Faculty and Staff

Photo of Nick in a vegetable field

Nick Andrews

he/him/his

Organic Vegetable Extension

Programs: OSU Small Farms

Aaron Becerra-Alvarez

Assistant Professor

Weed science in vegetables and specialty seed crops

Hablo español (I speak Spanish)

Photo of Lincoln Best wearing a full brim hat in front of Kiger Gorge, OR.

Lincoln Best

Faculty Research Assistant

Programs: Master Melittologist Program

Cora Bobo-Shisler

Faculty Research Assistant

Bill Braunworth

Department Head, Horticulture

Carolyn Breece

Faculty Research Assistant

Programs: Oregon Master Beekeeper Program

Linda Brewer

Senior Faculty Research Assistant II, Department of Horticulture

Contact me for questions about soils, soil test interpretation, composting, vermicomposting.

Hablo español (I speak Spanish)

Expertise: Soil

Signe Danler

Signe Danler

Home Horticulture Online Program Instructor

Contact for questions about Home Horticulture online. Submit other questions to Ask Extension, link below.

Programs: Master Gardener™

Surendra Dara

Dr. Surendra Dara

Professor of Horticulture

Alice Formiga

Professor of Practice

Lee Ann Julson

Office Specialist

Sarah Kincaid

Faculty Research Assistant

Programs: Master Melittologist Program

Alec Kowalewski

Alec Kowalewski

Associate Professor

Expertise: Lawn and turfgrass

LeAnn Locher

she/her/hers

Master Gardener Outreach Coordinator

Communicating the science of gardening.

Programs: Master Gardener™

Photo portrait of Leslie Madsen

Leslie Madsen

she/her/hers

Statewide Master Gardener Program Manager

Contact me for questions regarding the statewide Master Gardener program

Programs: Master Gardener™

Andony Melathopoulos

Pollinator Health Extension Specialist, Pollinator Ecology/Ecotoxicology

Contact me with questions on wild and managed solitary bees (e.g., mason bees), pesticides and bees and planting for bees (honey bee questions should go to Ramesh Sagili)

Programs: Oregon Master Beekeeper Program , Master Melittologist Program , Bee Steward Program

Marcelo Moretti

Assistant Professor

Contact me with questions about weed management in commercial agriculture.

Rita Ostrofsky

Education Program Assistant

Programs: Oregon Master Beekeeper Program

Teri Pizzolatto

Office Specialist 2

Dr. Patty Skinkis standing in OSU's research vineyard

Patricia A. Skinkis

she/her/hers

Viticulture Extension Specialist

Contact for commercial wine grape production questions in Oregon (statewide).

Tim Stock

Director, OSU School IPM Program