Rate My Professor Jen Hayes

Jen Hayes is a postdoctoral scholar in the Pollinator Health Lab in the Horticulture Department at Oregon State University. She completed her PhD in Horticulture with a concentration in Entomology at Oregon State University in 2025. Her doctoral research, conducted as a member of the Garden Ecology Lab, examined differences in bee visitation, abundance, and diversity between native plants and their cultivated varieties, along with measurements of floral traits. Hayes earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies with minors in Ecological Agriculture and Spanish from the University of Vermont.