Graduate Students | College of Agricultural Sciences

Photo	Person	Contact Information	Specialty Area
	Fares Alzahrani	Contact person by email	Master of Science, Crop Science Major Professor: Rory Mc Donnell
	Aaron Anderson	Contact person by email	Ph.D., Horticulture Major Professor: Gail Langellotto
	Alexander Butcher	Contact person by email	Major Advisor, Vaughn Walton I am studying the use of synthetic elicitors as a pest management strategy in potatoes. I am also looking at mixed infection environments with Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum vectored by the potato psyllid and potato plants infected with PVY. Crop Science option Entomology Major Professor: Silvia Rondon
	Emily Carlson	Contact person by email	Major Advisor, Ramesh Sagili How pesticide exposure differs between honey bees and native bees with varying landscape context. Ph.D., Horticulture Major Professor: Ramesh Sagili
	Daniel Dalton	Contact person by email	Primary responsibilities include: Research on biological aspects of Drosophila suzukii; Examination of biological control agents that may impact Drosophila suzukii populations; Investigation of cultural controls against ... Ph.D., Horticulture Major Professor: Vaughn Walton
	Claire Donahoo	Contact person by email	Major Advisor, Nik Wiman Her PhD will focus on dispersal patterns and nontarget effects of the samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus, a biological control agent of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in specialty crop areas in Oregon. A native of Lincoln, NE, Claire received her BS in Fish & Wildlife Biology with a concentration in Conservation Biology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then received her MS in Entomology at Montana State University in Bozeman, where she studied mortality dynamics of... Ph.D., Horticulture Major Professor: Nik Wiman
	Serhan Mermer Assistant Professor Faculty		Our lab focuses on understanding the toxicology, chemistry, and risk assessment of agrochemicals and pesticides in the environment, agriculture, and human health. My research area includes measuring the environmentally relevant levels of pesticides and agrochemicals in the environment, food,... Ph.D., Horticulture, Entomology (option), and Toxicology (minor)
	Scott Mitchell Graduate Students	Contact person by email	My work involves field-based studies in invertebrate ecology in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. I am interested in studying the ecosystem effects of cattle, elk and deer grazing in rangelands riparian areas. I am particularly interested in the effects on native bee species and on... PhD, Wildlife Science, MSc, Wildlife Science, 2020, Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching, 2020, BS, Biology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), 2015 Major Professor: Sandra DeBano
	Anthony Mugica	Contact person by email	Biology and ecology of the Flathead borer Master of Science, Horticulture Major Professor: Nik Wiman
	Kyoo Rok Park Research Associate	Contact person by email	Ph.D., Horticulture Major Professor: Vaughn Walton
	Ryssa Parks	Contact person by email
	Nima Rad	Contact person by email	Major Professor: Silvia Rondon