Current Project (2024-2028) Team
Project Director
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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Social Media Accounts:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmmoyer/
- Facebook: @WSU.Vit.Enol.Ext
Project Co-Director
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
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
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.
Preferred program URL:
Social Media Accounts:
- Facebook: @SmallFruitNHopPathology
- Twitter: @Tmiles_MSU
Kaitlin M. Gold
Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Research, Extension, and Teaching Interests:
Preferred program URLs:
Social Media Accounts:
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
Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students
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
- Melissa Hansen, WA State Wine Commission, WA
- Dr. Julie Tarara, Results Partners Vineyard Consulting, OR
- Ben Smith, Hinkelman Farms / MI Horticulture Society, MI
- Dr. Phil Brannen, University of Georgia, GA
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.
- Ana Espinola-Arredondo, Professor of Economics, Washington State University – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-espinola-arredondo-98424a82/
- Rachel Naegele, Research Horticulturist, USDA-ARS – https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-naegele-8a96b537/
- Phil Brannen, Professor of Plant Pathology and Extension Fruit Disease Specialist, University of Georgia – https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-naegele-8a96b537/
- Melanie Lewis Ivey, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and Extension Fruit Pathologist, The Ohio State University – https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-lewis-ivey-b8b6b561/
- Ioannis Stergiopulos, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California – Davis – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioannis-stergiopoulos-4b7b4533/
Key Personnel, Postdocs, and Technicians
- Charlotte Oliver, Project Manager (WSU) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-oliver-16a00836/
- Safa Alzohairy, Postdoctoral Research Associate (MSU) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/safa-alzohairy-2997b2a6/
- Marivi Colle, , Postdoctoral Research Associate (MSU) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marivi-c-3784a438/
- Jeff Delong, USDA Research Technician – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-delong-0980a344/
- Maria Mireles – Research Technician (WSU) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-s-m-bb87ba7a/
- Tara Neill, USDA Biological Technician – https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-neill-b4a7b793/
- Eric Pardyjak, Professor (UofU) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-pardyjak-9187901b/
- Hui-Ching Yang, Postdoctoral Research Associate (USDA) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/hui-ching-yang-b8222549/
Former Graduate Students
A list of the graduate students who worked on FRAME during the first project period (2018-2024).
Washington State University
- Ilhoon Choi, PhD. Economics. – https://ses.wsu.edu/phd-students/
- Chelsea Pardini, MSc. Economics – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-pardini/
Oregon State University
- Sarah Lowder, PhD. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-lowder-57978687
- Alexander Wong, PhD. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-wong27/
- Theo Newbold, MSc. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/theo-newbold-532846132/
Michigan State University
- Lexi Heger, PhD. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexa-lexi-heger-725b15126/
- Sam Thompson, PhD. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-thompson-74b1431b8/
- Nancy Sharma, PhD. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-sharma-41a851100/
University of California – Davis
- Alex Zaccaron, PhD. Genetics and Genomics – https://www.linkedin.com/in/azacca/
- Guy Robinson, Ph.D. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-robinson-254302118/
University of Georgia
- Brooke Warres, MSc. Plant Pathology – https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookewarres/
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