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Current Project (2024-2028) Team

Project Director

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Michelle M. Moyer

Professor / Extension Viticulturist, Washington State University

Research, Extension, and Teaching Interests: Dr. Moyer’s Extension (70%) and Research (30%) interests cover all aspects of wine and juice grape production in Washington state and beyond. She has a particular focus on integrated pest and disease management, combining cultural and chemical practices to optimize control efforts.

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Project Co-Director

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Walter (Walt) Mahaffee

Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS Horticulture Crops Research Unit

Research, Extension, and Teaching Interests: Research focuses on understanding pathogen biology and disease epidemiology to develop integrated pest management programs and decision support systems. Current research projects are on inoculum monitoring, fungicide resistance, pathogen dispersion, and biophysical crop systems modeling.

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Project Co-Investigators

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Monica L. Cooper

Farm Advisor – Viticulture, University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Napa County

Research, Extension, and Teaching Interests: Dr. Cooper’s research interests include viticulture, pest management, and vineyard team dynamics. She has an active outreach program with the goal of extending science-based technical information to the vineyard industry.

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Timothy D. Miles

Associate Professor / Extension Specialist, Michigan State University

Research, Extension, Teaching Interests: Interested in a variety of plant pathology research topics (e.g. mycology, genomics, population genetics, pathogen detection, molecular diagnostics and host resistance) that can be applied to solving disease management issues in grapes. 

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Kaitlin M. Gold

Assistant Professor, Cornell University.

Research, Extension, and Teaching Interests: The fundamental and applied science of plant disease sensing to improve early disease detection and sustainable integrated management in grapevine. Plant-pathogen interactions at scale with a range of technological approaches, but with specialization in imaging spectroscopy (also known as “hyperspectral imaging”) deployed across scales, from laboratory platforms to autonomous field robots to satellites.

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Rob Stoll

Professor, University of Utah

Research, Extension, and Teaching Interests: Transport of momentum, mass, and energy in the environment and the impact of transport processes on ecosystem functioning in urban, agricultural and natural environments.  I examine these processes and their impacts through numerical and physical (lab and field) experiments.

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Key Personnel and Support Staff

Washington State University

USDA-ARS

University of Utah

University of California

  • Malcolm Hobbs, Staff Research Associate
  • Sarah MacDonald, Research Data Analyst

Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students

USDA-ARS

Michigan State University

Cornell University

Stakeholder Advisory Group

Name, Company / Organization, and Representative Region

  • Donnell Brown, National Grape Research Alliance, National
  • Kenny Seebold, Valent USA, National
  • Allison Jordan, CA Sustainable Wine Alliance, CA
  • Dr. Maha Afifi, CA Table Grape Commission, CA
  • Dr. Stephanie Bolton, Lodi Winegrape Commission, CA
  • Bryan Rahn, Costal Viticultural Consultants, Western USA
  • Dr. Julie Tarara, WA State Wine Commission, WA
  • Ben Smith, Hinkelman Farms / MI Horticulture Society, MI
  • Dr. Phil Brannen, University of Georgia, GA
  • Brad Sorensen, Les Collines Vineyard, WA

FRAME (2018-2023) Alumni

Co-PIs and Collaborators

In addition to the below, Michelle Moyer, Walt Mahaffee, Timothy Miles, Monica Cooper and Rob Stoll were also members of the FRAME 1 project group.

Key Personnel, Postdocs, and Technicians

Former Graduate Students

A list of the graduate students who worked on FRAME during the first project period (2018-2024).

Washington State University
Oregon State University
Michigan State University
University of California – Davis
University of Georgia

FRAME (2018-2023) Stakeholder Advisors

Name, Title, Company, Commodity, and Region

  • Dr. Franka Gabler, Viticulture Research Director, CA Table Grape Commission, Table grapes, Fresno, CA
  • Lauren Coelho, Solo Mio Farms, Raisin grapes, Leemore, CA
  • Melissa Hansen Director of Research, WA State Wine Commission, Wine grapes, WA
  • Dr. Julie Tarara, Viticulturist, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Wine grapes Horse Heaven Hills, WA
  • Jason Tosh, Vineyard Mgr, Stoller Family Estate, Wine grapes Willamette Valley, OR
  • Katey Taylor, Vineyard Mgr, Constellation Brands, Wine grapes, Napa Valley, CA
  • Bryan Rahn, President, Coastal Viticultural Consultants, LLC, Wine grapes, Napa Valley, CA
  • Dr. Anna-Liisa Fabritius, Owner, AL&L Crop Solutions Inc., Diagnostics, Vacaville, CA
  • Mark Gibbs, Oregon Vineyard Supply, Crop protection, McMinnville, OR
  • Ben Smith, Co-Manager, Hinkelman Farms; Michigan St. Hort Society, Wine grapes, Benton Harbor, MI
  • Eric Seifarth, Crane Creek Vineyards, Wine grapes, Young Harris, GA
  • Dr. David Gadoury, Sr. Research Associate, Cornell University, VitisGen2 / Disease Mgt, New York / Northeast
  • Dr. Lance Cadle-Davidson, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, VitisGen2 / Genetics, National