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 |
Core Faculty
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Laurent Deluc Associate Professor |
541-737-4356 Contact person by email |
Our group conduct research on functional genomics with a strong emphasis on specialty and cereal crops. We study different aspects of plant biology in the context of a developmental program and in response to abiotic and biotic stresses. Our plant models grapevine, a major fruit crop in U.S.... |
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Alexander Levin SOREC Director and Viticulturist |
541-930-8411 Contact person by email |
My research focuses on understanding grapevine physiology - with foci on plant water relations, carbohydrate metabolism, and fruit ripening biochemistry - and applying that understanding to improve vineyard management practices while enhancing sustainable wine grape production. Current... |
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Walter Mahaffee Courtesy Appointment |
541-738-4036 Contact person by email |
Research focuses on understanding the ecology of microorganisms on plant surfaces, and applying that knowledge to reduce disease development in agronomic settings while enhancing the economic and sustainable production of horticultural crops. Current research projects (1) inoculum monitoring... |
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James Osborne Professor |
541-737-6494 Contact person by email |
Enology My research focuses on microbial spoilage bacteria in wines, impacts of yeast strain on flavor and aroma production from saccharomyces, natural ferment yeasts, acetaldehyde metabolism by malolactic bacteria and its enological consequences, malolactic fermentation, and wine... |
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Michael Qian Professor |
541-737-9114 Contact person by email |
My wine research focuses on wine and grape flavor chemistry to identify and quantify flavor compounds important to wine quality and understand how they change the chemical composition of fruit after winemaking, and during aging. My research interests are flavor chemistry and... |
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Paul Schreiner Courtesy Status |
541-738-4084 Contact person by email |
My research explores biotic and abiotic components of vineyard ecosystems to develop sustainable practices that promote plant and soil health and improve fruit quality. My laboratory addresses both fundamental and applied aspects of plant nutrient physiology emphasizing the role of roots,... |
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Patricia Skinkis Professor |
541-737-1411 Contact person by email |
Dr. Skinkis' research program focuses on whole plant physiology studies on vine vegetative vigor management, physiology of vine balance, and vineyard management impacts on fruit composition and wine quality. Her research also includes work on yield management, fine-tuning canopy management... |
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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 Associate Professor |
541-737-4866 Contact person by email |
My research focuses on flavor chemistry, sensory perception, flavor and aroma chemistry of Pinot noir and other winegrapes, and investigating structural chirality of aroma compounds in wine. My research interests lie in wine sensory analysis and flavor chemistry. A main research... |
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Vaughn Walton Professor |
5417404149 Contact person by email |
I work on economically important pests, with the aim to provide... |
Associated Faculty
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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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Achala KC Assistant Professor |
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Tree fruit and wine grape pathology.
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Jay Pscheidt Professor |
541-737-5539 Contact person by email |
My work focuses on diagnosis of disease problems on woody perennials including fruit, nut, and nursery crops, and cultural disease control tactics. Research Description:Research and Extension Area: Develop applied diagnostic and control programs for plant diseases of tree... |
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Ashley Thompson Assistant Professor |
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Faculty Lab Staff
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Louis Delelee Faculty Research Assistant |
503-869-1549 Contact person by email |
Grapevine Physiology Soil and Climate Sciences
Agro-Climatology Data Science and Statistics Climate Change Impacts |
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Jenna Fryer Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology |
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Lindsay Garcia Ph.D. Food Science and Technology |
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Matthew Garcia M.S Food Science and Technology |
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Santosh Kalauni Graduate Research Assistant |
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Esther Wanjohi M.S Food Science and Technology |
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