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Gayan Abeysinghe
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Focus: Molecular Microbiology, Microbial Networks, Fungal-Bacterial Interactions
Stephanie Adams
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
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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
Sanjay Antony-Babu
Assistant Professor
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Jorge Arreola Vargas
Instructional Assistant Professor
Focus: Bioremediation, biorefinery, and effective teaching through active learning approach
PLPM 323
PLPA 110
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Caleb Oliver Bedsole
Ph.D. Student
Focus: My research focuses on examining how adhesive and spore morphology, as well as conidial development, affect the distribution of conidia in Colletotrichum.
PLPM 214
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Katherine Berg-Falloure
PhD Candidate
Focus: Plant metabolite signaling in response to biotic and abiotic stress.
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Mark Black
Professor and Extension Specialist Emeritus
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Jennifer Chagoya
Technician III
Focus: Molecular detection and quantification of Fusarium wilt pathogens in cotton
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Thomas M. Chappell
Assistant Professor
Focus: Epidemiological and phenological modeling of diseases and pests of agricultural crops
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Kimberly Cochran
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Focus: Sesame, vegetable (leafy greens) and youth (STEM) outreach
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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.
PLPM 110
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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.
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Thomas Isakeit
Professor and Extension Specialist, Field Crops
Focus: Diseases of field crops and vegetables
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Naga Rajitha Kavuri
Graduate Student - PhD Candidate
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco
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Charles M. Kennerley
Professor Emeritus
Focus: Understanding the genes and mechanisms of biocontrol by Trichoderma virens
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Samantha Knackstadt
Extension Assistant
Focus: Oversee daily lab duties/tests at the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab.
Centeq A130
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Michael V. Kolomiets
Professor, Molecular Biology of Plant Disease Responses
Focus: Hormone and oxylipin-based regulation of maize defense against biotic and abiotic stresses.
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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.
PLPM 331
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Yuanhao Liang
Focus: Engineer cyanobacteria to produce biofuels. Influence of different carbon source on bacteria.
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PLPM 406C
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Clint W. Magill
Professor
Focus: Plant Host/Pathogen interactions, Sorghum Resistance to Fungal Pathogens
Kranthi Mandadi
Professor
Krista McCallum
Administrative Coordinator II
Focus: Provides administrative support to Department Head and Associate Department Heads.
Sam Murdock
Academic Program Coordinator
Focus: Oversees and coordinates academic & student service programs within BESC/PLPM.
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PLPM 4th Floor, Open Office
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Ken Obasa
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Focus: Diseases of small grains and field crops
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John Oladokun
Postdoctoral Extension Associate
Focus: I engage in applied studies in addressing short and long-term needs of growers. My roles include (1) time-to-time surveys for infectious agents in plant samples and vectors, (2) detection, diagnosis and developing diagnostic protocols, (3) studying disease epidemiology in closed and opened conditions, including (4) designing, managing, supervising and writing reports of field trials.
Kevin Ong
Professor and Associate Department Head (Extension)
Focus: Plant Disease Diagnostics, Diseases of ornamentals and fruits
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Courtney Overby
Program Coordinator
Focus: Receiving samples, answering phone calls, emails and doing invoicing and payments.
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Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Pierson
Adjunct Professor
Leland (Sandy) Pierson III
Professor
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Louis Prom
Research Plant Pathologist, Crop Germplasm Research, USDA-ARS
Marina Rondon
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
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Karen-Beth G. Scholthof
Professor Emerita
Focus: History of virology and plant pathology, primarily tobacco mosaic virus.
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Samantha Selman
Graduate Student/Graduate Assistant
Focus: Currently focusing on bioremediation, arsenic well contamination screening and outreach.
Plant Pathology and Microbiology Bldg., Room 407
Brian D. Shaw
Professor and Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs
Focus: Fungal Biology, Microscopy
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Junqi Song
Associate Professor, Plant biotic stress research
Focus: Molecular plant-microbe interactions
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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.
Maxwell Sturdivant
Ph.D. Candidate
Focus: Biology and edaphic interactions of Phymatotrichopsis omnivora.
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Jake Ueckert
Project Manager
Focus: Optimization and validation of molecular diagnostic methods for plant pathogen detection.
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Jeanmarie Verchot
Professor
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Terry A. Wheeler
Professor, Soilborne Diseases of Cotton and Peanut
Focus: Nematodes and soilborne fungi on cotton
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Heather H. Wilkinson
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculties for Faculty Development
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Peiguo Yuan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Focus: studying genes and metabolites of lipid-based biochemical and signal transduction pathways in maize
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Xin-Gen "Shane" Zhou
Professor and Research Plant Pathologist, Rice and Bio-energy Crop Dieseases
Focus: Develop innovative tools for effective management of diseases in rice
