Jay Noller

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Emeritus Appointment
jay.noller@oregonstate.edu
541-737-9119

Career Research Interests

(present day)
Truffle Farming ( OR, ME, VA, Mexico, Portugal )
Art Science
AI-driven Drug discovery and Development
AI-driven Soil Geomorphology and Forest Ecosystem Mapping
Archaeological Agriculture
Earthquake Geology and Archaeoseismology
Geochemistry of Earth's Interior (Pt Group and REEs)
(deep past)
 

Strat and his research groups over the past forty years have studied

  • Applications of artificial intelligence in ecosystems science: survey of soil, geomorphological, and ecological units across forests, farms and rangelands in Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and elsewhere;
  • Theory and practice of visual and installation art as research tool in Earth sciences;
  • Bringing sustainability science to cemeteries through research;
  • Systems of ancient agriculture; and
  • Impacts of earthquakes on natural and cultural systems.

 

Current Interests

  • Building a global vision for a hemp-based living carbon economy.
  • Advancing OSU's technology in hemp-based antiviral drug discovery and development.

 

 

I am no longer taking on new graduate students

OSU Organizations
Crop and Soil Science
Career Links
Department of Crop and Soil Science
Global Hemp Innovation Center
I advise nonthesis (PSM) students
No

First leader for research and development of the Oregon agricultural hemp industry, Founder and Director of the world's premier research institute on Cannabis sativa L. (hemp) - the Global Hemp Innovation Center (GHIC). From 2014-2023, Noller held federal (DEA) research registration for marihuana (hemp) in Oregon, is co-author of several legislative bills and administrative rules for Oregon’s hemp industry, and has developed collaborative research agreements and partnerships at over 20 institutions worldwide, in USA, Europe and Asia.

Teaching and scholarship is transdisciplinary in nature, combining elements of science, arts and other forms of knowledge. Including archaeological excavations in Italy, research principally focused on human interactions with soils in modern and ancient agricultural and forest landscapes of the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, with more than 40 large projects, spanning much of North and South America, southern Europe, eastern and western Asia, and Africa with more than 200 papers and maps, six books and other contributions.

Internationally known and exhibited professional artist with numerous commissioned large eco‐artwork installations and fine‐art paintings, with dozens of artworks on display in public spaces or private collections around the world. Noller's artlier is in Portugal.

Education

B.S.  Geology,  California State University, Los Angeles
M.S.  Geology,  California State University, Los Angeles
Ph.D.  Soil Geomorphology of the Peruvian-Atacama Desert, University of Colorado, Boulder