Below you can find information about U-FERN’s project staff, steering committee, and advisors. Click each profile picture to learn more about them.
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/OConnell.png) | Dr. Kari O’Connell
STEM Research Center at Oregon State University
| Principal Investigator |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/Berkowitz.png) | Dr. Alan Berkowitz
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
| Co-Principal Investigator |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/12/Gillian-Bowser.png) | Dr. Gillian Bowser
Colorado State University
| Co-Principal Investigator |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/Branchaw.png) | Dr. Janet Branchaw
University of Wisconsin
| Co-Principal Investigator |
![](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3033/files/2018/09/Hoke-round2in.png) | Kelly Hoke
STEM Research Center at Oregon State University
| Project Coordinator |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/Storksdieck.png) | Dr. Martin Storksdieck
STEM Research Center at Oregon State University
| Advisor |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/Stylinski.png) | Dr. Cathlyn Stylinski
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
| Advisor |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/Risien.png) | Dr. Julie Risien
STEM Research Center at Oregon State University
| Steering Committee |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/Chigbu.png) | Dr. Paulinus Chigbu
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
| Steering Committee |
![](http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/ufern/files/2017/11/DeLuca.png) | Dr. Mike DeLuca
Office of Research at Rutgers University
| Steering Committee |
![](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3033/files/2020/06/S.McNulty_portrait2018_round-2.png) ![](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3033/files/2020/06/S.McNulty_portrait2018_round-1.png)
| Stacy McNulty
Adirondack Ecological Center
| Steering Committee |
![](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3033/files/2020/06/ajolley_round.png)
| Dr. Alison Jolley (AJ) University of Waikato | Steering Committee |
![](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3033/files/2021/02/ward-e-02-19-1.png) | Dr. Emily Geraghty Ward
University of Colorado Boulder | Steering Committee |
Past Leaders
![](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3033/files/2018/03/hodder_ufern.png) | Dr. Jan Hodder Oregon Institute of Marine Biology |
![](https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3033/files/2018/03/billick_ufern.png) | Dr. Ian Billick Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory |