CURRICULUM VITA FOR RICHARD W

Dr. RICHARD W. SMILEY

CURRICULUM VITAE

updated on May 14, 2007

RANK AND TITLE: Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

[stationed in Pendleton at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center, located 300 miles (460 km) from the OSU campus]

OFFICE: Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box 370, Pendleton, OR 97801

[tele: 541-278-4397, fax: 541-278-4188, e-mail: richard.smiley@oregonstate.edu]

EDUCATION: California State Polytechnic Univ., San Luis Obispo; 1965, B.S. (Soil Science)

Washington State Univ., Pullman; 1969, M.S. (Soils major; Plant Pathology minor)

Washington State Univ., Pullman; 1972, Ph.D. (Plant Pathology major; Soils minor)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Assistant Research Soil Scientist	USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA	1966-1969
Research Assistant in Plant Pathology	Washington State University	1969-1972
NATO Post Doctoral Fellow	CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia	1972
Research Officer in Soil Microbiology	CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia	1973
Research Associate in Plant Pathology	Cornell Univ., Farmingdale, NY	1973-1974
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	1975-1980
Associate Professor of Plant Pathology	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY	1980-1985
Visiting Senior Scientist (Australia)	Victoria Dept. of Agric., Melbourne	1982-1983
Professor of Plant Pathology and Experiment Station Superintendent	Oregon State University, Pendleton	1985-2000
Professor of Plant Pathology	Oregon State University, Pendleton	2000-Present

CURRENT DUTIES:

Conduct research on the etiology and control of field crop diseases, with emphasis on integrated

management strategies for wheat and barley diseases caused by soilborne fungal pathogens and

parasitic nematodes.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

(Memberships and Contributions)

American Phytopathological Society: since 1969
APS Committees:

Soil Microbiology and Root Disease, 1979-1983; Industry, 1980-1983; New Fungicide and

Nematicide Test Data, 1981-1983; Ornamentals and Turf Grass Disease, 1984-1987;

Standardization of Common Names of Diseases, 1983-1990 (vice-chair 1985-1987,

chair 1987-1989)

APS Press: 1984-1991 (senior editor 1984-1987, editor-in-chief 1987-1991)
APS Council: 1987-1991, 1994-1997
APS Financial Advisory Board: 1987-1991, 1995-1997
APS Strategic Planning Ad-hoc Committees:

Structure and Function of APS Divisions, 1993-1995

Communications with External Audiences (chair), 1994-1995

APS representative to International Society of Plant Pathology, 1982-1993
APS representative to Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, 1996-1998
APS representative to CAST Leadership Workshop for Professional Societies, 1995
APS representative to CROPS '99 (Crops and Plant Systems Research National Priorities for the 21st

Century), 1997
APS Pacific Division: Councilor, 1994-1997; Local Arrangements Coordinator, 2005; Grad. Student Paper Judge, several years
Invited six times to stand as one of two Council nominees for election to APS Vice President; I was

defeated in 1992 and 1998 and declined the nominations in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2001.

Declined appointment as Director of APS Foundation, 1992
Declined appointment as Director of APS Electronic Media Services, 2001
Invited Coordinating Editor/Author for Compendium of Turf Grass Diseases, 1st ed. -1983; 2nd ed. -1992, 3rd ed. -2005
Invited Contributing Editor/Author for Compendium of Wheat Diseases, 3rd ed. - to be published in 2006
Invited Author for chapters in Compendium of Barley Diseases, 2nd ed. -1997
Chairmanships for several workshops and symposia
International Society for Plant Pathology: since 1982

Board of Directors, 1982-1993; Chairman of a Symposium, Melbourne Congress, 1983

Council for Agricultural Science and Technology: since 1984

Board of Directors, 1995-1998; Crop Protection Work Group (Group Chair, 1997-1998);

National Concerns Committee; Nominating Committee, 1996-1997

American Society of Agronomy: since 1966
Western Soil Fungus Conferences: since 1969

Steering Committee, 1986-1989, 2000- present; Program Coordinator, 2001; Local Arrangements, 2005

Eastern Research Conferences on Ecology of Root Infecting Microoganisms: 1975-1985

Steering Committee, 1977-1984; Coordinator of Symposia, 1983-1985

Soil Science Society of America: 1976-1985
Crop Science Society of America: since 1975
Australasian Plant Pathology Society: 1986-1989, 1997-present
Australasian Society of Nematologists: 2004-present
International Turfgrass Society: 1980-1990
Society of Nematologists: 2003-present

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Briskey Award for Faculty Excellence, OSU-CAS, 1995
Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society, 1994
New York Academy of Sciences, 1983
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering
American Men and Women of Science
Best-North America; a database of University Resources
California Farm Bureau Federation Scholarships (3 times)
Leopold E. Wrasse Scholarships (4 times)
Alpha Zeta
Sigma Xi
Gamma Sigma Delta
NATO Post Doctoral Fellow, 1972
Crop Science Society of America Outstanding Speaker Award, 1986
Invitational Visiting Scientist, Victoria Department of Agriculture, Australia, 1982-1983

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Tenure and/or promotion reviews (since 1986) for >45 scientists and U.S. and Australian universities
External Referee for Ph.D. theses; Univ. of Western Australia (1986, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2005), and Simon

Fraser Univ. (1996).

External review of disciplinary composition and geographic distribution for experiment stations in

Victoria, Australia; by invitation of the Director of the Victoria Dept. of Agriculture (1983)

CSREES Department of Review Panels: Texas A&M Univ., 1995; Univ. of Florida, 1997, Univ. of

Idaho, 2003.

Technical reviews of book manuscripts; two by invitation, plus 8-12 annually for APS Press during

1987-1991

Reviews for 4-6 technical manuscripts annually, for Agronomy Journal, Australian Journal of

Agricultural Research, Canadian Journal of Botany, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology,

Crop Protection, HortScience, Journal of Production Agriculture, Pakistan Journal of

Scientific and Industrial Research, Phytopathology, Plant Disease, and Plant Pathology

Reviews of proposals for USDA-CSREES competitive grants programs (varies from year to year)
Hosted visitors to the research center at Pendleton (while serving as Superintendent): up to 10 groups

annually, including foreign millers, bakers, or wheat trade teams, scientists or science

administrators from other countries or states, state and federal politicians, and/or their

technical staff, and others.

American Sod Producers Association: Honorary Lifetime Membership
The Lawn Institute: Honorary Lifetime Membership
National Fungicide Assessment Programs: PCNB Team Member, 1983-1985; declined invitation to

become team leader for Cereals and Turfgrass, 1989

Community Service (since 1986):

Blue Mountain Community College - Agriculture Program Advisory Comm., 1986-1990

Oregon State Univ. Agri. program located at Eastern Oregon University, La Grande - Advisory

Comm., 1988-1991

Pendleton Chamber of Commerce - Agric. and Forestry Advisory Comm., 1987-1989

Umatilla County Extension Service - Advisory Comm., 1986-2000, 2001-present

Umatilla County Smoke Management Task Force, 1998-2000

Saturday Academy Program - Advisory Board and instructor, 1987-1990

Pendleton Rotary Club (140 members - since 1986); Board of Directors, 1988-1993;

President, 1991-1992; Paul Harris Fellow, 1995; International Youth Exchange Committee (1988-1995);

RYLA Program Coordinator (since 1993);

Special Community Construction Project Committee (several times);

Website construction and maintenance (since 2003); and several other committees

Pendleton Band Parents Committee, Inc. - Chairman of the Board, 1988-1990

Active support for civic organizations: Oregon East Symphony, community concert series,

high school sports and arts, and numerous fund raising activities and foundations

INVITED TRIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION: (list of accepted invitations only, with primary sponsor)

Australia (1973-CSIRO; 1982-VDPI; 1997-SARDI, WADA; 1999-SARDI, QDPI; 2001-SARDI; 2004-SARDI); Canada (1981-Univ. of Guelph; 1996-Simon Frazer Univ.); France (1985-Rhône Poulenc; 2002-INRA); Germany (1985-Bayer); Japan (1989-Japan Racing Assoc.); Kazakhstan (2005-ICARDA); Lebanon (2002-ICARDA); Mexico (2005-CIMMYT); New Zealand (1982-Massey Univ.); Scotland (1978-Univ. of Aberdeen); Russia (2005-ICARDA); South Africa (2000-Cape Cereal Develop. Assoc.); Spain (1985-Córdoba Univ.); Switzerland (1985-Ciba-Geigy); Syria (2002-ICARDA); Turkey (2002-CIMMYT); United Kingdom (1978-Oxford Univ.)

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:

Cornell University (1975-1985)

Faculty selection committees (7)
Graduate Student Selection Committee (3 years)
Graduate Student Council Advisor (2 years)
Coloquium Committee (Chairman - 2 years)
Field Research Building and Site Planning Comm. (Chairman - 3 years)
Seminar Committee (Chairman - 2 years)
Center for Root-Soil Research (Chair and Coordinator of Annual Symposium - 2 years)

Oregon State University (1986-present)

Search Committee for Director of OSU Agri. Expt. Station, 1987
Committee to Study Needs for OSU Handling Facilities, 1987
Search committees for one branch station superintendent and more than 30 scientists and other faculty and staff in Oregon and Idaho
Dozens of miscellaneous committees associated with the Research Center, including planning for

leadership and industry liaison committees, annual field days, capital construction and

maintenance projects, vehicle and equipment fleets, monthly staff meetings, highway cleanup,

special report, safety, and others.

RESEARCH GRANTS AT OSU:

Approximately $2.1 million since 1986

Major sources: Oregon Wheat Commision, USDA-CSREES Competitive Grants, and USDA-ARS

Cooperative Agreements, others include commercial suppliers and Rockefeller Foundation.

NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED SINCE 1980:

American Phytopathological Society	Usually annually
APS - Pacific Division	Approximately alternate years
American Society of Agronomy	Nevada, 1984
International Society for Plant Pathology	Australia, 1983; Japan, 1988
International Turfgrass Research Society	Canada, 1981; France, 1985; Japan, 1989
American Sod Producers Conference	Florida, 1983; California, 1985; Washington, 1987
International Turfgrass Conference	Missouri, 1983; California, 1985
Australasian Plant Pathology Society	Australia, 1997
Australasian Soilborne Disease Symposia	Australia, 1999, 2001, 2004
Cape Cereal Devel. Assoc. Symposium	South Africa, 2000
Western Soil Fungus Conference	Usually annually
Western Field Crops Diseases Conference	Usually annually

GRADUATE THESES:

Major Advisor: Cornell University

Randall Kane, M.S. and Ph.D.

David Thompson, M.S.

Committee Member: approximately 25

PUBLICATIONS:

Manuscripts (68) and abstracts (47) in refereed journals:	105
Other refereed technical and extension publications:	180
Books (9) and chapters (21) in books	30
Extension publications (non-refereed)	158

REPRESENTATIVE TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS:

Smiley, R.W., R.J. Cook, and R.I. Papendick. 1972. Fusarium foot rot of wheat and peas as influenced by soil applications of anhydrous ammonia and ammonium-potassium azide solutions. Phytopathology 62:86-91.
Smiley, R.W. and R.L.Cook. 1973. Relationships between take-all of wheat and rhizosphere pH in soils fertilized with ammonium- vs. nitrate-nitrogen. Phytopathology 63:882-890.
Smiley, R.W. 1974. Rhizosphere pH as influenced by plants, soils, and nitrogen fertilizers. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. Proc. 38:795-799.
Smiley, R.W. 1978. Colonization of wheat roots by Gaeumannomyces graminis inhibited by specific soils, microorganisms, and ammonium nitrogen. Soil Biol. Biochem. 10:175-179.
Smiley, R.W. 1979. Wheat rhizoplane pseudomonads as antagonists of Gaeumannomyces graminis. Soil Biol. Biochem. 11:371-376.
Smiley, R.W. and M.Craven Fowler.1984. Leptosphaeria korrae and Phialophora graminicola associated with Fusarium blight syndrome of Poa pratensis in New York. Plant Dis. 68:440-442.
Smiley, R.W., M.Craven Fowler, R.T. Kane, A.M. Petrovic, and R. White. 1985. Fungicide effects on thatch depth, litter decomposition rate, and growth of Kentucky bluegrass. Agron. J. 77:597-602.
Smiley, R.W., M.C. Fowler, and R.T. Kane. 1985. Temperature and osmotic potential effects on Phialophora graminicola and other fungi associated with patch diseases of Poa pratensis. Phytopathol. 75:1160-1167.
Smiley, R.W., M.C. Fowler, and K.L. Reynolds. 1986. Temperature effects on take-all of cereals, caused by Phialophora graminicola and Gaeumannomyces graminis. Phytophathol. 76:923-931.
Smiley, R.W., P.A. Taylor, R.G. Clarke, and F.C. Greenhalgh. 1986. Simulated soil and plant management effects on root rots of subterranean clover growing in cores of intact soils from pastures. Austral. J. Agr. Res. 37:633-640.
Pumphrey, F.V., D.E. Wilkins, D.C. Hane, and R.W. Smiley. 1987. Influence of tillage and nitrogen fertilizer on Rhizoctonia root rot of winter wheat. Plant Dis. 71:125-127.
Kane, R.T., R.W. Smiley, and M.E. Sorrells. 1987. Relative pathogenicity of selected Fusarium species and Microdochium bolleyi to winter wheat in New York. Plant Dis. 71:177-181.
Smiley, R.W. and D.E. Wilkins. 1992. Impact of sulfonylurea herbicides on Rhizoctonia root rot, growth, and yield of winter wheat. Plant Dis. 76:399-404.
Smiley, R.W., A.G. Ogg, Jr., and R.J. Cook. 1992. Influence of glyphosate on severity of Rhizoctonia root rot, growth, and yield of barley. Plant Dis. 76:937-942.
Lucas, P., R.W. Smiley, and H.P. Collins. 1993. Induction of soils suppressive to the root rot pathogens of cereals, Rhizoctonia solani AG-8 and R. oryzae. Phytopathol. 83:260-265.
Smiley, R.W., L-M. Gillespie-Sasse, W. Uddin, H.P. Collins, and M.A. Stoltz. 1993. Physiologic leaf spot of winter wheat. Plant Dis. 77:521-527.
Smiley, R.W. and W. Uddin. 1993. Effect of soil temperature on Rhizoctonia root rot (R. solani AG-8 and R. oryzae) of winter wheat. Phytopathol. 83:777-785.
Smiley, R.W., R.E. Ingham, W. Uddin, and G.H. Cook. 1994. Crop rotations and sequences for producing winter wheat in soil infested with cereal cyst nematode and fungal pathogens. Plant Dis. 78:1142-1149.
Smiley, R.W. and L-M. Patterson. 1995. Winter wheat yield and profitability from Dividend and Vitavax seed treatment. J. Prod. Agri. 8:350-354.
Smiley, R.W., H.P. Collins, and P.E. Rasmussen. 1996. Diseases of wheat in long-term agronomic experiments at Pendleton, Oregon. Plant Dis. 80:813-820.
Mazzola, M., R.W. Smiley, A.D. Rovira, and R.J. Cook. 1996. Characterization of Rhizoctonia isolates, disease occurrence and management in cereals. pp. 259-267. In: Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pathology, and Control (B. Sneh, S. Jabaji-Hare, S. Neate, and G. Dijs, eds.). Kluwer Acad. Pub., The Netherlands.
Smiley, R.W. and L-M. Patterson. 1996. Pathogenic fungi associated with Fusarium foot rot of winter wheat in the semi-arid Pacific Northwest. Plant Dis. 80:944-949.
Smiley, R.W. 1996. Diseases of wheat and barley in conservation cropping systems of the semi-arid Pacific Northwest. Amer. J. Altern. Agric. 11:95-103. [Proc. U.S.-Middle East Conf.; Middle East Peace Negotiations]
Smiley, R.W., L-M. Patterson, and K. Rhinhart. 1996. Fungicide seed treatment effects on emergence of deeply planted winter wheat. J. Prod. Agric. 9:564-570.
Smiley, R.W., L-M. Patterson, and C.W. Shelton. 1996. Fungicide seed treatments influence emergence of winter wheat in cold soil. J. Prod. Agric. 9:559-563.
Smiley, R.W. 1997. Risk assessment for Karnal bunt occurrence in the Pacific Northwest. Plant Dis. 81:689-692.
Rasmussen, P.E., S.L. Albrecht, and R.W. Smiley. 1998. Soil C and N changes under tillage and cropping systems in semi-arid Pacific Northwest agriculture. Soil and Tillage Research 47:197-205.
Ogg, A.G., Jr., R.W. Smiley, K.S. Pike, J.P. McCaffrey , D.C. Thill, and S.S. Quisenberry. 1999. Integrated pest management for conservation systems. pp. 97-128. In. Advances in Conservation Farming (E.L. Michalson , R.I. Papendick, and J.E. Carlson, eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton , LA. 233 p.
Smiley, R., R.J. Cook, and T. Paulitz. 2002. Controlling Root and Crown Diseases of Small Grain Cereals. OSU Ext. Publ. EM 8798. 6 p.
Smiley, R., R.J. Cook, and T. Paulitz. 2002. Seed Treatments for Small Grain Cereals. OSU Ext. Publ. EM 8797. 8 p.
Paulitz, T., R. Smiley , and R.J. Cook. 2002. Insights into the prevalence and management of soilborne cereal pathogens under direct seeding in the Pacific Northwest U.S.A. Canad. J. Plant Pathol. 24:416-428.
Smith, J.D., K.K. Kidwell, M.A. Evans, R.J. Cook, and R.W. Smiley . 2003. Evaluation of spring cereal grains and wild Triticum germplasm for resistance to Rhizoctonia solani AG-8. Crop Sci. 43:701-709.
Smith, J.D., K.K. Kidwell, M.A. Evans, R.J. Cook, and R.W. Smiley. 2003. Assessment of spring wheat genotypes for disease reaction to Rhizoctonia solani AG-8 in controlled environment and direct-seeded field evaluations. Crop Sci. 43:694-700.
Chen, C., W.A. Payne, R.W. Smiley , and M.A. Stoltz. 2003. Yield and water-use efficiency of eight wheat cultivars planted on seven dates in northeastern Oregon. Agron. J. 95:836-843.
OSU-CAS accountability database: Oregon Invest! ( http://oregoninvests.css.orst.edu/index.html )
- R.W. Smiley. Controlling Diseases and Pests of Cereals in Eastern Oregon.

R.W. Smiley. Educational Programs on Diseases and Pests of Cereal Crops in Eastern Oregon.

Smiley, R.W., J.A. Gourlie, R.G. Whittaker, S.A. Easley, and K.K. Kidwell. 2004. Economic impact of Hessian fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on spring wheat in Oregon and additive yield losses with Fusarium crown rot and lesion nematode. J. Econ. Entomol. 97:397-408.
Smiley, R.W., K. Merrifield, L.-M. Patterson, R.G. Whittaker, J.A. Gourlie, and S.A. Easley. 2004. Nematodes in dryland field crops in the semiarid Pacific Northwest USA. J. Nematol. 36:54-68.
Smiley, R.W., J.A. Gourlie, S.A. Easley, and R.G. Whittaker. 2004. Australian wheat cultivars varying in tolerance to Fusarium crown rot perform similarly against F. pseudograminearum populations in the USA. p. 113-114 In. K. Ophel-Keller (ed.). Proc. 3rd Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium.
Smiley, R.W., R.G. Whittaker, J.A. Gourlie, and S.A. Easley. 2004. Australian technology used to demonstrate lesion nematode damage in Pacific Northwest (USA) wheat. p. 218-219 In. K. Ophel-Keller (ed.). Proc. 3rd Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium.
Smiley, R.W., R.G. Whittaker, J.A. Gourlie, and S.A. Easley. 2005. Pratylenchus thornei associated with reduced wheat yield in Oregon. J. Nematol. 37:45-54.
Smiley, R.W., R.G. Whittaker, J.A. Gourlie, S.A. Easley, and R.E. Ingham. 2005. Plant-parasitic nematodes associated with reduced wheat yield in Oregon: Heterodera avenae. J. Nematol. 37:297-307.
Smiley, R.W., J.A. Gourlie, S.A. Easley, L.-M. Patterson, and R.G. Whittaker. 2005. Crop damage estimates for crown rot of wheat and barley in the Pacific Northwest. Plant Dis. 89:595-604.
Smiley, R.W., J.A. Gourlie, S.A. Easley, and L.-M. Patterson. 2005. Pathogenicity of fungi associated with the wheat crown rot complex in Oregon and Washington. Plant Dis. 89:949-957.
Smiley, R.W., R.G. Whittaker, J.A. Gourlie, and S.A. Easley. 2005. Suppression of wheat growth and yield by Pratylenchus neglectus in the Pacific Northwest. Plant Dis. 89:958-968.
Smiley, R.W., R.G. Whittaker, J.A. Gourlie, and S.A. Easley. 2006. Geocenamus brevidens reduces yield of no-till annual spring wheat in Oregon. Plant Dis. 90:885-890.