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The following Oregon State University faculty members have expertise related to hemp or marijuana and are willing to speak with journalists. Their specific expertise, and contact information, is listed below. For help with other OSU faculty experts, contact Sean Nealon, 541-737-0787, sean.nealon@oregonstate.edu.
Gordon Jones, 541-447-6228, gordon.jones@oregonstate.edu
Jones is an associate professor of practice in OSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Science and OSU Extension agronomist in Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties. His areas of expertise include:
Lloyd Nackley, lloyd.Nackley@oregonstate.edu
Nackley is an associate professor and OSU Extension research leader for greenhouse and nursery production at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora, about 20 miles south of Portland. His areas of expertise include:
Richard Roseberg, 541-772-5165, richard.roseberg@oregonstate.edu
Roseberg serves as director of OSU’s Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center in Central Point. An associate professor of agronomy in OSU’s Department of Crop and Soil Science, he is a co-author on two OSU Extension publications, “What is Industrial Hemp?” and “Soil, Seedbed Preparation and Seeding for Hemp.” His areas of expertise include:
Jeffrey Steiner, 541-737-9119, jeffrey.steiner@oregonstate.edu
Steiner is the associate director of the OSU Global Hemp Innovation Center. His areas of expertise include:
Kelly Vining, 541-737-0646, kelly.vining@oregonstate.edu
Vining is an assistant professor in OSU’s Department of Horticulture. Her areas of expertise include:
Anita Cservenka, 541-737-1366, anita.cservenka@oregonstate.edu
Cservenka is an associate professor in the School of Psychological Science in the College of Liberal Arts. She is director of the Substance Use & Neurocognition (SUN) Lab. Her areas of expertise include:
David Kerr, 541-737-1364, david.kerr@oregonstate.edu
Kerr is a professor in the School of Psychological Science. His areas of expertise include:
Aimee Huff, 541-737-3688, aimee.huff@oregonstate.edu
Huff is an assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business. Her research explores consumer culture in contexts that are socially contentious, including recreational marijuana. Her areas of expertise include:
Jane Ishmael, 541-737-5783, jane.ishmael@oregonstate.edu
Ishmael is an associate professor of pharmacology in the College of Pharmacy. She served on the Retail Marijuana Scientific Advisory Committee for the Oregon Health Authority in 2015-16, in preparation for the opening of the retail cannabis market in Oregon. In 2015, she was appointed to an Oregon governor’s task force charged with researching the medical and public health properties of cannabis in Oregon. She also serves on the Hemp-Cannabis Working Group for the OSU Office of Research. Her areas of expertise include: