Faculty

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

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	Name/Email	Address/Phone	Research Interests
	Paul Ahlquist ahlquist@wisc.edu	841a Bock 608-263-5916	Molecular mechanisms of viral replication, host interactions and oncogenesis.
	Caitilyn Allen callen@wisc.edu	885D Russell 608-262-9578	Biology of plant pathogenic bacteria, tropical plant pathology.
	Jeri Barak barak@plantpath.wisc.edu	790 Russell 608-263-2097	Biology of human bacterial pathogens in association with plants.
	Andrew Bent afbent@wisc.edu	886 Russell 608-265-3034	Plant responses to pathogens; molecular basis of plant disease resistance.
	Amanda Gevens Dept. Chair gevens@wisc.edu	689 Russell 608-890-3072	Diagnosis, biology, and management of fungal and other pathogens of potato and vegetable crops in Wisconsin.
	Leslie Holland laholland@wisc.edu	374 Russell 608-265-2047	Fruit crop pathology.
	Jo Handelsman jo.handelsman@wisc.edu	3110 WID	Understanding diversity in microbial communities and their role in infectious disease.
	Mehdi Kabbage kabbage@wisc.edu	583B Russell 608-262-0506	Mycology – necrotrophic fungal pathogenesis.
	Paul Koch plkoch@wisc.edu	283 Russell 608-576-2673	Urban Ecology and Turfgrass Management.
	Richard Lankau lankau@wisc.edu	391B Russell 608-262-3084
	Ann MacGuidwin aem@plantpath.wisc.edu	491 Russell 608-263-6131	Nematology – Population ecology of nematodes with emphasis on nematode pests of agricultural crops and nematode-fungus interactions causing plant diseases.
	Aurelie Rakotondrafara rakotondrafa@wisc.edu	793 Russell 608-890-1871	Plant virology – viral translation control, viral replication, and plant virus resistance.
	Renee Rioux rrioux@wisc.edu	682 Russell (608) 262-1410	Seed potato pathology and beneficial microbes in potato production systems.
	Douglas Rouse dir@plantpath.wisc.edu	395 Russell 608-262-1395	Plant disease ecology and epidemiology.
	Erin Silva emsilva@wisc.edu	593a Russell 608-890-1503	Organic fruit, vegetable, and field crops production.
	Claudia Solis-Lemus solislemus@wisc.edu	476 Russell and 3164 WID 608-263-3615	Statistical genomics and phylogenomics, inference of microbiome networks, machine learning.
	Damon Smith damon.smith@wisc.edu	495 Russell 608-286-9706	Epidemiology and Management of Field Crop Diseases.