Santiago X. Mideros Mora
Cornell University
Department of Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
Ithaca, NY 14853

August 2006-present, PhD student, Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant Pathology; Department of Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University

March 2006, Master of Science, Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University
October 1999, Farming Engineer, Agriculture, Army Polytechnic School, Ecuador

Graduate Advisor: Rebecca J. Nelson

Research Focus     

Genetic host resistance
Partial resistance
Breeding for resistance
International agriculture programs

Professional Experience    

April 2006 – July 2006: Practical Training assisting on a Fusarium Head Blight of wheat research program at the Ohio State University working for Dr. Pierce Paul.

May 2003 – August 2003: Visiting Scholar working on Agrobacterium mediated transformation of Phytophthora sojae at the Ohio State University under the supervision of Dr. Anne E. Dorrance.

January 2002 – March 2003: Research Assistant at the National Agricultura Research Institute in Ecuador (INIAP) and the International Potato Center (CIP) liaison office in Quito, Ecuador.

September 2000 – November 2001: Farm Manager for a fresh cut flowers company.

Awards and Honors      

August 2006. Cornell University Graduate Fellowship

June 2006. Poster Competition (58th Annual meeting of the APS Norh Central Division). Third place

April 2006. Graduate Student Poster Awards M.Sc category (Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, OARDC). Second place

2006 – to date. Treasurer, Plant Pathology Graduate Students Association (GSA)

Professional Societies and Working Groups

American Phytopathological Society (APS)

Publications   

S. Mideros, A. E. Dorrance. 200x. Cytological study of soybean partial resistance, Rps2, and root resistance to Phytophthora sojae. In preparation.

S. Mideros, M. Nita, A. E. Dorrance. 200x. Characterization of components of partial resistance, Rps2, and root resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean. Phytopathology. In preparation.

A. E. Dorrance, S. Mideros, S. K. St. Martin, S. A. Maroof, L. Zhou, S. Tripathy, Y. Mao, I. Hoeschele, and B. M. Tyler. 2006. Gene expression from eight soybean genotypes with different levels of partial resistance following inoculation with Phytophthora sojae. North Central Division Meeting of APS. Poster Presentation.

S. X. Mideros Mora. 2006. Study of incomplete resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean. M.Sc. Thesis. The Ohio State University.

B. M. Tyler, L. Zhou, S. X. Mideros, G. Torto-Alalibo, S. Tripathy, Y. Mao, H. Li, S. Costanzo, S. K. St. Martin, M. A. Saghai Maroof, I. Hoeschele, A. E. Dorrance 2006. Effects of quantitative resistance on the transcriptional interactome during infection of soybean by Phytophthora sojae. Plant & Animal Genomes XIV Conference. Poster presentation.

J. Skoneczka, M. Godwin, S. Mideros, J. L. Zambrano, D. M. Tucker, A. E. Dorrance, B. Tyler, M. A. Saghai Maroof. 2006. Mapping quantitative trait loci for partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean. Plant & Animal Genomes XIV Conference. Poster presentation.

S. X. Mideros, S. K. St. Martin, M. A. Saghai Maroof, B. M. Tyler, and A. E. Dorrance. 2005. Dissecting soybean partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae. 2005 APS annual meeting. Phytopathology 95:S70. Poster presentation.

S. X. Mideros, S. Costanzo, M. Nita, S. K. St. Martin, and A. E. Dorrance. 2004. Screening for disease susceptibility genes to Phytophthora sojae in soybean line Ox20-8. Phytopathology 94:S70. Publication no. P-2004-0475-AMA. Poster presentation

S. Mideros and G. A. Forbes. 2003. Evaluation of chemical and biological fungicides for control of potato late blight in Ecuador, 2002. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests. Volume 58. Report No. 58:V067

G. Guevara, S. Mideros, G. Vera, G. Forbes, M. Bonierbale, B. Trognitz. 2002. Potato resistant to late blight (“Papa resistente al tizón tardío”). Cultivos Controlados. Vol 4 (32). 20-21

J. J. Mendoza Vargas, and S. X. Mideros Mora. 1999. Identification of sources of resistance to Alternaria sp. and Botrytis fabae in the fava bean (Vicia faba) varieties ‘Quitumbe’ and ‘Serrana’. Thesis. Army Polytechnic School.