Dr. Megan Hall is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Wine Studies at Linfield University. Megan is originally from Oregon and got her start in the wine industry as a student in Chemeketa Community College's vineyard management program. She worked for Rex Hill/A to Z Wineworks, Tukwilla Vineyards, and R. Stuart & Co. before focusing her attention on grapevine diseases. Megan earned her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University, where her research focused on the etiology and management of sour rot. She subsequently joined the faculty at the University of Missouri as the Viticulture Program Leader and Assistant Research Professor, where her research continued on late-season bunch rots and applied research on grape diseases, after which she joined GALLO as a Research Scientist in Healdsburg, CA. In 2022, she returned to her home state, where she joined Linfield's rapidly growing Wine Studies department as an Assistant Professor of Practice.