CAHNRS

Matthew Bumpus

Associate Professor
Human Development
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Social development during middle childhood and adolescence; parent–child communication; family relationships

Top Achievements: Principal investigator, NIH-funded small grant; recent papers in Parenting: Science and Practice, Journal of Family Issues, and Child Development

Ken Eastwell

Professor
Plant Pathology
WSU Prosser

Research Interests: Controlling virus-like agents of perennial crops

Top Achievements: Participated in creation of the National Clean Plant Network; control cherry leaf roll virus of cherry and hop stunt viroid of hops in the Pacific Northwest

Eric Jessup

Associate Research Professor
Economic Sciences

G. N. Mohan Kumar

Associate Professor
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Physiological/biochemical/molecular aspects of aging in a potato tuber model system; potato seed-tuber and postharvest physiology

Top Achievements: University of Agricultural Sciences Gold Medalist for academic achievement during BSc and MSc programs; Commonwealth Fellow during Ph.D.

Thomas Marsh

Professor and Scientist
School of Economic Sciences
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Consumer demand; modeling commodity markets; quantitative methods; natural resource economics

Derek McLean

Associate Professor
Animal Sciences
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Reproductive biology

Top Achievements: R.M. Wade Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009; New Investigator Award, Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2007

Michael M. Neff

Associate Professor, Associate Scientist
Crop and Soil Sciences and Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Crop biotechnology; plant development; seedling growth; photomorphogenesis; hormone biology; molecular genetics; Arabidopsis thaliana; Camelina sativa

Top Achievements: More than $2 million dollars in past/current grant support; 18 peer-reviewed publications with average journal impact factor of 9.24; NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dan Rodgers

Associate Professor
Animal Sciences
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Muscle development

Top Achievements: Graduated five graduate students in five years; published with students at all academic ranks; received grants from the NIH, NSF, and USDA

Sanja Roje

Associate Scientist
Institute of Biological Chemistry

WSU Pullman

Barry Swanson

Regents Professor
School of Food Science
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Legume protein digestibility; fat replacers; emerging food preservation technologies (ultra high pressure and pulsed electric fields)

Top Achievements: Fellow, Institute of Food Technologists; fellow, International Academy of Food Science and Technology; ranked 22nd in citations, international agricultural sciences authors

Doug Walsh

Professor
Entomology
WSU Pullman

Research Interests: Integrated pest management

Top Achievements: Distinguished Achievement Award in Extension, Entomological Society of America, 2009; Team Interdisciplinary Award, CAHNRS, 2008; Integrated Pest Management Team Award, American Entomological Foundation, Pacific Northwest Vineyard IPM Team, 2007; Excellence in Integrated Research and Extension Award, CAHNRS, 2007