tree fruit, vegetables) in Umatilla County |
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Christopher Curtin Associate Professor |
541-737-1599 Contact person by email |
Fermentation microbiology with an emphasis on brewing yeast and microbial ecology of beer production; development of new yeast strains, biology of Brettanomyces species, and the application of genomic techniques in food science. |
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Achala KC Associate Professor |
5419308410 Contact person by email |
Tree fruit and wine grape pathology |
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Jay Pscheidt Professor |
541-737-5539 Contact person by email |
Develop applied diagnostic and control programs for plant diseases of tree fruits, nuts, berries, grapes, ornamentals/nursery, Christmas trees and turf. |
Faculty Lab Staff
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Ricky Clark Bio Science Research Tech 2 |
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Joseph DeShields Faculty Research Assistant |
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Kenneth Donsky | Contact person by email |
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Jenna Fryer Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology |
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Anupa Gaire Graduate Research Assistant |
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PI: Achala KC |
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Lindsay Garcia Ph.D. Food Science and Technology |
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Satyanarayana Gouthu Research Associate |
541-737-2982 Contact person by email |
Genome editing technology in grapevine and engineering resistance towards powdery mildew and Red blotch virus. |
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Santosh Kalauni Graduate Research Assistant |
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Christian Mandelli Graduate Research Assistant |
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Kiley Osterman | Contact person by email |
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Camilla Sartori Faculty Research Assistant |
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Abram Smith | Contact person by email |
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Charlotte Song Research Associate |
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Abigail Greenhalgh Faculty Research Assistant |
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Esther Wanjohi M.S Food Science and Technology |
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Brent Warneke Faculty Research Assistant |
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James Whitney | Contact person by email |
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