Vaughn Walton, Ph.D., is a professor and horticultural entomologist at Oregon State University. He specializes in economically important pests, with the aim of providing environmentally sustainable and minimal impact pest management strategies for agriculturalists. He works closely with industry and stakeholders to provide economical and sustainable solutions to economically important pests in perennial specialty crops. His laboratory specializes in Integrated Pest Management within a whole-system approach to obtain sustainable means of production. This knowledge is used to apply treatments timed to occur during periods when both crops and pests are at their most vulnerable. Much of the work from his laboratory has resulted in patented technologies that have been implemented in industry in Oregon and around the world.