Plant Pathology

lSmith Lab Alumni

Julieta Alvarez

picture of Julieta Alvarez for the smithlab

Visiting Scholar, Instituto de Biologia UNAM, Mexico
Ectomycorrhizal fungi of Mexican tropical dry forests

Google Scholar

Kellee Britt

picture of Kellee Britt for the smithlab

Biological Scientist
Project: PCR, PCR, and more PCR
PhD student at University of Florida

Adriana Corrales

Smith Lab Postdoc 2016-2018

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Universidad del Rosario
Bogota, Colombia

Professional Website

adricorrales33@<nospam>gmail.com

Mark Elliott

picture of Mark Elliott at party

Mark Elliott
Executive Retirement Director
Address: Gardening or Hiking or lounging at the beach
Contact Information: None!
See: http://mycoportal.org/portal/index.php

Elizabeth Feliciano

Elizabeth Noemi Feliciano
(20 June 1989 - 16 June 2022)
Promising young mycologist, powerful advocate for diversity and inclusion, amazing friend and scholar. She left this world far too soon. We love you and we miss you, Elizabeth.

Zai-wei Ge

picture of Zai-wei Ge for the smithlab

Visiting Scholar (2012-2013)
Kunming Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunming, 650204, China

zaiweige@<nospam>gmail.com

Paulo Grazziotti

Smith Lab Visiting Scientist 2018-2019

Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri/UFVJM
Departamento de Engenharia Florestal
Diamantina, MG, Brasil

phgrazziotti@gmail.com

Arthur Grupe

Arthur Grupe in the woods. member of the smith lab

Smith Lab PhD student 2015-2019

Assistant Professor - University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

Google Scholar

Agrupe@ufl.edu

Kaori Hall

Undergraduate Researcher

Rosanne Healy

Assistant Scientist – Truffle Systematics and Ecology - Retired

Google Scholar

rosanne.healy@gmail.com

Michelle Jusino

Research Biologist
USDA Forest Service
Center for Forest Mycology Research
Madison WI USA

Google Scholar

mjusino@ufl.edu

Laurel Kaminsky

Evironmental Sciences Librarian
University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries

kaminsky@ufl.edu

UF Libraries Employee Highlights

Zach Kaplan

picture of Zach Kaplan for Smithlab

Undergraduate Researcher
Truffle systematics
+1.352.273.4672

Elena Karlsen-Ayala

‌ Elena Karlsen-Ayala sitting on a fake pig

Postdoctoral Researcher in Soil Microbiology
Southwest Florida Research and Education Center

ORCID iD

ekarlsenayala@ufl.edu

Kristy Kim

picture of Kristy Kim for smithlab

High School Intern
Student Science Training Program (SSTP)
Project: The phylogeny of Trappeindia himalayensis

Richard Kneal

photo of Richard Kneal for the Smith lab

Mycology Technician
Ecology of Tuber lyonii in pecan nurseries
+1.352.273.4672

Nattapol Kraisitudomsook

Assistant Professor
Muban Chombueng Rajabhut University

nattapolkra@mcru.ac.th

ORCID iD

Francisco Kuhar

‌ Profile Photo ‌

Visiting Scholar
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
Sequestrate ectomycorrhizal fungi of Patagonia

Katy Lazarus

MS in Plant Pathology, 2016

Systematics of Syncephalis

+1.352.273.4672

lazarusk@<nospam>ufl.edu

Benjamin Lemmond

Ben Lemmond

Postdoctoral Associate

University of California at Berkeley

Google Scholar

Dr. Alija Mujic

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Fresno State University

Fresno State University Department of Biology

amujic@<nospam>gmail.com

Arooj Naseer

‌ Profile photo ‌

Visiting Ph.D. Student and Lecturer In Botany
Department of Botany
University of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Quercus of Pakistan

Camila Nuñez

Undergraduate Researcher

Eduardo Nouhra

‌ photo of Eduardo Nouhra for smithlab

Visiting Scholar
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
enouhra@<nospam>gmail.com

Keisuke Obase

photo of Keiseuke Obase for the Smith lab

Visiting Scholar
Population Structure and Ecology of Cenococcum geophilum
+1.352.273.4672
oba-suke@<nospam>hotmail.co.jp

http://kesuikesebao.ashigaru.jp/

Claudia Paez

Claudia Paez leaning against a tree

Florida Department of Plant Industry

https://www.fdacs.gov/Divisions-Offices/Plant-Industry

Sarah Prentice

photo of woman kneeling in woods holding mushroom

Master's Degree - August 2023

University of Florida Marston Science Library

prentice108@gmail.com

Maxwell Reitman

Maxwell Reitman photo for smith lab page

MS Student
Biology of Tuber lyonii
+1.352.273.4672
reitmanmr@<nospam>gmail.com

Nicole Reynolds

Nicole Reynolds Photo

Assistant Professor
Cal Poly Pomona

Faculty Profile
Google Scholar

Natasha Rosenbach

picture of Natasha Rosenbach for the smithlab

High School Intern
Diversity and systematics of Syncephalis (Zoopageles)

Karlee Schell

picture of Karlee Schell for the smithlab

High School Intern
Student Science Training Program (SSTP)
Project: Exploring the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic truffle, Fevansia aurantiaca

Co-authored publication: Smith ME, Schell KJ, Castellano MA, Trappe JM (2013)
The enigmantic truffle Fevansia aurantiaca is an ectomycorrhizal member of the Albatrellus lineage. Mycorrhiza.doi10.1007/s00572-013-0502-2

Camille Truong

photo of Camille Truong for the smithlab

Smith Lab Postdoc 2015-2018

Research Scientist
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia

Honorary Senior Fellow
University of Melbourne, Australia

http://camilletruong.wixsite.com/home

Dylan Warner

Mycology Technician

Current Master's Student - Michigan State University

Kung Chung "Eddie" Yee

picture of Kung Chung (Eddie) Yee for the smithlab

Undergraduate Intern
UF Fungal Herbarium
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Project: Molecular analysis of fungal DNA sequences from clinical veterinary specimens

Co-authored Publication: Sheppard BJ, McGrath E, Giuffrida M, Craft S, Kung CY, Smith ME
"Report of wood decay fungus Inonotus tropicalis (phylum Basidiomycota) from a dog with a granulomatous mediastinal mass”
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. In Press.

Galileo Zen

picture of Galileo Zen for smithlab

High School Intern
Project: Digitizing the FLAS Herbarium