Dr. Silvia I. Rondon
Silvia I. Rondon is the Director of the Oregon IPM Center at Oregon State University (OSU) and a Professor and Extension Entomology Specialist in the Department of Crop & Soil Science. She has served as Interim Director of OSU’s Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center. Silvia earned her B.A. and M.S. in Entomology from the Agraria University in Lima, Peru, and her Ph.D. in Crop Sciences with a major in Entomology and IPM, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2002, she worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Horticulture Department at the University of Florida and joined OSU in 2005. Her role encompasses research and extension, where she led the Irrigated Agricultural Entomology Program, securing over $35 million in private, state, and federal funding. Silvia’s expertise centers on IPM, focusing on insect ecology, insect distribution, population dynamics, insect-plant interactions, and biological and chemical control. She has collaborated with multiple commodity groups, including potatoes, grass seed, wheat, and high-value vegetables such as onions, sweet corn, hemp, and carrots. Her prolific work includes over 131 peer-reviewed scientific and extension papers, 13 book chapters, 158 non-peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, and reports; and numerous presentations, totaling over 311 across international, national, and regional platforms; and 174 invited extension presentations.
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