People

Staff

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Chris Sater

Research Assistant
Phone:  509-293-8754
Email:  csater@wsu.edu

Postdocs

Current Students

Former Staff

David Enicks

(2019-2020)
bruce greenfield

Bruce Greenfield

(Retired 2019)

Matt Giannandrea

(2015-2017)

Karen Blaedow

(2013-2014)

Former Post-Docs

Former Students

Dowen Jocson

Education:
PhD, 2023, Entomology

Dissertation Title:
Potential Use of Acoustics in Pear Psylla (Cacopsylla pyricola) Integrated Pest Management

Current Position:
Pesticide Pre-License Safety Educator
Washington State University

Email: dowen.jocson@wsu.edu

Jim Hepler

Education:
PhD, 2021, Entomology

Dissertation Title:
Landscape Ecology and Management of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in the Pacific Northwest

Current Position:
USDA-ARS
Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Kearneysville, WV

Email: james.hepler@wsu.edu

Adrian Marshall

Education: PhD, 2020, Entomology

Dissertation Title: Netting Applications for Insect Management in Apple Orchards

Current Position:
USDA-ARS
Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research
Wapato, WA

Email: adrian.marshall@usda.gov
josh milnes

Josh Milnes

Education: MS, 2019, Entomology

Thesis Title: Ecology of the Asian Egg Parasitod Trissolcus Japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) and Impact on Eastern Washington Pentatomids Under Field Conditions

Current Position:
Pest Biologist II
WA State Dept. of Ag – Plant Protection Division
Yakima, WA

Email: jmilnes@agr.wa.gov
Phone: 509-220-1134
alix whitener

Alix Whitener

Education: PhD, 2018, Entomology

Dissertation Title: Behavior and integrated pest management of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Washington state sweet cherry

Current Position:
FMC Technical Services Manager
Wenatchee, WA

Email: whitener.alix@gmail.com
brittany buchanan

Brittany Buchanan

Education: MS in Agriculture, 2017

Current Position:
AgroFresh
Philadelphia, PA

Email: brittanyadell@gmail.com
rebecca schmidt

Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris

Education: PhD, 2015, Entomology

Dissertation Title: Phytoseiids as Biological Control Agents of Phytophagous Mites in Washington Apple Orchards

Current Position:
Research Entomologist, Tree Fruit Biological Control
USDA-ARS, Wapato, WA

Email: rebecca.schmidt@usda.gov
Phone: 509-454-6556
luis rocha

Luis Martinez Rocha

Education: MS, 2013, Entomology

Thesis Title: Effects of Pesticides and three Sulfur-Based Products on Integrated Mite Management in Washington State
lessando gontijo

Lessando Gontijo

Education: PhD, 2011, Entomology

Dissertation Title: Integrated Biological Control of Woolly Apple Aphid in Washington State

Current Position:
Professor of Entomology
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Brazil
dario fernandez

Dario Fernandez

Education: MS, 2000, Entomology

Thesis Title: Effect of seasonal mineral oil applications on the pest and natural enemy complex of apples (Malus domestica Borkhausen) and oviposition deterrence of white apple leafhopper (Typhlocyba pomaria McAtee) in laboratory bioassays

Current Position:
INTA EEA Alto Valle
Rio Negro, Argentina

E-mail: dfernandez@correo.inta.gov.ar
michael reding

Michael Reding

Education: PhD, 2000, Entomology

Dissertation Title: Biology, monitoring, and management of Campylomma verbasci (Meyer) (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Washington apple orchards

Current Position:
Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS
Wooster, OH

Phone: 330-263-3629
E-mail: reding.2@osu.edu