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Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology

Core Faculty

Ozgur Batuman

Ozgur Batuman

Associate Professor
Disease management in citrus

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
(239) 658-3408

Ana Maria Bocsanczy

Ana Maria Bocsanczy

Research Assistant Scientist
Molecular aspects of Ralstonia solanacearum

Mid-Florida Research and Education Center
(407) 410-6952

Liliana Cano

Liliana Cano

Assistant Professor
Genomics of plant pathogens & plant-microbe interactions

Indian River Research and Education Center
(727) 577-7350

Megan Dewdney

Megan Dewdney

Associate Professor
Detection, epidemiology, and management of citrus pathogens

Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8651

Braham Dhillon

Braham Dhillon

Assistant Professor
Molecular biology, genomics & diagnostics of palm pathogens

Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
(954) 577-6315

Nick Dufault

Nick Dufault

Associate Professor
Biology and management of fungal pathogens of row crops

Gainesville
(352) 273-4623

Choaa El-Mohtar

Choaa El-Mohtar

Research Assistant Scientist
Deployment of CTV infectious clones

Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8720

Svetlana Folimonova

Svetlana Folimonova

Professor
Plant viruses, virus-host interactions & disease development

Gainesville
(352) 273-4655

Dean Gabriel

Dean Gabriel

Professor
Molecular genetics & genomics of bacterial plant pathogens

Gainesville
(352) 392-7239

Karen Garrett

Karen Garrett

Preeminent Professor
Epidemiology, disease ecology, systems analysis & modeling

Gainesville
(352) 273-4648

Romina Gazis

Romina Gazis

Associate Professor
Tropical fruit disease management and diagnostics

Tropical Research and Education Center
(786) 217-9276

Erica Goss

Erica Goss

Professor
Population genetics, evolution and emergence of plant pathogens

Gainesville
(352) 273-4650

Carrie Harmon

Carrie Harmon

Extension Specialist
Plant disease detection and diagnosis

Gainesville
(352) 392-1795

Phil Harmon

Phil Harmon

Professor
Integrated management of diseases on blueberry and turf

Gainesville
(352) 273-4622

Jose Huguet-Tapia

Jose Huguet-Tapia

Research Assistant Scientist
Functional genomics, bioinformatics

Gainesville

Jeff Jones

Jeff Jones

Distinguished Professor
Molecular genetics and genomics of bacterial pathogens

Gainesville
(352) 273-4673

Nabil Killiny

Nabil Killiny

Associate Professor
Vector-pathogen-host molecular and biochemical interactions

Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8833

Amit Levy

Amit Levy

Associate Professor
Citrus virology, cell biology of citrus

Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8704

Rosemary Loria

Rosemary Loria

Professor
Evolution of plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces

Gainesville
(352) 273-4634

Marcus Marin

Marcus Marin

Research Assistant Scientist
GCREC Plant Diagnostic Clinic Coordinator

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
(813) 419-6617

Samuel Martins

Samuel Martins

Assistant Professor
Investigating structure, function of bacteria in microbiome

Gainesville
(352) 273-4649

David Norman

David Norman

Associate Professor
Molecular genetics and genomics of Ralstonia solanacearum

Mid-Florida Research and Education Center
(407) 410-6950

Mathews Paret

Mathews Paret

Professor & Department Chair
Pathogen diagnostics on specialty crops, management

Gainesville
(352) 294-7509

Natalia Peres

Natalia Peres

Professor
Disease etiology & management of strawberry, citrus & ornamental crops

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
(813) 419-6602

Pamela Roberts

Pamela Roberts

Professor
Diagnosis, epidemiology & integrated management of vegetable diseases

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
(239) 658-3430

Jeffrey Rollins

Jeffrey Rollins

Professor
Molecular biology and genomics of fungal plant pathogens

Gainesville
(352) 273-4620

Andy Schuerger

Andy Schuerger

Assistant Professor
Mars astrobiology

Kennedy Space Center
(321) 861-3478

Ian Small

Ian Small

Associate Professor
Plant disease epidemiology and smart ag crop protection

North Florida Research and Education Center
(850) 875-7120

Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith

Professor
Fungal evolution, ecology and systematics

Gainesville
(352) 273-2837

Wen-Yuan Song

Wen-Yuan Song

Associate Professor
Molecular mechanisms of the plant immune system

Gainesville
(352) 273-4652

Brantlee Spakes-Richter

Brantlee Spakes-Richter

Associate Professor
Teaching & curriculum, diseases of experimental crops

Gainesville
(352) 273-2014

Monica Navia Urrutia

Monica Navia Urrutia

Assistant Professor


Everglades Research and Education Center

Gary Vallad

Gary Vallad

Professor
Etiology and management of bacterial and fungal vegetable diseases

Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
(813) 419-6577

Ying Wang

Ying Wang

Associate Professor
Plant interaction with viral and viroid pathogens

Gainesville
(352) 273-4674

Frank White

Frank White

Preeminent Professor
Bacterial virulence effectors, genetics, genomics

Gainesville
(352) 273-4645

Katia Viana Xavier

Katia Viana Xavier

Assistant Professor
Disease management in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA)

Everglades Research and Education Center
(561) 993-1500

Shouan Zhang

Shouan Zhang

Professor
Management of vegetable and tropical fruit diseases

Tropical Research and Education Center
(786) 217-9233

Affiliate/Courtesy Faculty

Scott Adkins

Scott Adkins

Courtesy Faculty - USDA-ARS
Virus and virus-like diseases of vegetables

Fort Pierce
(561) 462-5885

Jeremy Brawner

Jeremy Brawner

Courtesy Faculty
Quantitative genetics and genomics of disease resistance

Gainesville

Nian Wang

Nian Wang

Affiliate Faculty - Microbiology & Cell Science

Accepting Ph.D applications in plant path.
Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 596-8828