2750 SW Campus Way
Rm 4105C
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
- Entomology
- Ecology
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Biorational pest control agent
- Biological control
- Small fruit and tree nut crops
I work on economically important pests, with the aim to provide environmentally sustainable and minimal impact pest management strategies for agriculturalists. Multiple techniques are used in a whole-system approach to obtain sustainable means of production.
In order to obtain this goal, new knowledge obtained from detailed insect physiological, biological, behavioral, ecological and environmental studies are needed. This knowledge is then used to apply treatments timed to occur during periods when pests are at their most vulnerable. These control strategies have historically focused on biological control, mating disruption and conventional synthetic pesticides.
At OSU
Undergraduate:
Pests, Plagues, and Politics
Graduate:
- Integrated Pest Management
- Biological Control
- Insect Physiology
- Special Topics
Biography
Vaughn Walton serves as a leader in OSU’s Horticultural Pest Management team in diverse integrated pest management programmatic areas. He has established a strong local and internationally recognized extramurally funded program. His work includes research in two focus areas: 1) Small Fruit IPM and 2) IPM of pests on tree crops. He has specifically focused on Spotted-Wing Drosophila, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, mites, mealybugs, scale insects and tortricids. Walton employs both ecologically and mechanistic information to manage these pests within a whole-system perspective.
Professional Accomplishments
- Ph.D., Entomology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2003
- M.Sc., Integrated Pest Management, University of Stellenbosch, 1998
- H.E.D. (Teaching Higher Education Diploma), University of Stellenbosch, 1993
- B.Sc., Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, 1992
2017-Present. Professor, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University
2012-2017. Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University
2006-2012. Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
2003-2005. Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California
2003-2005. Research Associate,Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University (South Africa).
1999-2003. Research and Extension Entomologist, Agricultural Research Council (South Africa)
Promotion and Tenure Committee
Entomological Society of America
American Society for Horticultural Science
International Society for Horticultural Science
My Awards
·Ranked in the top 1% worldwide, Web of Science for 2019, 2020, and 2021. He was named among the world's most influential and Highly Cited Researchers during this period.
Briskey Award For Faculty Excellence 2021
Erasmus Mundus Plus Teaching Award, International MS in Plant Health, University of Padova, Italy, 2019.
· Educational Institution and Federal Laboratory Partnership Award” 2011-2016 on the StopBMSB project funded by the SCRI program, 2017.
· International IPM award of Recognition, 8thInternational IPM Symposium, 2015.
· Oldfield/Jackman Team Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University for D. suzukii 2013.
· Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Entomology Team Award, 2012.
Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Entomology Excellence in IPM Award, 2012.
· Savery Award for Outstanding Young Faculty, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, 2008.
· South African Deciduous Fruit Producers Trust travel award, for Outstanding Scientists, 2003.
· South African Society of Enology and Viticulture Scientist Award for most outstanding scientific contribution published in our journal or the most outstanding innovation in our industry, 1999.
My Publications
2017
2016
My Media
“It’s all about saving energy. The females must use as little energy as they can so that they can produce as many eggs and many offspring as they can,” says OSU entomologist Vaughn Walton, who leads the Pied Piper project.