News & Announcements

Molly Darr has joined Dr. Betsy Beers’ program as a timeslip.

Jason Jacobson recently joined the Musacchi’s program to work on his graduate studies. He will be working on crop load management in apple orchards.

Shea Frantz – Evans Program

Hector is an agronomist from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and has an M.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Washington State University with an emphasis in land, air, water & environmental engineering, and crop modeling. He is working in Lee Kalcsits’ tree fruit physiology lab as a Research Assistant and will assist with all the trials performed in […]

Lederson Gañán joined Washington State University in fall 2016 to pursue a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology under the supervision of Drs. Achour Amiri and Tobin Peever (based in Pullman). Lederson’s research will contribute to the development of sustainable solutions and improvement of apple powdery mildew management in the Pacific Northwest through the acquisition of more […]

Ethan Federman will be working remotely for Vince Jones’ program. You may not see him at the Center but he will be hard at work on computer programming from his home in Spokane, WA.

Andi Terrazas will be working as a timeslip in Kate Evans’ program for a few weeks to help on a special project.              

Gökhan Öztürk is a visiting researcher from Isparta, Turkey. He completed his Ph.D. in 2010 at the Süleyman Demirel University of Isparta, Turkey. He studies fertilization biology and breeding of pear, apple, and quince in the Tree Fruit Research Institute in Turkey. He has breeding programs for both pear scion and rootstocks. Pear cultivar breeding […]

We are happy to have Ryan Mullin working for Lee Kalcsits this summer.