New OSU Entomologist Makes Return to HAREC

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Josephine Antwi has joined Oregon State University (OSU) as the new irrigated crop entomology extension specialist at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center (HAREC). She is familiar with the region and its pests after working as a postdoctoral research scholar at HAREC from 2015 to 2017. 

In her new role, Antwi will lead the development, implementation and evaluation of extension and research programs in arthropod pest management to support sustainable irrigated farming systems. She will work with stakeholders, local industry and county extension agents to develop an applied research program and deliver research-based solutions.

Antwi earned a Ph.D. in entomology at Texas A&M University and previously worked as an assistant professor at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.