James E. Johnson, a silviculturist specializing in ecological restoration, will join the College of Forestry at Oregon State University as associate dean for extended education and Extension forestry program leader.

He will succeed Scott Reed, who is now dean of Extension at OSU.

Johnson is the associate dean for outreach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute’s College of Natural Resources. His research includes impacts of gypsy moth defoliation on tree growth and mortality in mixed forests, and the ecological restoration of riparian flat rock plant communities.

Johnson has won national awards for communications and brings extensive knowledge of national Extension efforts and a record of establishing innovative outreach education programs, according to Roger Admiral, director of operations at the College of Forestry.

Johnson will join OSU in September.