People
Faculty
| Name | Title | Area of Interest | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhi-Yuan Chen | Professor | Host resistance, Host-fungus interactions in soybean and maize |
225-578-7850 | |
| Vinson Doyle | Professor & Department Chair | Mycology, Systematics, Population genetics, and Phylogenomics |
225-578-5470 | |
| Madison Flasco | Assistant Professor |
Virology |
225-578-4052 | |
| André Bueno Gama | Assistant Professor |
Sugarcane Pathology, |
225-578-1392 | |
| Jong Hyun Ham | Professor | Phytobacteriology, and Disease Control Genetics |
225-578-6798 | |
| Chien-Yu Huang | Assistant Professor | Plant Immunity | 225-578-1370 | |
| Felipe Dalla Lana | Assistant Professor | Plant Pathology and Rice Pathology | 337-788-7531 | |
| Guy "Boyd" Padgett | Professor | Plant pathology, Disease management in row crops, Epidemiology, and Integrated Pest Management |
318-427-4424 | |
| Gregg Pettis | Adjunct Professor | Phytobacteriology | 225-578-2798 | |
| Imana Power | Assistant Professor | Sweet potato pathology and Disease Control |
225-578-1381 | |
| Paul "Trey" Price | Associate Professor | Agronomic Crops | 318-435-2157 | |
| Jonathan Richards | Associate Professor | Fungal biology, genomics, molecular plant-microbe interactions, genetics | 225-578-4562 | |
| Raghuwinder (Raj) Singh | Professor & Director, Plant Diagnostic Clinic | Plant Health Diagnostics (biotic and abiotic stresses), Pathogen Detection and Identification (molecular and conventional) Horticulture Pathology Extension (fruit and nut, industrial hemp, ornamental, vegetable, trees and turfgrass) Integrated Pest and Disease Management |
225-578-4562 | |
| Sara Thomas-Sharma | Associate Professor | Field Crop Pathology | 225-578-8537 | |
| Tristan Watson | Associate Professor | Nematology | 225-578-1387 |
Emeritus Faculty
Gerard T. Berggren, Professor Emeritus and Department Head Emeritus
Christopher A. Clark, Professor Emeritus
Kenneth E. Damann, Jr., Professor Emeritus
Lawrence E. Datnoff, Professor Emeritus and Department Head Emeritus
Clayton A. Hollier, Professor Emeritus
Jeffrey Hoy, Professor Emeritus
Edward C. McGawley, Professor Emeritus
Charles Overstreet, Professor Emeritus
Rodrigo A. Valverde, Professor Emeritus
Research / Extension Associates, Post Docs and Researchers
Jonathan Amie, Research Associate (Thomas-Sharma Lab)
Inderjit Kaur Barphagha, Research Associate (Ham Lab)
Timothy Burks, Extension Associate. (Singh Lab)
Casey Butler, Research Associate (Richards Lab)
Hector Ardon, Research Associate (Chen Lab)
Dalvir Dhadly, Post Doctoral Reseacher (Flasco)
Jose Cortes, Post Doctoral Researcher (Ham Lab)
Amit Kesharwani, Post Doctoral Researcher (Power)
Cathy DeRobertis, Research Associate (Power Lab)
Matthew Vandal, Post Doctoral Researcher (Doyle Lab)
Kuei-Ting Yang, Research Associate (Power Lab))
Shu-Chuan Lee, Post Doctoral Researcher (Huang Lab)
Haifen Li, Post Doctoral Researcher (Chen Lab)
Joseille Rezende, Research Associate (Watson Lab)
Mary Beth Rollins, Research Associate (Gama Lab)
Elaisa Tubana, Research Associate (Doyle/Power Labs)
Staff
Kimberly Rooney, Administrative Coordinator
Preston Thompson, Business Manager
Zachary Lanehart, Accounting Technician