People
Faculty
| Name | Title | Area of Interest | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhi-Yuan Chen | Professor | Host resistance, Host-fungus interactions in soybean and maize |
225-578-7850 | |
| Lawrence Datnoff | Professor & Head | Administration | 225-578-1464 | |
| Vinson Doyle | Associate Professor | 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 | |
| Ely Oliveira-Garcia | Assistant Professor | Plant-pathogen interactions, Fungal genetics, Fungal effector biology, and Disease management |
225-578-4621 | |
| 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 | Agromic 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 | Assistant Professor | Field Crop Pathology | 225-578-8537 | |
| Tristan Watson | Assistant Professor | Nematology | 225-578-1387 |
Emeritus Faculty
Gerard T. Berggren, Professor Emeritus
Christopher A. Clark, Professor Emeritus
Kenneth E. Damann, Jr., Professor Emeritus
Gordan Holcomb, Professor 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)
Clayton Blake, Research Associate (Power Lab)
Casey Butler, Research Associate (Richards Lab)
Timothy Burks, Extension Associate. (Singh Lab)
Cian Bulter, Research Associate (Singh Lab)
Beatriz Carvalho, Post Doctoral Reseacher (Thomas-Sharma Lab)
Jose Cortes, Post Doctoral Researcher (Ham Lab)
Cathy DeRobertis, Research Associate (Power Lab)
Aaron DeVries, Post Doctoral Researcher (Doyle Lab)
Pedro Dos Santos, Post Doctoral Researcher (Doyle Lab)
Shankar Gaire, Post Doctoral Researcher (Richards Lab)
Joseille Rezende, Research Associate (Watson Lab)
Mary Beth Rollins, Research Associate (Gama Lab)
Elaisa Tubana, Research Associate (Doyle/Power Labs)
Staff
Robert M. Carver, Business Manager
Kimberly Rooney, Administrative Coordinator
Preston Thompson, Accounting Technician