Our Project Team

Our project team was funded by a grant from the USDA NIFA SREP Project titled "Development of tools for evaluating and communicating short term solutions for HLB." “Developing new therapies for Huanglongbing via culturing Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus.” The team includes 11 co-project directors including 10 extension faculty. The project team is listed in alphabetical order. The team includes researchers from the major U.S. citrus growing regions of Florida, California and Texas, as well as Colombia, South America. The project director is Dr. Dean Gabriel, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Dean Gabriel

Dean Gabriel
University of Florida
352-392-7239
dgabr@ufl.edu

Olufemi Alabi

Olufemi Alabi
Texas A&M University
956-968-5585
alabi@tamu.edu

Adriana Castaneda

Adriana Castaneda
Instituto Colombiano
Agropecuario
57-1 269 2644,
57-1 368 6827/29 ext. 6269
adriana.castaneda@ica.gov.co

Michael Davis

Michael Davis
University of Florida
863-956-8640
mjdavis@ufl.edu

Yong-Ping Duan

Yong-Ping Duan
USDA-ARS, Ft. Pierce
561-462-5840
yongping.duan@ars.usda.gov

Leonardo De La Fuente

Leonardo De La Fuente
Auburn University
334-844-2582
lzd0005@auburn.edu

Kathryn Jones

Kathryn Jones
Florida State University
850-645-8743
kmjones@bio.fsu.edu

Nabil Killiny-Monsour

Nabil Killiny-Monsour
University of Florida
863-956-8833
nabilkilliny@ufl.edu

Wenbo Ma

Wenbo Ma
UC - Riverside
951-827-4349
wenboma@ucr.edu

Pamela Roberts

Pamela Roberts
University of Florida
239-658-3430
pdr@ufl.edu

Georgios Valadakis

Georgios Valadakis
UC - Riverside
951-827-3763
georgios.vidalakis@ucr.edu