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Plant Pathology

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
Palm horticulture

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

Gary Vallad

Professor
Etiology and management of bacterial and fungal vegetable diseases

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

Chenggang Wang

Research Assistant Scientist

Gainesville

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

Affiliate/Courtesy Faculty

Scott Adkins

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

Fort Pierce
(561) 462-5885

Jeremy Brawner

Courtesy Faculty
Quantitative genetics and genomics of disease resistance

Gainesville

Nian Wang

Affiliate Faculty - Microbiology & Cell Science

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