Megan Ackerman-Yost
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: E. Nelson
Jo Ann Asselin
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: S. Beer
Craig Austin
Office: 136 Barton Hall, Geneva
Tel: 49-426
Graduate advisor: W. Wilcox
Ewa Borejsza-Wysocka
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: H. Aldwinckle
Maryann Borsick Herman
Office: 210 Barton Lab- Geneva
Tel: 49-351
Graduate advisor: C. Smart
Marin Talbot Brewer
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: M. Milgroom
Kathryn Bushley
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: G.Turgeon
Amara Camp
Office: 210 Barton Lab, Geneva
Tel: 49-351
Graduate advisor: H. Dillard, C. Smart
Sara Carpenter
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: S. Beer
Alan Chambers
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: R. Loria
Mei-Hsing Chen
Office: 408 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-2160
Graduate advisor: E. Nelson
Chia-Lin Chung
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: R. Nelson
Daniel Clune
Office: 402 Bradfield Hall
Tel: (607) 254-6037
Graduate advisor: T. Pawlowska
Bradford Condon
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: G. Turgeon
Julia Crane
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: G. Bergstrom
Cynthia Damasceno
Office: 346 Emerson
Tel: (607) 255-2801
Graduate advisor: J.K.C. Rose
Megan Dewdney
Office: A136 Barton Lab- Geneva
Tel: 49-464
Graduate advisor: H.Aldwinckle
Christopher Gee
Office: 313 Sturtevant Hall- Geneva
Tel: 49-462
Graduate advisor: Cadle-Davidson
Lin-Si Hsieh
Office: 353 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4787
Graduate advisor: R. Nelson
Shih-Yung Hsu
Office: 408 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-2160
Graduate advisor: R. Loria
Jose Carlos Huget Tapia
Office: 341 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-9770
Graduate advisor: R. Loria
Allison L. H. Jack
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: E. Nelson
Recently Graduated Students
Rodrigo Olarte (MS-August 2007)
Rodrigo Olarte completed his MS degree in plant pathology at Cornell University with Keith Perry and Stewart Gray in August, 2007. Rod studied the Transmission Efficiency of Potato Virus Y. In the past decade, Potato virus Y has become a greater problem in potato production due to the emergence of new strains of the virus. Rod is currently working in the laboratory of Terry Delaney in the Department of Biology at the University of Vermont.
Evan Johnson (PhD-August 2007)
Evan Johnson recently completed his Ph.D. degree in Plant Pathology,under the direction of Rosemary Loria and Donna Gibson. His thesis was entitled "Biosyntheis of plant cell wall-induced thaxtomin and nitric oxide in plant pathogenic Streptomyces spp.". His work demonstrated for the first time that bacterial nitric oxide synthase releases nitric oxide; these enzymes are truncated homologs of mammalian NOSs and are highly conserved in a subset of prokaryotes. Since nitric oxide is a potent signalling molecule in plants and animals, Evan's work has implications for pathobiology and microbial ecology. Evan will be working as a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Florida, Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) in Lake Alfred, FL. He will continue to pursue research in bacterial virulence.
Paola Zuluaga (MS -May 2007)
Paola Zuluaga received her MS degree in Plant Pathology at Cornell University in May 2007 under the direction of Dr. William Fry. Her thesis was entitled "Molecular assessment of BTH treatment in petunia, potato and tomato". She will continue to pursue a Ph.D. under Fry's guidance with the tentative title of her thesis as "The role of genes induced by treatment of tomato and petunia with BTH on Induction of Systemic Acquired Resistance."
Tae Sung Kim
Office: 201 Bradfield Hall
Tel: (607) 254-2259
Graduate advisor: K. Lee
Brian King
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: D. Gibson
Brian Kvitko
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: A. Collmer
Holly Lange
Office: Room 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: C. Smart
Christine Layton
Office: Room 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: G. Bergstrom
Santiago Mideros Mora
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel:(607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: R. Nelson
Joanne Morello
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: A. Collmer
Michelle Moyer
Office: 133 Barton Lab, Geneva
Tel: 49-351
Graduate advisor: R. Seem
Angela Nelson
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: G. Hudler
Hanh Nguyen
Office: 318 BTI
Tel:(607) 254-1386
Graduate advisor:G. Martin
Hye-Sook Oh
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: A. Collmer
Mana Ohkura
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: G. Abawi
Jonathan Oliver
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: M. Fuchs
Kara Pivarski
Office: 408 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-2160
Graduate advisor: T. Pawlowska
Jesse Poland
Office: 303 G Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4783
Graduate advisor: R. Nelson
Tracy Rosebrock
Office: 423 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: G. Martin
Ryan Seipke
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: R.Loria
Deepti Thete
Office: 408 Plant Science
Tel: (607)255-2160
Graduate advisor: S. Cartinhour
André C. Velásquez Landmann
Office:423 Plant Science
Tel:(607) 255-4451
Graduate advisor: G. Martin
Laura Wakefield
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-1546
Graduate advisor: R. Seem
Jay Worley
Office: 302 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 254-7297
Graduate advisor:
Michael Wunsch
Office: 335 Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-5652
Graduate advisor: G. Bergstrom
A. Paola Zuluaga
Office: 303F Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-3188
Graduate advisor: W. Fry
Recently Graduated Students
Sofia Windstam (PhD-May 2007)
Sofia Windstam received a Ph.D. degree in May from the Department of Plant Pathology at Cornell University under the direction of Eric Nelson. Her thesis was titled “Influence of fatty acids and sugar released by germinating seeds on plant species specific control of Pythium ultimum by Enterobacter cloaceae”. She studied early fatty acid signalling events in Pythium seed infections and the interference of pathogenesis by E. cloacae. She showed that E. cloacae metabolizes fatty acids as early as 15 min after seeds are sown in soil and that the presence of sugars in the seed exudates from some plant species can repress fatty acid metabolism in the spermosphere. This may explain the failure of biological control on some plant species. Sofia is currently a post doctoral scientist in the laboratory of Mary Hausbeck at Michigan State University studying the biology and management of Phytophthora capsici on peppers.
Kathy Munkvold (PhD – January 2007)
Kathy Munkvold received a Ph.D. degree in January 2007 from the Department of Plant Pathology at Cornell University under the direction of Alan Collmer. The title of her thesis was "Characterization of the conserved Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 effector protein, HopAA1-1." She discovered that HopAA1-1 acts in a domain-specific manner to kill both yeast and plant cells and that 25% of the effectors in the DC3000 effector repertoire appear to affect broadly conserved eukaryotic cellular processes as indicated by toxic effects when expressed in yeast. Kathy is currently a postdoctoral scientist in the laboratory of Gregory Martin at The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, where she is studying plant targets of the DC3000 effector AvrPtoB.