Doug Walsh, Washington State IPM Coordinator, Professor of Entomology
Walsh leads the Washington State Extension IPM Implementation Team. Founder and director of the Environmental and Agricultural Entomology Laboratory at WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, he has received the Sahlin Award for Outreach and Engagement, the American Entomological Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management, and the WSU Excellence in Extension Award. In 2023, he was named a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America. At WSU since 1998, Walsh’s research and extension activities focus on hops, alfalfa seed, mint, wine and juice grapes, and pollinator protection.
dwalsh@wsu.edu
509-786-9287
Betsy Beers, Professor of Entomology, Tree Fruit IPM Extension Specialist
Beers has worked with Washington State’s pome fruit (apple, pear) and stone fruit (cherry, plum, peach, apricot) growers from WSU’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in north-central Washington since 1985. Awards recognizing her exemplary work in tree fruit IPM include the American Entomological Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management and the WSU Excellence in Extension Award. She served as the Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America President in 2020, received its C.W. Woodworth Award in 2024, and was named a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America in 2024.
ebeers@wsu.edu
509-293-8755
Brandon Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Entomology, Honey Bee Health Specialist
Hopkins is an entomologist specializing in apiculture with an emphasis on honey bee reproduction and commercial management practices. Areas of interest include pest management and indoor storage strategies to improve pollinator health. Hopkins served for four years as WSU’s Apiary Research and Germplasm Manager, overseeing cryopreservation of bee genetic material, and today serves as Thurber Endowed Chair. His Honey Bee Health Team won the Team Interdisciplinary Award from the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resources Sciences in 2019 and Hopkins received the University award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2024.
bhopkins@wsu.edu
509-335-8598
Laura Kraft, Cranberry and Shellfish Extension Specialist
Kraft’s program at WSU’s Long Beach Research and Extension Unit focuses on needs-based pest management strategies in commercial production of cranberries and shellfish. Pest management in aquatic crops poses special challenges, to which Kraft brings a multi-disciplinary IPM background. Kraft’s team uses interviews, surveys, and focus groups to connect with stakeholders and the community to determine their needs and priorities, conducting their research and providing educational outreach accordingly. They host annual meetings for both cranberry and shellfish producers, where growers gather to exchange ideas and concerns with scientists and industry.
laura.kraft@wsu.edu
503-836-7736
Drew Lyon, Endowed Chair in Small Grains Extension and Research, Weed Science
Lyon focuses on integrated weed management in dryland small grain production systems in eastern Washington, assisting growers with weed control, herbicide use, crop rotation, tillage, and other cultural practices from WSU’s Pullman campus. He works with the WSU Extension Dryland Cropping Systems Team to bring IPM perspectives and solutions to the grain growers of the state and the region. Lyon’s podcast, blog posts, and other contributions are key resources on the WSU Wheat and Small Grains website.
drew.lyon@wsu.edu
509-335-2961
Jennifer Marquis, WSU Extension Master Gardener Program Director
Marquis leads the statewide WSU Extension Master Gardener Program. At 4,000 university-trained volunteers strong, the Program provides research-based horticulture and environmental stewardship education with an emphasis on integrated pest management across Washington. Marquis has been serving the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program since 2007, facilitating pesticide use and safety and IPM education for new and existing extension master gardener volunteers. She is a strategic thinker known for her ability to engage with diverse teams for mission and vision success. Marquis oversees ongoing maintenance and enhancement to the popular Hortsense website for home gardeners.
jgmarquis@wsu.edu
509-335-1723
Laurel Moulton, Horticulture Specialist, Regional Small Farms Team
Moulton specializes in integrated pest management troubleshooting for small farms with diversified cropping systems in Clallam, Jefferson, and Kitsap Counties as a member of the WSU Regional Small Farms Team. She has worked in horticulture and botanical fields for 20 years, in such diverse disciplines as providing IPM education to home gardeners and small farms, producing native plants and native plant seeds for restoration, and conducting research in native vegetation and agricultural systems. Recent Extension projects include conducting on-farm trials for wireworm resistant sweetpotatoes and helping farmers irrigate more efficiently.
laurel.moulton@wsu.edu
360-565-2679
Michelle Moyer, Professor of Viticulture and Statewide Viticulture Extension Specialist
Moyer has been with WSU since 2011. Her responsibilities include working with juice, processing, and wine grape producers across the state. She works closely with other members of the WSU Viticulture and Enology Department and WSU Prosser IAREC, developing workshops and educational programs, publishing the Viticulture and Enology Extension News, and teaching courses in the Viticulture and Enology Certificate programs. In 2020, Moyer received the Extension Distinction Award from the American Society for Enology and Viticulture. In 2023 she received the WSU CAHNRS Faculty Excellence in Extension Award, and in 2024 received the American Phytopathological Society Excellence in Extension Award.
michelle.moyer@wsu.edu
509-786-9234
Todd Murray, Norm Ehmann Endowed Professor in Urban IPM, ANR Extension Professor, and Director of the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center
Murray has worked at WSU since 1996, specializing in IPM outreach to a wide range of communities including farmers, gardeners, foresters, municipality managers, and pest management professionals. Murray is on the executive leadership team for the WSU Master Gardener Program and the Washington State Invasive Species Council, networking to facilitate the early detection of newly introduced pests. Murray’s affiliation with WSU’s Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) Program Unit and his role as Director of WSU’s Puyallup Research and Extension Center put him in an ideal position to coordinate the Extension IPM Team’s urban outreach efforts.
tmurray@wsu.edu
253-445-4517
Louie Nottingham, Assistant Professor of Entomology, Horticultural Crops
Nottingham started at WSU as a postdoctoral researcher in 2017 working on pear IPM and cherry X-disease at WSU’s Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee. In 2022 he joined WSU’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center as a horticultural crop entomologist where he develops IPM programs for berries, spinach seeds, potatoes, and other regionally important crops. He was part of the teams that earned the Western Extension Directors Association Award of Excellence in 2021 and the Pacific Branch of Entomological Society of America’s Cherry X-Disease Management Teamwork Award in 2024.
louis.nottingham@wsu.edu
360-848-6145
Sally O’Neal, Senior Research and Extension Communication Specialist
O’Neal has been with WSU since 1998 as an IPM communication specialist. Her work includes developing printed and electronic pest management information for agricultural producers and urban pesticide applicators; preparing and delivering presentations on emerging and ongoing IPM research; writing and editing extension publications, newsletter articles, and scientific journal articles based on colleagues’ research; and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams in obtaining grant funding and reporting to stakeholders and funding agencies. O’Neal serves as communication liaison within the Extension IPM Team and is responsible for team’s website and its quarterly newsletter.
soneal@wsu.edu
509-372-7378
Tim Waters, Regional Vegetable Specialist, Franklin County Extension Director
Waters specializes in IPM of potato, onion, carrot, dry bean, and other production vegetables in the Columbia Basin. He has worked for WSU since 2002 and been Eastern Washington’s regional vegetable specialist since 2006. Interests include vegetable variety development, alternative cropping systems, and transdisciplinary IPM. Waters received the WSU CAHNRS Faculty Excellence in Extension Award in 2016 and was a member of the team that received the USDA Western Region Excellence in Multistate Research Award in 2018. In 2024, he received the Rising Star Award from the Pasco Chamber of Commerce and was inducted into the Mid-Columbia Agriculture Hall of Fame.
twaters@wsu.edu
509-545-3511