Directory
Alyssa (Shiel) Shiel-Higgins
Associate Professor Geology and GeophysicsEnvironmental monitoring: moss, lichen, water, soil, sediment; pollution: mining, infrastructure, leaded gasoline; metals; lead; isotopes
Andrea Allan
Senior Instructor II and Program Director of the Climate Science Program Climate SciencesLarge-scale atmospheric circulation and dynamics, present and future climatology, and global and regional climate modeling and statistical analysis
Andrea Balbas
Assistant Professor Geology and GeophysicsGeochronology, paleomagnetism, stratigraphy
Jack Barth
Professor OceanographyCoastal ocean dynamics, coastal marine ecosystems, hypoxia, inner continental shelf dynamics
Tamara Baumberger
Assistant Professor (Senior Research) Geology and GeophysicsThe gas chemistry of hydrothermal vents and methane seeps with a special interest into the carbon cycle and noble gas chemistry
Lorene Yokoyama (Laurie) Becker
Senior Instructor IIlorene.yokoyama-becker@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesSustainability and Resilience in Land Use Planning, Conservation GIS, Public Participation GIS, and Biomimicry
Jeffrey Beeson
Assistant Professor Geology and GeophysicsUsing seafloor and subseafloor imaging to explore the dynamics of plate boundary tectonics, methane seepage, and submarine volcanism
Sherman Bloomer
Chancellor and Dean, OSU-Cascadessherman.bloomer@osucascades.edu
Geology and Geophysics
Ed Brook
University Distinguished Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Geology and GeophysicsPaleoclimatology, geochemistry, ice core trace gas records, cosmogenic isotopes, extraterrestrial dust
Kristen (Caison) Buck
Professor Oceanographytrace metal biogeochemistry, elemental cycles, chemical oceanography
Christo Buizert
Associate Professorchristo.buizert@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsPaleoclimate, ice cores, abrupt climate change, firn processes
Lorenzo Ciannelli
Professor, Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Programslorenzo.ciannelli@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyFisheries oceanography, spatial ecology, fish early life stages, statistical analysis of catch and survey data
Peter U. Clark
University Distinguished Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Climate SciencesDynamics of glaciers and ice sheets, sea level change, paleoclimatology, abrupt climate change
Jessica (JC) Creveling
Associate Professorjessica.creveling@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsGeology, Earth history, sedimentology, stratigraphy, sea-level change
Byron Crump
Professor OceanographyAquatic microbial ecology in marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems
Jesse Cusack
Assistant Professor OceanographySmall to mesoscale ocean processes such as turbulence, flows over topography, internal waves and eddies
Jason Davis
Environmental Justice and Sustainability Instructor Geography and Environmental Sciences
Lynette de Silva
Water Conflict Mgt. Director; Senior Instructor IIlynette.desilva@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesWater conflict management, integrated watershed management
Simon de Szoeke
Professorsimon.deszoeke@oregonstate.edu
Climate SciencesAtmosphere-ocean interaction, stratiform clouds, tropical meteorology
Edward Dever
Professor OceanographyCross-shelf exchange processes, analysis and prediction of Lagrangian transport, air-sea interaction
Emily Eidam
Associate Professor OceanographySediment transport processes and rates in fluvial, coastal, and continental shelf systems, as well as event-scale to centennial-scale sediment deposition
Kelsey Emard
Assistant Professor Geography and Environmental SciencesLand use change, sustainable rural livelihoods (especially in agriculture and fisheries), environmental risk and justice, climate resilience
Jenny Engels
Associate Professor of Teaching in Environmental Sciences Geography and Environmental Sciences
Jennifer Fehrenbacher
Associate Professor, Interim Program Director for Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Programjennifer.fehrenbacher@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyTrace element and stable isotope geochemistry, biomineralization, and marine biology
Melanie Fewings
Professormelanie.fewings@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyObservational coastal physical oceanography and meteorology
Erica Fleishman
Professor, Geography and Environmental Sciences Unit Chair, and Director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Instituteerica.fleishman@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesBiogeography, conservation, ecological responses to climate and land-use change
Jonathan Fram
Associate Professor (Senior Research), OOI Endurance Array Project Manager Oceanography
Amrapalli Garanaik
Assistant Professor (Senior Research)amrapalli.garanaik@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyGeophysical and environmental fluid dynamics, with a focus on turbulent mixing and transport in oceanic flows and their critical impact on Earth's climate and ecosystems
Jessica Garwood
Assistant Professorjessica.garwood@oregonstate.edu
OceanographySmall-scale physical-biological interactions in the ocean, especially their implications for transport of plankton or sediment
Miguel Goñi
Professor OceanographyCycling of natural organic matter in the earth's surface, mainly in aquatic environments
Hannah Gosnell
Professorhannah.gosnell@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesTransformations to sustainability; biodiversity conservation; regenerative agriculture; environmental governance; water resource policy, management and law; drivers and consequences of rural land use change
Roy Haggerty
Provost and Executive Vice President Geology and GeophysicsGround water-surface water interactions, flow and transport in surface and ground water, nutrient transport, modeling, hyporheic exchange, heat transport in streams
Burke Hales
Professor OceanographyCoastal ocean carbon cycles, ocean acidification, measurement and experimental manipulation technology
Brian Haley
Professor (Senior Research) Geology and GeophysicsPlasma spectrometry
Michael Harte
Professor OceanographyMarine geography, natural resource management and planning
Demian Hommel
Associate Professor of Teaching, Geography & Geospatial Science Geography and Environmental SciencesHuman dimensions of global change; environmental security and resource conflicts; political ecology; risk; people-reef interactions; climate justice; pedagogy and technology
Jennifer (Jenny) Hutchings
Professorjennifer.hutchings@oregonstate.edu
Climate SciencesSea ice dynamics and mechanics
Andrea Jenney
Assistant Professor Climate SciencesAtmospheric/climate science with a focus on understanding and modeling tropical convection and clouds
Julia Jones
University Distinguished Professor Geography and Environmental SciencesLand use, climate change and disturbance effects on hydrology, geomorphology, water quality, spatio-temporal statistics
Lauren (Laurie) Juranek
Professorlaurie.juranek@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyDissolved gases, isotope biogeochemistry, marine biological pump, and marine carbon cycle
Maria Kavanaugh
Associate Professormaria.kavanaugh@oregonstate.edu
OceanographySeascape ecology, remote sensing, global change
Randall (Randy) Keller
Instructorrandall.keller@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsMarine geology, igneous geochemistry
Robert Kennedy
Professorrobert.kennedy@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesSatellite remote sensing using time series imagery, pattern and processes of landscape change, "Landtrendr"
Patrick (Pat) Kennelly
Senior Instructor I Geography and Environmental SciencesGeographic Information Systems (GIS) and cartography
Adam Kent
Professor and Director of the W.M. Keck Collaboratory for Plasma Mass Spectrometry Geology and Geophysics
Kevin Konrad
Assistant Professor Geology and GeophysicsNoble gas geochronology, marine geology, mantle geodynamics, and volcanism
Anthony Koppers
Professoranthony.koppers@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsIsotope geochemistry of hotspot volcanism, plate tectonic theory, mantle geodynamics
P. Michael (Mike) Kosro
Professor OceanographyCoastal oceanography, shelf/deep-sea exchange processes, remote sensing, ocean acoustics, ocean circulation
Stephen Lancaster
Associate Professorstephen.lancaster@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsFluvial geomorphology, hydrology
Kelsey Lane
Oceanography Instructor, REU Program Director OceanographyModern planktic foraminiferal ecology
Andone Lavery
Executive Director of the Gaulke Center for Marine Innovation and Technology Oceanography
Astrid Leitner
Assistant Professorastrid.leitner@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyThe impacts of abrupt and complex bathymetry across scales on the ecology and behavior of marine animals with a special focus on the deep sea
Jim Lerczak
Professor and Associate Dean for Research OceanographyCoastal physical oceanography
Ricardo Letelier
Professorricardo.letelier@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyMarine pelagic microorganisms, biogeochemical cycles, nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis, chlorophyll passive (solar-induced) fluorescence
John Lowry
Geospatial Science Senior Instructor I Geography and Environmental SciencesGeospatial Science applications in environmental planning and management
Mitchell Lyle
Professor (Senior Research)Miocene equatorial Pacific paleoproductivity, ocean carbon cycling, geochemical tracers, seismic stratigraphy and pelagic sedimentation
Tara Massad
Instructor Geography and Environmental Sciencestropical chemical ecology, plant-insect interactions, reforestation, savanna ecology
Ricardo Matano
Professorricardo.matano@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyLarge-scale ocean circulation, the dynamics of western boundary currents, ocean modeling, geophysical fluid dynamics. the circulation in the Southern Ocean
Tyler McFadden
Instructor and Interim Director, Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Programtyler.mcfadden@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesBiodiversity responses to land use and climate change; avian ecology; species interactions
Karen McLeod
Director, Marine Resource Management Program OceanographyScience and society; marine ecology; leadership development; science communication & strategic engagement; transdisciplinarity
Erin McParland
Assistant Professorerin.mcparland@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyUsing metabolomics and other techniques to understand the cycling of carbon by marine microbes
Philip Mote
Professor, Climate Science Unit Chair Climate SciencesRegional climate modeling, the influence of climate change on western US snowpack. No longer advising Ph.D. students.
Jonathan Nash
Professor Climate SciencesPhysics of turbulence, mixing & other small-scale processes in the ocean & near ice. New technologies (like autonomous vehicles & sensor systems) to measure glacier ice melt, internal waves, submesoscale instabilities, ocean dynamics.
Peder Nelson
Senior Instructor I / Senior Faculty Research Assistant II Geography and Environmental SciencesRemote sensing, GIS, automated visualization and analysis tools
Larry O'Neill
Associate Professor and Director of the Oregon Climate Service Climate SciencesAir-sea interactions, satellite meteorology and oceanography, atmospheric boundary layer and ocean mixed layer dynamics
Felicia Olmeta Schult
Assistant Professor of Practicefelicia.olmetaschult@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental Sciences
Tuba Ozkan-Haller
Dean and Professortuba.ozkan-haller@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyNear-shore circulation modeling, data assimilation in the near-shore region, time-series analysis techniques
Brodie Pearson
Assistant Professorbrodie.pearson@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyPhysics of mixing processes (i.e. turbulence) in the ocean
Laura E. R. Peters
Assistant Professor Geography and Environmental SciencesDisasters, conflict resolution and peacebuilding, community health, social justice and inclusion, humanitarian and conflict-affected contexts
Erin Pettit
Professor Climate SciencesGlacier and ice sheet dynamics, ice/ocean interactions, ice rheology and deformation, ice-core climate history
Mark Raleigh
Assistant Professor Geography and Environmental SciencesSnow, mountain, and forest hydrology; remote sensing; numerical modeling; data assimilation; machine learning; streamflow forecasting; hydroclimate interactions, extremes, disturbance, and change
Peter Ruggiero
Professorpeter.ruggiero@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsCoastal geomorphology, coastal hazards, nearshore processes
David Rupp
Associate Professor (Senior Research) Climate SciencesClimate variability, anthropogenic influences on climate and hydrology, streamflow processes
Roger Samelson
Professorroger.samelson@oregonstate.edu
Climate SciencesFluid dynamics and thermodynamics of the ocean and atmosphere, coastal and arctic meteorology, nonlinear dynamics of geophysical fluids
Andreas Schmittner
Professorandreas.schmittner@oregonstate.edu
Climate SciencesClimate change, ocean biogeochemical cycles, interactions in the climate system, paleoclimate, ocean circulation
Adam Schultz
Professor Geology and GeophysicsGeophysical imaging to study the structure and composition of Earth’s interior
Pieter-Ewald Share
Assistant Professor Geology and GeophysicsNature of structure and strain along major faults making up the southern California plate boundary
Kipp Shearman
Professor OceanographyPhysical processes in coastal ocean, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
Karen Shell
Professor of Practice and Climate Science Program Head Climate SciencesClimate dynamics, general circulation of the atmosphere, interactions between radiative transfer and the dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, climate modeling
Emily Shroyer
Professor OceanographySmall-scale ocean dynamics, such as turbulent mixing, internal gravity waves, and upper ocean processes
Nicholas (Nick) Siler
Associate Professor Climate SciencesMountain precipitation and hydrology, global hydrologic cycle, regional climate change and variability
Eric Skyllingstad
Professoreric.skyllingstad@oregonstate.edu
Climate SciencesUpper ocean turbulence, mesoscale coastal internal waves, ocean-atmosphere coupling
Frank Sousa
Assistant Professor and George & Danielle Sharp Endowed Faculty Scholar in Field Geology Geology and GeophysicsLow-temperature thermochronology, field geology, and applications of remote sensing date to geology mapping
Yvette Spitz
Professor, Program Director for Oceanography, Oceanography Unit Chair OceanographyThe main pathways in marine ecosystems, coupled physical-biological models
Joseph Stoner
Professor Geology and GeophysicsSediment magnetism, stratigraphy, paleoclimatology
Pamela Sullivan
Professor, Hollis M. Dole Professor in Geosciencespamela.sullivan@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsEcohydrology; interactions of climate, vegetation and geology
Brian Tattitch
Assistant Professor, Barrow Family Chair in Mineral Resource Geologybrian.tattitch@oregonstate.edu
Geology and GeophysicsMineral deposits, Igneous petrology, volcanology, experimental petrology
Frank Tepley
Professor, Geology and Geophysics Unit Chair, and Geology Program Director Geology and GeophysicsIgneous petrology, isotope geochemistry, electron probe microscopy
Jim Thatcher
Associate Professor Geography and Environmental SciencesCritical GIS, Critical Cartography, Political Ecology, and geocomputation
Jenna Tilt
Associate Professor Geography and Environmental SciencesHuman dimensions of natural hazards, disaster recovery, community resilience
Jamon Van Den Hoek
Associate Professorjamon.vandenhoek@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesUsing satellite imagery and geospatial data to examine relationships between forced displacement, climate vulnerability, and land cover/land use change in conflict-affected regions around the world
George Waldbusser
Professorgeorge.waldbusser@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyOcean acidification effects on bivalves, benthic ecology and sediment biogeochemistry, tidal flat ecology
Kuuipo Walsh
GIScience Program Director, Senior Instructor I Geography and Environmental SciencesGIS, metadata, digital libraries and coastal atlases
James Watson
Associate Professor Climate SciencesComplex adaptive systems, environmental science, social-ecological systems, quantitative analyses, seascape ecology, marine spatial planning, coastal vulnerability
Justin Wettstein
Associate Professorjustin.wettstein@oregonstate.edu
Climate SciencesLarge-scale and long-term climate and atmospheric dynamics, climate variability and change, climate impacts and responses in natural and human-managed systems
Greg Wilson
Associate Professor OceanographyPhysics of the nearshore coastal ocean including waves, currents, and sediment transport
Aaron Wolf
Professor Geography and Environmental SciencesTransboundary water conflicts and conflict resolution
David Wrathall
Associate Professordavid.wrathall@oregonstate.edu
Geography and Environmental SciencesClimate hazards, climate change adaptation, social vulnerability, migration, and political ecology
Kaplan Yalcin
Assistant Dean for Academic Programs Geology and GeophysicsDistance and online education, paleoclimatology
Edward (Ed) Zaron
Associate Professor (Senior Research)edward.d.zaron@oregonstate.edu
OceanographyOcean modeling and data assimilation, satellite altimetry, and geophysical fluid dynamics
Seth Zippel
Assistant Professor Climate SciencesHow the ocean and the atmosphere interact using field measurements from a diverse set of regions including estuaries, the open ocean, and the Arctic