Rory Mc Donnell he/him/his
Associate Professor and Primary Investigator
PhD: Applied Ecology, University of Galway, Ireland (2004)
BS: Environmental Science, University of Galway, Ireland (1998)
FRES: Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (2023)
Contact: [email protected]
Tel: +1-541-737-6146
Associate Professor and Primary Investigator
PhD: Applied Ecology, University of Galway, Ireland (2004)
BS: Environmental Science, University of Galway, Ireland (1998)
FRES: Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (2023)
Contact: [email protected]
Tel: +1-541-737-6146
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Science at Oregon State University and the Primary Investigator of our team. My research interests lie in the invasion ecology of pest slugs and snails, and in the development and implementation of novel strategies for their management.
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Casey Richart he/him/his
Faculty Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager PhD: Evolutionary Biology, San Diego State University (2018) MS: Evolutionary Biology, San Diego State University (2014) BS: Evergreen State College (2000) Contact: [email protected] |
I am a Faculty Research Assistant and the Laboratory Manager. I am also the lead researcher on multiple projects in our lab. My interests lie in the identification of introduced species and the non-target effects of biological control.
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Fares Alzahrani he/him/his
Graduate Student (Crop Science) MS: Crop Science, Oregon State University (2019) BS: Zoology, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (2014) |
I am a PhD student studying the potential for using plant extracts such as essential oils as novel biorational pesticides. My research focuses on both slug and insect pests of agriculture in Oregon.
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Indira Kulkarni she/her/hers
Graduate Student (Crop Science) BS: Neuroscience, University of Vermont (2021) |
I am an MS student studying the potential non-target effects of biocontrol nematodes in the genus Phasmarhabdits on native slug and snail species in the Pacific Northwest.
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Maddie Dieringer she/her/hers
Undergraduate researcher and URSA Engage Scholar |
I am an undergraduate majoring in Ecological Engineering. I recently completed an URSA Engage project where I used community science observations to generate robust species accounts of terrestrial gastropods. I also presented my results at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists.
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Aeurkan Supavarasuwat she/her/hers
Undergraduate researcher and LURE Scholar |
I am an undergraduate double majoring in BioHealth Sciences and Innovation Management. I was also recently selected to be part of the Launching Undergraduate Research Experience (LURE) program. As part of that program I will conduct research on novel attractants for pest slugs and snails.
Lab alumni
Dr. Kirsty McInnes - Agri-technology Research Fellow, School of Natural & Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, U.K.
Dr. Chrissy Dodge - Forest Pests Methods Lab, USDA APHIS PPQ S&T, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Andrew Colton - PhD student, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Canada.
Dr. Allison Bistline-East - Agriculture and Food Systems Specialist, University of Maine, Maine, U.S.A.
Dr. Inga Reich - Ecologist, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Dr. Casi Jessie - Whitestown, Indiana, U.S.A.
Matthew Klein - FoodShot Global Innovation Fellow and PhD student, Dept. of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
Dr. Maria Cordoba - Quality Manager, Mejillones Ria de Arosa, Pontevedra, Spain.