Plant Pathology

Core Faculty

Ozgur Batuman

Associate Professor
Disease management in citrus
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
(239) 658-3408

Ana Maria Bocsanczy

Research Assistant Scientist
Molecular aspects of Ralstonia solanacearum
Mid-Florida Research and Education Center
(407) 410-6952

Liliana Cano

Assistant Professor
Genomics of plant pathogens & plant-microbe interactions
Indian River Research and Education Center
(727) 577-7350

Megan Dewdney

Associate Professor
Detection, epidemiology, and management of citrus pathogens
Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8651

Braham Dhillon

Assistant Professor
Molecular biology, genomics & diagnostics of palm pathogens
Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center
(954) 577-6315

Nick Dufault

Associate Professor
Biology and management of fungal pathogens of row crops
Gainesville
(352) 273-4623

Choaa El-Mohtar

Research Assistant Scientist
Deployment of CTV infectious clones
Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8720

Svetlana Folimonova

Professor
Plant viruses, virus-host interactions & disease development
Gainesville
(352) 273-4655

Dean Gabriel

Professor
Molecular genetics & genomics of bacterial plant pathogens
Gainesville
(352) 392-7239

Karen Garrett

Preeminent Professor
Epidemiology, disease ecology, systems analysis & modeling
Gainesville
(352) 273-4648

Romina Gazis

Associate Professor
Tropical fruit disease management and diagnostics
Tropical Research and Education Center
(786) 217-9276

Erica Goss

Professor
Population genetics, evolution and emergence of plant pathogens
Gainesville
(352) 273-4650

Carrie Harmon

Extension Specialist
Plant disease detection and diagnosis
Gainesville
(352) 392-1795

Phil Harmon

Professor
Integrated management of diseases on blueberry and turf
Gainesville
(352) 273-4622

Jose Huguet-Tapia

Research Assistant Scientist
Functional genomics, bioinformatics
Gainesville

Jeff Jones

Distinguished Professor
Molecular genetics and genomics of bacterial pathogens
Gainesville
(352) 273-4673

Nabil Killiny

Associate Professor
Vector-pathogen-host molecular and biochemical interactions
Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8833

Amit Levy

Associate Professor
Citrus virology, cell biology of citrus
Citrus Research and Education Center
(863) 956-8704

Rosemary Loria

Professor
Evolution of plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces
Gainesville
(352) 273-4634

Marcus Marin

Research Assistant Scientist
GCREC Plant Diagnostic Clinic Coordinator
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
(813) 419-6617

Samuel Martins

Assistant Professor
Investigating structure, function of bacteria in microbiome
Gainesville
(352) 273-4649

David Norman

Associate Professor
Molecular genetics and genomics of Ralstonia solanacearum
Mid-Florida Research and Education Center
(407) 410-6950

Mathews Paret

Professor & Department Chair
Pathogen diagnostics on specialty crops, management
Gainesville
(352) 294-7509

Natalia Peres

Professor
Disease etiology & management of strawberry, citrus & ornamental crops
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
(813) 419-6602

Pamela Roberts

Professor
Diagnosis, epidemiology & integrated management of vegetable diseases
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
(239) 658-3430

Jeffrey Rollins

Professor
Molecular biology and genomics of fungal plant pathogens
Gainesville
(352) 273-4620

Andy Schuerger

Assistant Professor
Mars astrobiology
Kennedy Space Center
(321) 861-3478

Ian Small

Associate Professor
Plant disease epidemiology and smart ag crop protection
North Florida Research and Education Center
(850) 875-7120

Matthew Smith

Professor
Fungal evolution, ecology and systematics
Gainesville
(352) 273-2837

Wen-Yuan Song

Associate Professor
Molecular mechanisms of the plant immune system
Gainesville
(352) 273-4652

Brantlee Spakes-Richter

Associate Professor
Teaching & curriculum, diseases of experimental crops
Gainesville
(352) 273-2014

Monica Navia Urrutia

Assistant Professor

Everglades Research and Education Center

Gary Vallad

Professor
Etiology and management of bacterial and fungal vegetable diseases
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
(813) 419-6577

Ying Wang

Associate Professor
Plant interaction with viral and viroid pathogens
Gainesville
(352) 273-4674

Frank White

Preeminent Professor
Bacterial virulence effectors, genetics, genomics
Gainesville
(352) 273-4645

Katia Viana Xavier

Assistant Professor
Disease management in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA)
Everglades Research and Education Center
(561) 993-1500

Shouan Zhang

Professor
Management of vegetable and tropical fruit diseases
Tropical Research and Education Center
(786) 217-9233