CURRICULUM VITAE

OSCAR RIERA-LIZARAZU

Department of Crop and Soil Science                                              Office (541) 737-5879
Oregon State University                                                           Laboratory (541) 737-8264
107 Crop Science Building                                                                FAX (541) 737-1589
Corvallis, OR 97331-3002                                                   e-mail: Oscar.Riera@oregonstate.edu

Educational History:
University of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1996 - Plant Breeding

Utah State University, M.S., 1990 - Plant Science

Utah State University, B.S., 1986 - Plant Science
 

Employment History:
Associate Professor of Crop Science, Oregon State University, 2004 - present
Assistant Professor of Crop Science, Oregon State University, 1998 - 2004
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota, 1996 - 1998
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Minnesota , 1991 - 1996
Visiting Research Fellow, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

   (CIMMYT), Mexico, 1990 - 1991

Research Scientist, Utah State University, 1990
Graduate Research Assistant, Utah State University, 1986 - 1989
Research Agronomist, Instituto Boliviano de Tecnologia Agropecuaria

   (IBTA), Bolivia, 1985 - 1986
 

Professional Membership:
American Society of Agronomy
Crop Science Society of America
Genetics Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Service:
University

Member, Faculty Status Committee – 1999 – 2002; 2004 - present
Faculty Senator (substitute) – winter 2000
Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Extension Appointments (Ad Hoc) – 2001 – 2002

 
College
Member, Excellence in Research and Savery Outstanding Young Faculty Awards Committee - 2005
Member, Search and Selection Committees for the Paul C. Berger Professorship – 2003
 
Department
Member, Curriculum Committee – 2001 - 2004
Crop Science Graduate Program Coordinator – 2001 - present
Chair, Crop Science Graduate Committee (Chair) – 2000 – present
Reviewer, Graduate Applications – 2000 – present
Member, Crop Science Undergraduate Teaching Committee – 1999 – 2004
Member, Crop Science Building Committee – 1999 – present


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Selected Publications (Last 2 years):

Nalam, V.J., M.I. Vales, C.J.W. Watson, S.F. Kianian and O. Riera-Lizarazu. 2006. Map-based

   analysis of genes affecting the brittle rachis character in tetraploid wheat (Triticum turgidum

   L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 112: 373–381.

Gandhi, H., M.I. Vales, C.J.W. Watson, C.A. Mallory-Smith, N. Mori, M. Rehman, R.S. Zemetra,

   and O. Riera-Lizarazu. 2005. Chloroplast and nuclear microsatellite analysis of Aegilops

   cylindrica. Theor. Appl. Genet. 111: 561–572.

Vales, M.I., O. Riera-Lizarazu, H.W. Rines, and R.L. Phillips. 2004. Transmission of maize

   chromosome 9 rearrangements in oat-maize radiation hybrids. Genome 47: 1202–1210.

Hossain, K.G., O. Riera-Lizarazu, V. Kalavacharla, M.I. Vales, S.S.Maan, S.F. Kianian. 2004.

   Radiation hybrid mapping of the species cytoplasm specific (scsae) gene in wheat. Genetics

   168: 415-423.

Hossain, K.G., O. Riera-Lizarazu, V. Kalavacharla, M.I. Vales, J.L. Rust, S.S.Maan, and S.F.

   Kianian. 2004. Molecular cytogenetic characterization of an alloplasmic durum wheat line with

   a portion of chromosome 1D of Triticum aestivum carrying the scsae gene. Genome 47: 206-214.

Jantasuriyarat, C., M. I. Vales, C.J.W. Watson, and O. Riera-Lizarazu. 2004. Identification and

   mapping of genetic loci affecting free-threshing habit and spike compactness in wheat (Triticum

   aestivum L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 108: 261-273.

Kroiss, L.J., P. Tempalli, J.L. Hansen, M.I. Vales, O. Riera-Lizarazu, R.S. Zemetra, and C.A.

   Mallory-Smith. 2004. Marker-assessed retention of wheat chromatin in wheat (Triticum aestivum)

   by jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) backcross hybrids. Crop Science 44: 1429-1433.

 

Awards:

Award for Contributions to the Development of ‘ORCF-101’, A CLEARFIELD Soft White Winter Wheat

  Variety, Wheat Breeding and Genetics Program, Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State

  University, October 2005.

Savery Outstanding Young Faculty Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University,

   October 2004.

Visiting Research Fellowship – International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT),

   Mexico, 1990-1991.

International Student Presentation Award – 77th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Crop Science,

   Montana State University, June 1989.

Leadership Award – College of Agriculture, Utah State University and Utah Farm Bureau Federation,

   November 1984.

Honor Society Membership - Alpha Lambda Delta (National Scholastic Honor Society for Freshmen),

   Utah State University, March 1984. Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society) Utah State University, 1990.

 

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