Oregon State University hires research assistant Preston Brown has been appointed research assistant at OSU’s Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Hood River. He will assist Dr. Peter Shearer, superintendent of the center, with lab and field studies on the biology, ecology, and management of insect and mite pests, including the spotted wing drosophila. They are involved in a multistate project to combat drosophila in the western United States. Brown, who is from Marion, Virginia, earned a bachelor’s degree in biological systems engineering with a minor in entomology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2005 and a […]