Carol M. Stiles - CV

Assistant Professor (70% teaching, 30% research)
(Interim appointment: 50% teaching, 30% research, 20% Extension)

Education:

Washington State University, Plant Pathology, Ph.D., 1994
University of Illinois, Plant Pathology, M.S., 1989
South Dakota State University, Agronomy, B.S., 1986
University of South Dakota-Springfield, Biotechnology, A.A.S., 1984

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Florida, January, 2000-present.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 1996-1999.
  • Postdoctoral Associate, Blueberry and Cranberry Research Center, Rutgers University, Chatsworth, NJ, 1994-1996.
  • Adjunct Instructor, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ, Spring, 1996.
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, 1989-1994
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois, 1987-1989.
  • Laboratory Technician (in Soybean Pathology Laboratory) and Plant Disease Clinic Assistant, Plant Science Dept., South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 1984-1986.

Responsibilities:

Teaching:

PLP 3031 - Disease of Turf and Ornamentals
PLP 4290C - Principles of Plant Disease Diagnosis
PLP 6291 - Plant Disease Diagnosis
PLP 4260 - Introduction to Plant Pathogenic Fungi
PLP 6262 - Fungal Plant Pathogens
PLP 4931 - Seminar in Plant Pathology

Research: Turfgrass pathology - the biology, etiology, epidemiology, and control of turf diseases, initially focusing on Pythium blight, root rot, and damping-off, and brown patch of turf, caused by Rhizoctonia solani.

Extension: Interim director of the Florida Extension Plant Disease Clinic (PDC) in Gainesville (August, 2000 - current).

Major Accomplishments:

Carol Stiles began her teaching and research position at the University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology, January 1, 2001. Prior to this appointment, she taught courses in biology (Mycology, Botany, Microbiology, and Introductory Biology) for 3.5 years at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. She has worked with a number of different plant pathogens throughout her career. She was a post-doctoral research associate at Rutgers University Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center near Chatsworth, NJ, for two years, where she worked on the biology of cranberry fruit rot fungi. Her Ph.D. graduate work focused on Cephalosporium stripe of winter wheat in Washington State, while her Master's thesis involved the interactions of fungi, soybeans, and the soybean cyst nematode. She obtained plant pathology experience as an undergraduate student at South Dakota State University, where she worked with soybean root and stem fungal pathogens, and also worked in the Plant Disease Clinic for two summers.

Current Grants:

Diagnosis and Control of Pythium Diseases of Turf in Florida. C.M. Stiles, L.E. Datnoff, G. Miller. Funded by Florida Turfgrass Research Foundation, Florida Sod Growers Cooperative.

Tropical Signalgrass Management in St. Augustine grass Sod. B.J. Brecke, J.B. Unruh, R. Charudattan, C.M. Stiles, L.E. Trenholm, G. Miller, and J. Weinbrecht. (Collaborating with R. Charudattan to investigate potential biocontrol of this serious weed problem.) Funded by Florida Turfgrass Research Foundation, Florida Sod Growers Cooperative.

Professional Activities:

American Phytopathological Society - current member:
Mycology Committee, 1997-2003, (vice-chair, 2000-2001)
Representative to the Mycological Society of America
Prevalent Fungi Working Group, Regional Supervisor

Mycological Society of America - current member:
Phytopathology Committee, 1999-2003
Education Committee, 1997-2000

Society of Nematologists - current member

Sigma Xi - current member

American Association of University Professors - current member

Career Publications:

Refereed publications: 5

Non-refereed publications and abstracts: 11

Refereed Publications:

  • Stiles, C.M. and P.V. Oudemans. Distribution of cranberry fruit-rotting fungi in New Jersey and evidence for nonspecific host resistance. Phytopathology 89:218-225.
  • Stiles, C.M. and T.D. Murray.1996. Infection of field-grown winter wheat by Cephalosporium gramineum and the effect of soil pH. Phytopathology 86:177-183.
  • Stiles, C.M., D.A. Glawe, G.R. Noel, and J.K. Pataky. 1993. Reproduction of Heterodera glycines on soybean in nonsterile soil infested with cyst-colonizing fungi.Nematropica 23:81-89.
  • Stiles, C.M., D.A. Glawe, and G.R. Noel. 1990. First record of Catenaria auxiliaris in Illinois.Mycotaxon 36:371-375.
  • Stiles, C.M., and D.A. Glawe. 1989. Colonization of soybean roots by fungi isolated from cysts of Heterodera glycines. Mycologia 81:797-799.