• M.S. Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco and Dr. Donald D. Davis
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  • Ph.D. Student
  • Advised by: Dr. Kevin Hockett
  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Advised by: Dr. Paul Esker
  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Advised by: Dr. Kari Peter

Areas of Expertise

  • Post-harvest Pathology
  • Fresh produce quality
  • Musa spp. agronomic management
  • M.S. Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. Carolee Bull and Dr. Kevin Hockett

Areas of Expertise

  • Molecular biology
  • Phytobacteriology
  • Dual-title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
  • Advised by: Dr. Verónica Román-Reyna

Areas of Expertise

  • Phytobacteriology
  • Gram-positive bacterial plant pathogens
  • Taxonomy of plant pathogenic prokaryotes
  • Population genetics
  • Genomics
  • Graduate Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall and Dr. Michela Centinari
  • M.S. Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. Carolee Bull and Dr. Kevin Hockett
  • Dual title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
  • Advised by: Dr. Mihail Kantor

Areas of Expertise

  • Plant Parasitic Nematology
  • Molecular diagnostics
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Plant Biology
  • Advised by: Dr. Timothy McNellis
  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Bull Lab

Areas of Expertise

  • Molecular detection of plant pathogens
  • Phytobacteriology
  • Graduate Student
  • Advised by: Dr. Yinong Yang

Areas of Expertise

  • CRISPR/Cas technology, incorporating Prime editing, Base editing, and Multiplex knock-out methodologies.
  • Rice protoplast preparation and transformation.
  • CRISPR-based disease diagnostics.
  • Molecular Biology Experiments
  • Disease inoculation and abotic stress treatment
  • Dual-title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
  • Advised by: Dr. Kevin Hockett
  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Advised by: Dr. John Pecchia
  • M.S. student
  • Advisor: Kari Peter

Areas of Expertise

  • Disease diagnostics
  • Soil analyses
  • Chemical testing
  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Advised by: Dr. Cristina Rosa
  • Ph.D. Candidate
  • Advised by: Dr. Beth Gugino

Areas of Expertise

  • Integrated Disease Management
  • Copper tolerance in plant pathogenic bacteria
  • System Thinking Approach
  • Ph.D. Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall and Dr. Gretchen Kuldau

Areas of Expertise

  • Phytomycology
  • Microbial Ecology (Fungi)
  • Agroecology
  • Maize Pathology
  • Phytobiome Sampling Strategies
  • Ph.D. Student
  • Advised by: Dr. Carolee T. Bull
  • Bull Lab

Areas of Expertise

  • Phytobcaterialogy
  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Horizontal Gene Exchange
  • Effectors
  • Ph.D. Student
  • Advised by: Dr. Yinong Yang

Areas of Expertise

  • CRISPR/Cas-based diagnostic tools
  • Ph.D. Student, Ecology
  • Advised by: Dr. Terrence Bell
  • M.S. Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. John Pecchia and Dr. David Beyer
  • M.S. Student
  • Advised by: Dr. Verónica Román-Reyna
  • Ph.D. Student
  • Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall

Areas of Expertise

  • Sour rot disease ecology
  • Plant disease management
  • Plant Biology Ph.D. student
  • Co-advised by: Dr. Cristina Rosa and Dr. Marco Archetti

Areas of Expertise

  • Horticulture
  • Plant biology
  • Plant virology
  • Graduate Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. Estelle Couradeau and Dr. Terrence Bell
  • Ph.D. Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco and David M. Geiser
  • M.S. Student
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. John Pecchia and Dr. David Beyer
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Plant Pathology and International Agriculture and Development
  • Co-Advised by: Dr. David Geiser and Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco

Areas of Expertise

  • Population genetics
  • Fungal/Oomycete morphology and systematics
  • M.S. Student, Plant Pathology
  • Esker Lab