People

Willamette Valley Prairie Research Group

Deborah Clark

Paul Hammond

Aaron Liston

Rachael Roberts

Cheryl Schultz

Paul Severns

Mark Wilson

Past Associates

Marilynn Bartels

Kimberly Davis

Teman Erhart

Jennifer Goodridge

Cheryl Ingersoll

Keli Kuykendall

Lisa Lantz

Sam Leininger

Mary Maret

Bartels Marilynn R. Bartels

Biology Instructor, Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois.

M.S. Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 2000

Prairie restoration and management.

http://www.bhc.edu/academics/science/index.htm

Clark Deborah L. Clark

Biology Program, Oregon State University

Ph.D. Botany and Plant Pathology (Ecology), Oregon State University, 1996

Ecology of wetlands and prairies, particularly regeneration processes; conservation biology; restoration ecology.

College of Science Web page

Deborah.Clark@oregonstate.edu

Kimberly J. Davis

Ph.D. Botany and Plant Pathology (Ecology), Oregon State University, 2000

Teman Erhart

Partner/Botanist, Cryptogam Research Associates, L.L.C.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Botany & Plant Pathology Department, Oregon State University

B.S. Botany, Oregon State University, 2001
B.S. BioResource Research, Oregon State University, 2001

Lichen, bryophyte and fungal ecology and conservation; plant molecular systematics and conservation biology.

erhartt@science.oregonstate.edu, (541) 953-2319

Jennifer Goodridge

Wetland Specialist, Wetlands Program, Division of State Lands, State of Oregon.

M.S. Botany and Plant Pathology (Ecology), Oregon State University, 2001

Wetland ecology, native/non-native plant interactions, and restoration ecology.

Paul C. Hammond

Private consultant; Research Associate in the Department of Entomology, Oregon State University

B.S. Entomology, Oregon State University
M.S. Zoology, University of Nebraska
Ph.D. Zoology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Systematics and ecology of butterflies and moths, especially speciation, adaptive radiation, and the taxonomic structure and function of ecosystems; conservation research, planning, and management of butterflies and their larval foodplants, especially the Oregon silverspot butterfly and western blue violet and the Fender's blue butterfly and Kincaid's lupine.

Cheryl A. Ingersoll

Independent researcher in plant population and vegetation ecology; freelance scientific writer and editor; propagator of native plants for ecosystem restoration.

Ph.D. Botany and Plant Pathology (Ecology), Oregon State University, 1991

Restoration of native grassland and shrubland systems; propagation of native perennials; transferring knowledge and techniques developed in Willamette Valley Prairies to the restoration and management of Intermountain grasslands.

"My goal is to develop a native-plant nursery and applied educational facility in eastern Oregon, emphasizing conservation and restoration of native grassland ecosystems, wildlife habitat, and watershed integrity."

cingerso@orednet.org

Keli Kuykendall

M.S. Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, 1999

Site assessment, community classification, taxonomic identification, conservation genetics, and statistically-based research design, implementation and analysis.

Lantz Lisa E. Lantz

Regional Resource Steward, Southwest and Puget Sound Areas, Washington State Parks

M.S. Botany and Plant Pathology (Ecology), Oregon State University, 1997

Samuel P. Leininger

Independent researcher

Honors B.S. Environmental Science, Oregon State University, 2001

Conservation biology, restoration ecology.

sam@mycrocosm.com, http://www.mycrocosm.com/slim.html

Liston Aaron I. Liston

Associate Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology and Director of the Herbarium, Oregon State University

Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, 1990

Plant systematics and evolution, including genetic diversity studies of the Oregon flora.

Maret Mary P. Maret

Natural Resource Specialist, Sacramento County Dept. of Regional Parks, Recreation and Open Space, Sacramento, California

M.S. Botany and Plant Pathology (Ecology), Oregon State University, 1996

Grassland, vernal pool and riparian ecology and restoration; prescribed fire.

Rachael E. Roberts

M.S. candidate, Botany & Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

B.A. Biology, Reed College, 1998

Restoration ecology, community ecology, land conservation.

robertsr@science.oregonstate.edu

Cheryl Schultz

Assistant Professor, School of Biological Science, Washington State University, Vancouver

Ph.D. Zoology, University of Washington, 1998

Conservation of endangered species, restoration ecology, and landscape ecology with focus on at-risk butterflies and their prairie habitats in the Pacific Northwest.

schultzc@vancouver.wsu.edu, www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/schultzc/index.htm

Paul M. Severns

Graduate student Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University and consulting biologist

B.S. Biology, University of Oregon, 1998

Butterfly and plant conservation, evolutionary ecology, the efficacy of prescribed burning for conservation of Willamette Valley Prairies.

"I have collected butterflies since I was six years old and am familiar with most butterfly species in and west of the Rocky Mountains."

severnsp@science.oregonstate.edu

Mark V. Wilson

Associate Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

B.A. Botany, University of California, Berkeley, 1976
Ph.D. Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, 1982

Plant population and community ecology; restoration ecology, conservation biology, and management of Willamette Valley prairies; competition between native and non-native plants and other population influences on community dynamics; using fundamental plant traits to predict community responses; science-management interactions; quantitative methods.

wilsonm@science.oregonstate.edu