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Gayan Abeysinghe
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Focus: Molecular Microbiology, Microbial Networks, Fungal-Bacterial Interactions
979-326-7329
Binita Adhikari
Graduate Student
Focus: Plant-host interaction, Potexvirus, cell-cell movement and systemic study
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Olufemi Alabi
Professor and Extension Specialist
Focus: Etiology, diagnostics, epidemiology and management of plant virus and virus-like diseases
956-968-5585
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979-218-6396
Jorge Arreola Vargas
Instructional Assistant Professor
Focus: Bioremediation, biorefinery, and effective teaching through active learning approach
979-458-6363
Hannah Ayala
Project Manager I
Head Diagnostician, TPDDL-CSFocus: Plant disease diagnostics, Extension outreach
(979) 321-5390
Caleb Oliver Bedsole
Ph.D. Candidate
Focus: My research focuses on examining how adhesive and spore morphology, as well as conidial development, affect the distribution of conidia in Colletotrichum.
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Katherine Berg-Falloure
PhD Candidate
Focus: Plant metabolite signaling in response to biotic and abiotic stress.
540-553-4418
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Jennifer Chagoya
Technician III
Focus: Molecular detection and quantification of Fusarium wilt pathogens in cotton
806-746-6101
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Thomas M. Chappell
Associate Professor
Focus: Epidemiological and phenological modeling of diseases and pests of agricultural crops
979-458-0637
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Kimberly Cochran
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Focus: Sesame, vegetable (leafy greens) and youth (STEM) outreach
830-278-9151, ext. 230
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Paul Goetze
Extension Assistant
Focus: Laboratory manager, field sampling, data collection, experimental runs. Focus on pecan scab, take-all root rot of turfgrass, rice kernel smut, fungicide efficacy.
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Emily Hesidence
Graduate Student
Focus: Studying the pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum race 4.
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Pei-Chang Huang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Focus: My primary research focuses on elucidating the requirement of plant oxylipins for signaling defense responses to pests and pathogens and for tolerance against abiotic stresses.
979-458-4624
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Thomas Isakeit
Professor and Extension Specialist, Field Crops
Focus: Diseases of field crops and vegetables
979-862-1340
979-862-1758
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Charles M. Kenerley
Professor Emeritus
Focus: Understanding the genes and mechanisms of biocontrol by Trichoderma virens
979-845-8261
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Samantha Knackstadt
Extension Assistant
Focus: Oversee daily lab duties/tests at the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab.
Michael V. Kolomiets
Professor
Focus: Hormone and oxylipin-based regulation of maize defense against biotic and abiotic stresses.
979-458-4624
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Elena Kolomiets
Technical Lab Coordinator
Focus: Oversee prep and teaching TAs for the PLPA 303 labs. Grow plants and prepare materials for the labs. Conduct Common equipment repairs and submit requests to SSC and see them to completion. Prepare materials for yearly equipment inventories and facilitate surplus procedures.
979-571-3505
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Abby Korn
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Focus: Bacteriophage research for both human and plant pathogens.
Clint W. Magill
Professor
Focus: Plant Host/Pathogen interactions, Sorghum Resistance to Fungal Pathogens
979-845-8250
Krista McCallum
Administrative Coordinator II
Focus: Provides administrative support to Department Head and Associate Department Heads.
979-845-4526
Sam Murdock
Academic Program Coordinator
Focus: Oversees and coordinates academic & student service programs within BESC/PLPM.
979-845-2388
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Ken Obasa
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Focus: Diseases of small grains and field crops
806-677-5616
Kevin Ong
Professor and Associate Department Head (Extension)
Focus: Plant Disease Diagnostics, Diseases of ornamentals and fruits
979-845-4751
Courtney Overby
Program Coordinator
Focus: Receiving samples, answering phone calls, emails and doing invoicing and payments.
979-321-5390
Heather Podlipny
Assessment and Restoration Biologist, Inland Fisheries/Natural Resources Damage Assessment Team
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Karen-Beth G. Scholthof
Professor Emerita
Focus: History of virology and plant pathology, primarily tobacco mosaic virus.
Brian D. Shaw
Professor and Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs
Focus: Fungal Biology, Microscopy
979-862-7518
979-458-2190
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Junqi Song
Associate Professor, Plant biotic stress research
Focus: Molecular plant-microbe interactions
972-953-9244
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Kati Stoddard
Instructional Associate Professor and Associate Director for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the Center for Teaching Excellence
Focus: An evidence-based approach to teaching and learning that is inclusive, supported by appropriate instructional technology, transformative, and immersively engaging.
979-845-8278
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Jake Ueckert
Project Manager
Focus: Optimization and validation of molecular diagnostic methods for plant pathogen detection. Evaluation of efficacy and crop safety of pesticides for greenhouse ornamental crops.
979-845-2802
(979) 845-8282
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Terry A. Wheeler
Professor, Soilborne Diseases of Cotton and Peanut
Focus: Nematodes and soilborne fungi on cotton
806-723-8438
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Peiguo Yuan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Focus: studying genes and metabolites of lipid-based biochemical and signal transduction pathways in maize
509-338-5804
409-245-8627
