OSU's Water and Watersheds Faculty

OSU has a diverse faculty with expertise in water and watersheds research. Use the drop down lists below to view faculty by theme area or department/unit. You can also search faculty expertise by keyword.

Department/Unit

Name	Department/Unit	Expertise	Theme Area
Adams, Richard	OSU Agricultural and Resource Economics	natural resource and water economics	Water Policy and Management
Adams, Paul	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management	extension, forest soils, watershed management serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Outreach, Water Science
Anderson, Kim	OSU Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	Director, Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship	Water Science
Andrews, Gail	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	water quality, wells and septic tanks serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Outreach
Aylward, Bruce	OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds	international energy and resources, water markets serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Bachelet, Dominique	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	ecosystems analysis and simulation serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Baham, John	OSU Crop and Soil Science	soil geochemistry	Water Science
Barth, Jack	OSU Atmospheric Sciences	coastal ocean dynamics	Water Science
Behrenfeld, Michael	OSU Botany and Plant Pathology	biogeochemical cycles, remote sensing of the biosphere	Water Science
Blaustein, Andrew	OSU Zoology	Director, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, amphibians	Water Science
Bolte, John	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	decision support, artificial intelligence, watershed analysis serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Engineering, Water Science
Bond, Barbara	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society	physiological processes, especially water and carbon relations, at whole tree and forest ecosystem scales	Water Science
Borman, Michael	OSU Rangeland Ecology and Management	riparian and grazing management	Water Outreach, Water Science
Bottomley, Peter	OSU Crop and Soil Science, OSU Microbiology	soil microbiology	Water Science
Brooks, Renee	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society, courtesy faculty from USEPA Western Ecology Division	forest canopy physiology, stable isotope ecology	Water Science
Buckhouse, John	OSU Rangeland Ecology and Management	watershed research on Oregon rangelands	Water Outreach, Water Science
Burris, Frank	OSU Extension Sea Grant	extension, watershed and wetlands management	Water Outreach
Campana, Michael	OSU Geosciences	hydrogeology, groundwater policy serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Policy and Management, Water Science
Cassidy, James	OSU Crop and Soil Science	soil physics, organic agriculture	Water Science
Chan, Sam	OSU Extension Sea Grant	extension, watershed restoration, invasive species	Water Outreach, Water Science
Clark, Peter	OSU Geosciences	glacial geology, paleoclimatology	Water Science
Corcoran, Patrick	OSU Extension Sea Grant	Coordinator, Coastal Storms Initiative, extension,	Water Outreach, Water Policy and Management
Cox, Daniel	OSU Civil and Construction Engineering	Director, Hinsdale Wave Research Lab, coastal processes	Water Engineering
Cramer, Lori	OSU Sociology	social impact assessment, rural sociology	Water Policy and Management
Cuenca, Richard	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	irrigation system optimization, soil water analysis serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Engineering, Water Science
Daly, Chris	OSU Geosciences	Director, PRISM Group, geospatial climatology	Water Science
Diebel, Penelope	OSU Agricultural and Resource Economics, OSU Agriculture Program at Eastern Oregon University	policy, water use/quality, teaching/advising serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Doel, Ronald	OSU Geosciences	reconstructing historical landscapes	Water Science
Doermann, Julia	OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds	policy, mediation, conflict resolution serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Dolan, Mark	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	aerobic/anaerobic microbial transformation	Water Engineering
Dragila, Maria	OSU Crop and Soil Science	soil physics, unsaturated flow serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Dreher, Theo	OSU Microbiology	molecular plant virology; freshwater cyanobacteria	Water Science
Duncan, Sally	Institute for Natural Resources	social acceptance of resource management	Water Policy and Management
Egna, Hillary	OSU	Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Program, aquaculture, aquatic resources management, international development, poverty policy, food security	Water Policy and Management
Ely, Roger	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	environmental biotechnology, sustainable systems engineering, bioprocess engineering serves on WRE graduate committees	Water Engineering
Emanuel, Robert	OSU Geosciences	water resources, community development educator	Water Outreach
English, Marshall	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	irrigation optimization serves on WRE graduate committees	Water Engineering
Falkner, Kelly	OSU Oceanography	inorganic elemental and isotopic geochemistry	Water Science
Field, Jennifer	OSU Environmental and Molecular Toxicology	fate and transport of organic chemicals	Water Science
Field, Katharine	OSU Microbiology	water quality problems microbial contamination, geographic distribution of fecal bacteria, fate of microbiological contaminants in water	Water Science
Gaines, Lisa	Institute for Natural Resources	environmental policy, international waters serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Gamroth, Michael	OSU Animal Sciences	dairy management, extension, groundwater protection	Water Outreach
Giannico, Guillermo	OSU Fisheries and Wildlife	fish ecology and behavior, extension, outreach	Water Outreach, Water Science
Giovannoni, Stephen	OSU Microbiology	organisms in oceans and oceanic lithosphere	Water Science
Godwin, Derek	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	extension watershed management, hydrology, low impact development practices, stream processes, water quality	Water Outreach
Goni, Miguel	OSU Oceanography	biogeochemical cycles	Water Science
Gopinath, Munisamy	OSU Agricultural and Resource Economics	effect of productivity growth on economic growth, international trade, and investment	Water Policy and Management
Gosnell, Hannah	OSU Geosciences	integrated land and water resource management serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Grant, Gordon	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, OSU Geosciences, courtesy faculty from USDA Forest Service	structure and dynamics of mountain streams serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Gregg, Jillian	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society, courtesy faculty from EPA	plant physiological ecology, anthropogenic environmental stressors	Water Science
Gregory, Stanley	OSU Fisheries and Wildlife	stream ecosystems: channel dynamics, woody debris, water chemistry, benthic algae, invertebrates, fish, salamanders, riparian vegetation	Water Science
Guenther, Ronald	OSU Mathematics	porous medium flow, biodegradation serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Haggerty, Roy	OSU Geosciences	hydrogeology, hydrology serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Harding, Anna	OSU Public Health	environmental health including water quality, community involvement	Water Outreach, Water Policy and Management
Harte, Michael	OSU Oceanography	Director, Marine Resources Management Program; fisheries policy management, sustainable management of marine resources serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Outreach, Water Policy and Management
Hayes, Patrick	OSU Crop and Soil Science	barley breeding and products serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Heggen, Richard	OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds	hydraulic engineering, water resources	Water Engineering
Heikkila, Paul	OSU Fisheries and Wildlife	extension - watershed restoration, commercial fisheries	Water Outreach
Hibbs, David	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society	silviculture, forest ecology	Water Science
Higgins, Chad	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Measurement and modelling of fluxes through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, Development of novel measurement techniques for atmospheric fluxes.	Water Engineering
Holman, Robert	OSU Oceanography	near shore processes, remote sensing	Water Science
Huber, Wayne	OSU Civil and Construction Engineering	urban hydrology and stormwater management	Water Engineering
Huddleston, J. Herbert	OSU Crop and Soil Science	soil science, mapping and survey	Water Science
Huntington, Geoffrey	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management	law, Endangered Species and Clean Water Acts	Water Policy and Management
Ice, George	OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds	forest practices, aquatic habitat	Water Science
Istok, Jonathan	OSU Civil and Construction Engineering	groundwater engineering, contaminants serves on WRE graduate committees	Water Engineering
Jaeger, William	OSU Agricultural and Resource Economics	Extension agriculture and resource policy, water and land use serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Outreach, Water Policy and Management
Jarvis, W. Todd	OSU Geosciences, OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds	groundwater policy, conflict resolution serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Johnson, Sherri	OSU Fisheries and Wildlife, courtesy faculty from US Forest Service	landscape influences on streams, stream-forest interactions abiotic factors (hydrology, temperature, geomorphology), stream biota, stream ecosystem functions serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Jones, Julia	OSU Geosciences	spatio-temporal statistics, forest hydrology, landscape ecology, surface processes, biogeography serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Kentula, Mary	OSU Botany and Plant Pathology, courtesy faculty from EPA	wetland ecology, restoration ecology serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Kerkvliet, Joe	OSU Economics	natural resources and environment economics	Water Policy and Management
Kleber, Markus	OSU Crop and Soil Science	mineral surface properties, organic matter properties, bonding mechanisms, adsorption processes, mineral-microbial interactions and organic matter turnover dynamics	Water Science
Kleibacker, Megan	OSU Extension Sea Grant	Extension; watershed education	Water Outreach
Krueger, William	OSU Rangeland Ecology and Management	riparian ecology	Water Science
Lach, Denise	OSU Sociology	environmental natural resource sociology, applied sociology, water conflict and dispute resolution, organizational sociology serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Lackey, Robert	OSU Fisheries and Wildlife, courtesy faculty from EPA	salmon restoration serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Lajtha, Kate	OSU Crop and Soil Science	Director, Environmental Studies Undergraduate Program, biogeochemistry serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Lancaster, Stephen	OSU Geosciences	landscape analysis, geomorphology	Water Science
Law, Bev	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society	glaobal change, carbon dynamics	Water Science
Leibowitz, Scott	OSU, courtesy faculty from EPA	landscape ecology, wetland ecology	Water Science
Leon, Arturo	OSU Civil and Construction Engineering	Transient flows, Real-time control of complex hydraulic systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Flood control and physical modeling of hydraulic structures	Water Engineering
Levine, Murray	OSU Oceanography	coastal ocean response to wind forcing	Water Science
Lytle, David	OSU Zoology	aquatic organisms and disturbance regimes	Water Science
Mahrt, Larry	OSU Atmospheric Sciences	micrometeorology, boundary-layer meteorology	Water Science
Markle, Doug	OSU Fisheries and Wildlife	fisheries, Klamath Basin, Pleistocene zoogeography	Water Science
McDonnell, Jeffrey	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management	hillslope hydrology and isotopes as tracers serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Engineering, Water Science
McKane, Bob	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society, courtesy faculty from EPA		Water Science
Meinzer, Frederick	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society, courtesy faculty from USFS	plant physiology, physiological plant ecology, stress physiology, plant-water relations, photosynthetic gas exchange, stomatal physiology, stable isotopes in ecological research, micrometeorology	Water Science
Miller, Terry	OSU	Extension - pesticide toxicology and regulations	Water Outreach
Milligan, Allen	OSU Zoology	microalgae, bacteria and corals serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Murphy, Lea	OSU Mathematics	applied mathematics	Water Science
Myrold, David	OSU Crop and Soil Science	soil microbiology, forest soils serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Nason, Jeffrey	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	water, wastewater treatment serves on WRE graduate committees	Water Engineering
Neilson, Ronald	OSU Botany and Plant Pathology	MAPSS Ecosystem Modeling. Retired.	Water Science
Nolin, Anne	OSU Geosciences	remote sensing, snow hydrology serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Noller, Jay	OSU Crop and Soil Science	landscape pedology	Water Science
Olson, Deanna	OSU Zoology, courtesy faculty from USDA Forest Service	research ecology	Water Science
Perakis, Steven	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society, courtesy faculty from USGS	terrestrial ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient cycling, watershed studies, stable isotopes	Water Science
Perry, Gregory	OSU Agricultural and Resource Economics	social capital and land transactions	Water Policy and Management
Peszynska, Malgorzata	OSU Mathematics	modeling, flow and transport in porous media serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Plantinga, Andrew	OSU Agricultural and Resource Economics	environment/resource economics, land use, climate	Water Policy and Management
Pyles, Marvin	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management	engineering properties of soils, road drainage serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Engineering, Water Policy and Management
Reno, Paul	OSU Microbiology	etiology of disease	Water Science
Reuter, Ronald	OSU	juniper management, soils	Water Science
Rorrer, Gregory	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	biochemical engineering	Water Engineering
Rossignol, Annette	OSU Public Health	environmental epidemiology	Water Policy and Management
Santelmann, Mary	OSU Geosciences	Director, Water Resources Graduate Program; wetlands ecology serves on WRPM graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees
Selker, John	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	vadose zone hydrology and modeling serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Semprini, Lewis	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	groundwater remediation	Water Engineering
Shaman, Jeff	OSU Atmospheric Sciences	climate dynamics, tropical meteorology, the hydrologic cycle, medical entomology, mosquito ecology, infectious disease	Water Science
Shelby, Bo	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society	sociology of natural resources, recreation	Water Policy and Management
Shock, Clinton	OSU Crop and Soil Science	Director, Malheur Experiment Station, drip irrigation, watershed stewardship serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Outreach
Showalter, Ralph	OSU Mathematics	flow in heterogeneous media serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Skaugset, Arne	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management	forest roads, headwater watersheds management serves on WRE graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Smith, Courtland	OSU Anthropology	environmental anthropology serves on WRPM graduate committees
Sollitt, Charles	OSU Civil and Construction Engineering	wave-structure-foundation interaction	Water Engineering
Steel, Brent	OSU Political Science	Director, Master of Public Policy Program serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Stringham, Tamzen	OSU Rangeland Ecology and Management	riparian and range ecology, restoration	Water Policy and Management
Surfleet, Chris	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management	hydrologic assessment of industrial forest management	Water Policy and Management
Swanson, Frederick	OSU Forest Ecosystems and Society, courtesy faculty from USFS	USFS, geomorphology,ecosystem disturbance	Water Science
Taylor, Stephen	OSU	geomorphology serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Thomann, Enrique	OSU Mathematics	Modeling flow and dispersion in heterogeneous media serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Tilt, Bryan	OSU Anthropology	environmental anthropology serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Trehu, Anne	OSU	marine geology, geophysics	Water Science
Tufillaro, Nick	OSU Oceanography	biological oceanography	Water Science
Tullos, Desiree	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	ecohydraulics, river morphology and restoration serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Engineering, Water Science
Unsworth, Michael	OSU Atmospheric Sciences	vegetation-atmosphere interactions serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Vache, Kellie	OSU Biological and Ecological Engineering	watershed hydrology and modeling, alternative futures, GIS	Water Engineering
Waymire, Edward	OSU Mathematics	various types of flow and dispersion
Westall, John	OSU Chemistry	surface and solution chemistry in the environment	Water Science
Wheeler, Patricia	OSU Oceanography	phytoplankton physiology and ecology	Water Science
Wigington, Jim	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, courtesy faculty from EPA	streams and buffers, watershed classification serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science
Wildenschild, Dorthe	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	multi-phase flow and transport serves on WRE graduate committees, serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Engineering
Williamson, Ken	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	biological treatment of wastes serves on WRE graduate committees	Water Engineering
Wing, Michael	OSU Forest Engineering, Resources and Management	GIS, spatial analysis	Water Science
Wirth, Andrea	OSU Valley Library	Librarian, Geosciences and Environmental Sciences	Water Outreach
Wolf, Aaron	OSU Geosciences	water resources policy, conflict resolution serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Wood, Brian	OSU Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering	modeling porous media, groundwater serves on WRE graduate committees	Water Engineering
Wu, JunJie	OSU Agricultural and Resource Economics	agricultural production and water quality serves on WRPM graduate committees	Water Policy and Management
Yeakley, Alan	OSU	ecosystem management, urban ecology serves on WRS graduate committees	Water Science

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