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Department of and Plant Graduate Program

The Department offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Botany and Plant Pathology, with opportunities for specialization in the following areas of concentration: , , and Computational , Molecular and Cellular Biology, , Plant Pathology, Plant , and . Faculty members in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology also serve as major professors in interdisciplinary graduate programs in Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Environmental Sciences.

Requirements for the Master of Science degree comprise 45 credit hours including a thesis describing an original investigation, and an oral defense of the thesis. A nonthesis M.S. degree is available. Requirements for the Ph.D. degree include a program of course work selected by the student and his/her program committee, written and oral preliminary examinations, a dissertation describing an original investigation, an oral defense of the dissertation and two quarters of teaching. Departmental research laboratories are equipped with modern instrumentation for conducting experiments in a broad spectrum of fields ranging from basic to applied science. The Department houses recombinant DNA, and radioisotope laboratories, controlled- environment growth rooms, cold rooms, a graduate student laboratory, and a herbarium. State-of-the-art computational infrastructure is available through the Center for Research and Biocomputing. University greenhouses and a research farm just east of Corvallis provide facilities for controlled growth and field studies, and field stations are strategically located throughout the state. Numerous natural areas including federal and state forests, deserts, lakes, mountains and coastal areas are immediately available as research sites. VISIT THE DEPARTMENTAL WEB SITE AT http://bpp.oregonstate.edu

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY & PLANT PATHOLOGY PROFESSORIAL LIST, FALL 2015

Jeffrey C. Anderson Assistant Professor Cordley 3063 Plant-microbe interactions

Daniel J. Arp Professor and Dean Strand 126 Biological nitrogen fixation; nitrification; agriculturally and environmentally relevant College of Agricultural microbial and physiology Sciences

Michael J. Behrenfeld Professor Cordley 2078 Physiological-ecology of marine algae

Jeffrey H. Chang Associate Professor Cordley 3098 Microbial genomics

Lynda M. Ciuffetti Professor and Head Cordley 2082 of plant parasitic fungi; evaluation of pathogenicity factors

Leonard B. Coop Research Assistant Cordley 4038 Integrated Pest Management, systems modeling and decision support systems Professor Richard C. Cronn Courtesy Assistant FSL 108 Molecular genetics Professor Valerian V. Dolja Professor Cordley 4067 and of plant RNA viruses

Jeremiah K.S. Dung Assistant Professor Central Oregon Ag Res Molecular , biology, disease modeling, and integrated disease Ctr management Sergei A. Filichkin Research Assistant Cordley 3071 Comparative genomic analysis Professor John E. Fowler Associate Professor Cordley 4071 Investigations of how plant cells control their shapes, using a variety of molecular, genetic, and biological approaches Michael Freitag Adjunct Associate ALS 2045 Epigenomics, heterochromatin, centromeres, gene silencing, fungi Professor Kenneth E. Frost Assistant Professor Hermiston Ag Res Ext Ecology and epidemiology of plant disease, insect vectored plant pathogens, Ctr ecological modeling, disease diagnostics, and integrated pest management David H. Gent Courtesy Associate NFSPRC Integrated management of Xanthamonas leaf blight of onion Professor Aymeric J. Goyer Research Assistant Hermiston Ag Res Ext Plant biochemistry and Professor Ctr Jason R. Graff Research Assistant Cordley 2055 Phytoplankton blooms and air-sea interactions Professor

Fritzi Grevstad Courtesy Research Cordley 4063 Biological control of weeds Assistant Professor

Niklaus J. Grunwald Courtesy Professor HCRU Molecular genetics, biology, epidemiology and evolution of Phytophthora

Richard R. Halse Senior Instructor I Cordley 1042 Plant

Gayle Hansen Courtesy Research EPA, Newport Marine , non-vascular plants, aquaculture, and Associate Professor Linda Hardison Research Assistant Cordley 1048 Director, Oregon Flora Project Professor Russell E. Ingham Professor Cordley 2076 Biology, ecology and control of nematodes; plant-nematode-microbe interactions in native and agro- Maria G. Ivanchenko Research Assistant Cordley 4073 Hormonal regulation of plant development Professor Pankaj Jaiswal Associate Professor Cordley 3082 Comparative genomics and

Kenneth B. Johnson Professor Cordley 3046 Ecology, epidemiology, and management of plant diseases

F. Andrew Jones Assistant Professor Cordley 2070 Genomics/computational plant ecology

Thomas N. Kaye Courtesy Associate Institute for Applied Plant conservation management Professor Ecology, Corvallis Mary E. Kentula Courtesy Associate EPA Aquatic and wetland management problems at multiple scales; Professor investigations of flow in aquatic and wetland ecosystems

Jared M. LeBoldus Assistant Professor Forest plant pathology Aaron I. Liston Professor Cordley 4086 Molecular plant systematics; application of molecular genetic techniques to questions of plant evolutionary relationships and conservation biology Joyce E. Loper Courtesy Professor HCRU Biological control of soilborne plant diseases; ecology and genetics of plant associated bacteria; molecular genetics of antibiotic biosynthesis

Hans Luh Research Assistant Cordley 2032 Simulation modeling, design and management. Professor Walter F. Mahaffee Courtesy Associate HCRU Foliar pathology of small fruit and nursery crops; biological control systems; ecology/ Professor epidemiology of pathogens and biocontrol agents; integrated pest management

Robert R. Martin Courtesy Professor HCRU Research Leader Small fruit , detection, ecology, epidemiology, control and disease resistance

Bruce P. McCune Professor Cordley 1098 Ecology and systematics of lichens and bryophytes

Peter B. McEvoy Professor Cordley 4056 Ecology of invasive plant species ,plant–insect interactions, biological control of weeds

Molly Megraw Assistant Professor Cordley 3044 Genomics/computational plant biology

Robert J. Meinke Courtesy Assistant Cordley 1034 Conservation biology; perspectives on land management issues and the biology of Professor endangered plant species; floristics of the Pacific Northwest

Allen J. Milligan Research Associate Cordley 2048A Algal physiology and biochemistry; Oceanography Professor

Christopher C. Mundt Professor Cordley 3040 Epidemiology and disease resistance in cereal crops

Sushma Naithani Research Assistant Cordley 1078 Systems biology and genomics Professor

Cynthia M. Ocamb Associate Professor Cordley 2090 Extension plant pathology; diseases of vegetable and field crops

Jennifer L. Parke Research Professor ALS 3069 Phytophthora in forests and nurseries; plant-soil-microbe interactions

Jay W. Pscheidt Professor Cordley 1089 Extension plant pathology; disease of tree fruits, nuts, berries, grapes, ornamental, turf and Christmas trees

Melodie L. Putnam Senior Instructor II Cordley 1076 Plant disease diagnosis

David A. Pyke Courtesy Associate Forest Science Lab 166 Population biology and restoration ecology of arid and semiarid plants in the Professor intermountain west

Jay R. Reichman Courtesy Assistant EPA , molecular ecology and Professor Carol J. Rivin Associate Professor Cordley 3067 Genetics and molecular biology of maize Gar W. Rothwell Courtesy Professor Cordley 1071 Organismal botany, , evolution, and phylogeny Luisa Santamaria Assistant Professor NWREC Plant health in nursery crops, with special emphasis on the Spanish speaking audience

Luis A. Sayavedra- Research Professor Cordley 4098 Molecular biology of in the nitrogen cycle and in alkane metabolism Soto

Joseph W. Spatafora Professor & Associate Cordley 4092 Mycology; systematics; ; evolution of symbioses Chair

Ruth A. Stockey Courtesy Professor Cordley 1071 Paleobotany Virginia O. Stockwell Research Assistant HCRU Integrated management of bacterial plant diseases; emphasis in biological control Professor

Jeffrey K. Stone Research Professor Cordley 1084 Ecology/pathology of plant parasitic fungi; asymptomatic fungal infections of plants; taxonomy and systematics of ascomycetes

Brett Tyler Professor and Director, ALS 3021F Genomics, computational and experimental molecular biology CGRB

Jerry Weiland Courtesy Assistant HCRU Soilborne pathogens of the ornamental nursery industry Professor Toby K. Westberry Research Assistant Cordley 2080 Ocean color remote sensing and bio-optics; Marine phytoplankton, primary Professor production, physiology, biogeochemical cycling

Thomas J. Wolpert Professor Cordley 3069 Biochemistry and molecular biology of host-parasite interactions

Inga A. Zasada Courtesy Assistant USDA - HCRU Sustainable plant-parasitic nematode management systems for the small fruit Professor industries There were 41 graduate students enrolled in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology in the 2014-2015 academic year. An additional 11 students in other graduate programs are advised by professors in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology.

Teaching assistantships, research Graduate students holding Single students may reside in assistantships, fellowships, and assistantships do not pay tuition, but standard University residence halls for traineeships are available. The they do pay fees amounting to approximately $8000 (based on double stipend is $1867 per month for approximately $500 per term. Tuition occupancy) for the 2014-2015 teaching and research assistants. In and fees for holders of fellowships and academic year, including room and addition, Graduate Assistants will for graduate students not on board. receive 85% of the employee only appointments who register for 12 Residence hall accommodations are cost of health insurance per academic term hours or more are $4460 per also available during the summer term. year. Students on assistantships must term for residents. Graduate students Additional information is available register for 16 credits. who are not residents of Oregon and from the Department of Housing and Opportunities for part-time work- who do not hold a graduate Dining Services (website: study employment on research assistantship pay tuition and fees of http://oregonstate.edu/uhds ) projects are also available. $7142 per term.

Graduates in botany and plant pathology are employed in numerous kinds of positions. Ph.D. graduates accept teaching positions in public and private colleges and research positions in universities, government agencies (e.g. forest service and agricultural research service) and industry. M.S. graduates are employed in public and private research and in positions concerned with information delivery and resource management (e.g. state-based extension services, land management agencies, and private consulting firms).

A century-old university with eleven colleges, Oregon State University enrolls approximately 30,000 undergraduate, graduate and first professional students. The 500 acre campus is noted for its gracious lawns, flowering shrubs, many trees, and diverse architectural styles. A land-, sea-, and space-grant college, OSU supports a wealth of research facilities throughout the state and the Northwest, including the Marine Sciences Laboratories at Newport and Astoria, McDonald Research Forest, and various agricultural and scientific research stations. Research facilities available to students include the Agricultural Experiment Station, Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Institute for Water and Watersheds, Information Services, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Northwest Alliance for & Engineering, Environmental Health Sciences Center, Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory, Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, Forest Research Laboratory, Horticultural Crops Research Unit, Integrated Plant Protection Center, Radiation Center, National Clonal Germplasm We have a very active Graduate Students Repository, Food Innovation Center, Linus Pauling Institute, Survey Research Association Center, Laboratory Animal Resources Center, and the Electron Microscope Facility.

Corvallis, in which Oregon State University is located, has a population of Correspondence and Information 56,535. It lies in the heart of the Willamette Valley, between the Cascade Graduate Studies Committee Mountains and the Coast Range, 80 miles south of Portland and 55 miles east Department of Botany and Plant of the Pacific coast. The climate is mild, with rainfall averaging about 40 inches Pathology annually. The surrounding area is one of extreme ecological diversity, includ- 2082 Cordley Hall ing ocean beach, coniferous forest and high desert. Outdoor recreation is a Oregon State University favorite pastime of area residents and visitors. Major performing arts facilities Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2902 are found in Portland to the north and in Eugene to the south.

Students interested in admission to graduate study in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology are asked to apply before December 1, but appli- Telephone: 541-737-3451 cations are received and considered at any time. In the evaluation of applica- E-mail:bpp-grad- tions, major consideration is given to the applicant’s undergraduate record, [email protected] previous graduate record, statement of professional objectives, resume and 3 Department web site: letters of recommendation. Scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record http://bpp.oregonstate.edu Examinations are required. A TOEFL score of 550 is required of all applicants OSU web site whose primary language is not English. The application fee cannot be waived. http://oregonstate.edu Oregon State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 7/2015