Oregon Wine Research Institute

Andy Albrecht
Faculty Research Assistant
OSU Department of Botany and Plant Pathology 
Lead Researcher: Dr. Walt Mahaffee

Andy has been with the Foliar Pathology group since 2003. He currently manages the group's research vineyard, grower-cooperator field trials, and disease scouting. He is currently a post-bac student working towards a BS in General Agriculture while concurrently earning a commission through the OSU Army ROTC program. 

Daniel T. Dalton
Faculty Research Assistant
Horticultural Entomology Laboratory
Lead Researcher: Dr. Vaughn Walton

Danny has been working with research scientists and other collaborators to refine and implement monitoring tools for spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) fruit fly pests. He is a also a collaborator and field technician for a state-wide mealybug scouting project designed to track the spread of mealybug pests and the associated grapevine leaf-roll virus complex. Danny's work as a graduate student focused on disease resistance and phenological attributes of Ribes plants (currants and gooseberries).

Jim Eynard
Biological Science Technician
Foliar Pathology Lab at the Horticulture Crops Research Laboratory USDA-ARS
Lead Researcher: Dr. Walt Mahaffee

Jim has been with the foliar pathology lab for 2+ years with a break in between where he worked for Doug Gubler at UC Davis. Jim focuses on disease scouting and pathogen biology. He is considering heading to graduate school in a year or so.

Satyanarana Gouthu
Research Associate
Horticultural Entomology Laboratory
Lead Researcher: Dr. Laurent Deluc

PhD from Jujarad University, India
Post Doc. from Riken, Japan

Satyanarayana worked as a research scientist at Mitsuri Chemical in Japan, then began as a research assistant for Laurent at University of Nevada, Reno. Currently studying variability in clusters with regards to ripening.

Tara Neill
Biological Science Technican
Foliar Pathology Lab at the Horticulture Crops Research Laboratory USDA-ARS
Lead Researcher: Dr. Walt Mahaffee

Tara started in the lab in 1997 as an undergraduate but is now the foliar pathology lab manager. Her focus is in pathogen biology and use of molecular tools to study disease epidemiology.