Faculty – Department of Plant Pathology

Abbreviations: Bock = Robert M. Bock Lab, Russell = Russell Labs, WID = Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

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Name	Title	Contact	Research Interests/Extension Specialty
Ahlquist, Paul	Professor	841a Bock 608-263-5916 ahlquist@wisc.edu	Molecular mechanisms of viral replication, host interactions and oncogenesis.
Allen, Caitilyn	Professor Emeritus	885D Russell 608-262-9578 callen@wisc.edu	Biology of plant pathogenic bacteria, tropical plant pathology.
Barak, Jeri	Professor, CALS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	790 Russell 608-263-2097 barak@plantpath.wisc.edu	Biology of human bacterial pathogens in association with plants.
Bent, Andrew	Professor	886 Russell 608-265-3034 afbent@wisc.edu	Plant responses to pathogens; molecular basis of plant disease resistance.
Digennaro, Peter	Assistant Professor	pdigennaro@wisc.edu	Molecular basis of nematode parasitism in plants.
Gevens, Amanda	Department Chair, Extension Specialist, Interim Administrative Director of the WI Seed Potato Certification Program, Fritz Friday Chair for Vegetable Production Research	689 Russell 608-890-3072 gevens@wisc.edu	Diagnosis, biology, and management of fungal and other pathogens of potato and vegetable crops in Wisconsin. Extension Specialty: same.
Gluck-Thaler, Emile	Assistant Professor	682 Russell gluckthaler@wisc.edu	Genetics of host-microbe interactions, mechanisms of genome evolution, fungal ecology and evolution.
Holland, Leslie	Assistant Professor Extension Specialist	374 Russell 608-265-2047 laholland@wisc.edu	Fruit crop pathology. Extension Specialty: Etiology and integrated management of diseases of fruit crops.
Handelsman, Jo	Professor	3110 WID jo.handelsman@wisc.edu	Understanding diversity in microbial communities and their role in infectious disease.
Kabbage, Mehdi	Professor Director of Graduate Studies	583B Russell 608-262-0506 kabbage@wisc.edu	Mycology – necrotrophic fungal pathogenesis.
Keller, Nancy	Professor	3476 Microbial Sci. Bldg. 608-262-1958 npkeller@wisc.edu	Fungal Pathogenesis
Koch, Paul	Professor Extension Specialist	283 Russell 608-576-2673 plkoch@wisc.edu	Urban microbiomes and sustainable turfgrass management. Extension Specialty: Turf pathology.
Lankau, Richard	Professor	391B Russell 608-262-3084 lankau@wisc.edu	Understanding how plant-associated microbial communities mediate individual plant health, abiotic stress tolerance, and susceptibility to disease in both natural and agricultural settings.
MacGuidwin, Ann	Professor Emeritus	491 Russell 608-263-6131 aem@plantpath.wisc.edu	Nematology – Population ecology of nematodes with emphasis on nematode pests of agricultural crops and nematode-fungus interactions causing plant diseases.
Rakotondrafara, Aurelie	Associate Professor	793 Russell 608-890-1871 rakotondrafa@wisc.edu	Plant virology – viral translation control, viral replication, and plant virus resistance.
Rouse, Douglas	Professor Emeritus	395 Russell 608-262-1395 dir@plantpath.wisc.edu	Plant disease ecology and epidemiology.
Silva, Erin	Professor	593a Russell 608-890-1503 emsilva@wisc.edu	Organic crop production, regenerative agriculture, and agroecology.
Solis-Lemus, Claudia	Assistant Professor	476 Russell and 3164 WID 608-263-3615 solislemus@wisc.edu	Statistical genomics and phylogenomics, inference of microbiome networks, machine learning.
Smith, Damon	Professor Extension Specialist	495 Russell damon.smith@wisc.edu	Epidemiology and management of field crop diseases. Extension Speciality: same.
Name			Research Interests/Extension Specialty