3 OSU Faculty are Promoted to Senior Research Associate I
As Oregon's land grant university, Oregon State University is committed to educating, both on and off-campus, the citizens of Oregon, the nation, and the international community, and in expanding and applying knowledge. Candidates for promotion are evaluated objectively for evidence of distinction in their performance of assigned duties and in their scholarship or creative activity. The excellence of our faculty is paramount and we are very proud of the faculty recently promoted to the rank of senior research associate I.
Justin Elser Senior Research Assoicate I | Botany and Plant Pathology
Justin Elser joined the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology in 2009. Before joining the department, Justin earned a B.A.E. from Eastern Washington University and a Ph.D. degree in Physics from OSU. Justin's physics research was in computational optics, focused on optical properties of anisotropic metamaterials. Since joining the BPP, his work is in computational genetics, focused on gene-gene interaction networks and general bioinformatics. Justin is now on a split position with the CQLS (Center for Quantitative Life Sciences) as the lead bioinformatician for the COVID wastewater surveillance project.
Lane Tidwell Senior Research Assoicate I | Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
Lane was born and raised in Oregon. He was educated at OSU earning his BS in 2008 and his PhD in 2016. Lane uses passive sampling technologies and analytical chemistry to address research questions in the fields of environmental toxicology and environmental chemistry. When he is not working Lane can be found spending time with his family enjoying the bountiful natural resources of the pacific northwest.
Bret Bosma Senior Research Assoicate I | Civil and Construction Engineering
Bret Bosma received the Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and Master of Science in electrical and computer engineering from California State University, Chico, CA, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR in 2005, 2008, and 2013. In 2014, he received a two-year postdoctoral fellowship with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He is currently a Faculty Research Assistant in the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University. His research interests include physical and numerical modeling, instrumentation, and control system design applied to renewable energy systems.