Department of Botany and Plant Pathology 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: Ecology, Genetics, Genomics and Computational Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Mycology, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, and Systematics. 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 computer laboratory, and a herbarium. State-of-the-art computational infrastructure is available through the Center for Genome 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 biochemistry 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 Molecular genetics 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 Molecular biology and evolution of plant RNA viruses Jeremiah K.S. Dung Assistant Professor Central Oregon Ag Res Molecular epidemiology, population 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 cell 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 metabolism 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, populations biology, epidemiology and evolution of Phytophthora Richard R. Halse Senior Instructor I Cordley 1042 Plant taxonomy Gayle Hansen Courtesy Research EPA, Newport Marine phycology, non-vascular plants, aquaculture, and conservation biology 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-ecosystems Maria G. Ivanchenko Research Assistant Cordley 4073 Hormonal regulation of plant development Professor Pankaj Jaiswal Associate Professor Cordley 3082 Comparative genomics and systems biology 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 resource management problems at multiple scales; Professor investigations of energy 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, database 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 virology, 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 Biotechnology, molecular ecology and evolutionary biology Professor Carol J. Rivin Associate Professor Cordley 3067 Genetics and molecular biology of maize Gar W. Rothwell Courtesy Professor Cordley 1071 Organismal botany, paleontology, 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 enzymes in the nitrogen cycle and in alkane metabolism Soto Joseph W. Spatafora Professor & Associate Cordley 4092 Mycology; systematics; population genetics; 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.