Shaun Townsend

Over the past 25 years, all of my effort has been devoted to developing new hop cultivars for Oregon growers and the craft beer industry, and investigating the genetic basis for important hop traits. This work has resulted in the release of numerous hop cultivars and breeding lines, three of which are patented with two additional patent applications being submitted soon. Our focus has been Oregon but our impact is worldwide - hops from several of our cultivars are marketed in at least six different countries.