Personnel

Faculty 

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Dr. Martin I. Chilvers

PI, Researcher

chilvers@msu.edu
517-353-9967
MSU Faculty Profile

Staff

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Janette Jacobs

Lab manager

517-353-8913
jacobs90@msu.edu

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Micalah Blohm

Field Technician 

517-353-8913
blohmmic@msu.edu

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William Widdicombe


Field Technician 

517-353-8913
widdeco1@msu.edu

Postdocs & Graduate Students

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AUSTIN MCCOY

Postdoctoral Research Associate

 mccoyaus@msu.edu

Austin McCoy conducted his PhD on the management and detection of oomycete root rot pathogens, primarily of corn and soy. Austin conducted a a Phytophthora sojae pathotype (race) survey in Michigan and conducted a fungicide sensitivity screening of these pathogens. This information has been instrumental to provide better management recommendations for these pathogens. Dr. McCoy recently published a global meta-analysis of Rps genes to understand which Rps genes still have efficacy and those that don't:   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41321-7

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GLORIA BAKER

Masters student

bakerg1@msu.edu

 

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JILL CHECK

PhD student, Plant Pathology

checkjil@msu.edu

 

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RYAN HAMILTON

MS student, Plant Pathology

hamil486@msu.edu

 

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FIDEL E. JIMENEZ-BEITIA

PhD student, Plant Pathology

jimen199@msu.edu

 

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PEYTON PHILLIPS

MS student, Plant Pathology

phil1017@msu.edu 

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KEELEY SATTERFIELD

MS Student Plant Pathology

satter19@msu.edu

 

   



Past Lab Members

Past Graduate Students 

Nik

Nik Nik Zainal Alam

Tara  

Tara Watkins

  • MS, Plant Pathology (co-supervised with Dr. Frances Trail)
  • Current Position: Extension Agent at University of Kentucky
  • @TaraWatkinsMSU
Mikaela Breunig

Mikaela Breunig, PhD

  • PhD, Plant Pathology
  • Current Position: Wheat pathologist at Bayer Crop Science
  • @MikaelaBreunig
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Zachary Noel, PhD

  • PhD, Plant Pathology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor at Auburn University

 

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Mitchell Roth, PhD

  • PhD, Genetics and Plant Pathology
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University
  • LinkedIn
  • @ohiomycete

 

 Kjersten

Kjersten Oudman, MS

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Devon Rossman, MS

 

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Megan Botti-Marino, MS

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Alejandro Rojas, PhD

  • PhD, Plant Pathology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Arkansas
  • jarojas@uark.edu
  • Github
JieWang 

Jie Wang, PhD

  • PhD, Plant Pathology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior
  • Current position: Data Scientist at DOE Joint Genome Institute
  • Github

 

Past Postdoctoral Researchers / Visiting Scholars

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Josh MacCready

Postdoctoral researcher, December 2020 - December 2022 

maccrea3@msu.edu

Hao 

Hao-Xun Chang, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, January 2017 – June 2019
  • Current position: Assistant Professor at Plant Pathology and Informatics Laboratory, National Taiwan University  
  • hxchang@ntu.edu.tw
 kyu

Hyunkyu Sang, PhD

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Mamadou Fall, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, June 2015 – August 2016
  • Current position: Research Scientist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
  • mamadoulamine.fall@canada.ca 

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Patricia Santos, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, March 2013 – December 2014
  • Current position: Assistant Research Professor, University of Nevada Reno
  • pferreiradossantos@unr.edu

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Xiaofeng Zhuang, PhD

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, September 2010 – March 2013
  • Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Ohio State University
  • zhuangxf@msu.edu
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Alberto Rojas-Triviño, MSc

  • MSc, Plant Pathology (Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia)
  • Visiting Ph.D. student from Colombia
  • rojastri@msu.edu

 

 Undergraduates

  • Current:
    1. Jacob Kotrba – 2019 to current
    2. Madison Strbich – 2022 summer

  • Former:

    1. Soli Bennett – 2021 to 2022 spring
    2. Kenneth Matthews – 2020 to 2021
    3. Evan Harrison – 2019 to 2020
    4. Jesse Langton – 2020
    5. Matt Kebede – 2020
    6. Gerta Hysa – 2019 to
    7. Kayla Clouse – May 2018 to 2019
    8. Austin Cornett – May 2018 to 2019
    9. Steven Staub – May 2018 to 2019
    10. Kennedy Brown – May 2018 to 2019
    11. Chloe Macdonald – May 2018 to 2019
    12. Amanda Griffin – May 2017 to 2019
    13. Zachary Sundin – Jun-2012 to 2019
    14. Marissa Lubarski – May 2017 to May 2018
    15. Jessica Bunner – May 2015 to May 2018
    16. Shannon Trajkovski – May 2017 to May 2018
    17. Alexandra Sehling – May 2017 to Jan 2018
    18. Tyler Cazier – May 2017 to Jan 2018
    19. Emily Wyma – May 2017 to Sep 2018
    20. Kaylin Poppe – May 2016 to June 2017
    21. John Kaschalk – May 2015 to May 2017
    22. Zak Timmerman – May 2015 to May 2017
    23. Marisa Dallas – May 2016 to Jan 2017
    24. Cole Kelly – May 2016 to August 2016
    25. Alex Witte – May 2015 to May 2016 (UURAF)
    26. Connor Coscarelli – May 2013 to Jan 2016
    27. Jessica Tippie – May 2013 to May 2016 (UURAF)
    28. Katherine Naasko – May 2015 to August 2015
    29. Olivia Stenzel – Apr 2014 to May 2015 (UURAF)
    30. Behirda Karaj – May 2013 to Nov 2014 (Co-author)
    31. Hannah Schrauben – Apr 2014 to August 2014
    32. Leonor Nunes – Jul-2014 to Aug-2014, visiting student from Portugal
    33. Meyessa Mansour – Oct-2011 to May-2014
    34. Kilian LaFreniere – Oct-2011 to August-2014
    35. Anna Stouffer – May 2013 to May 2014 (UURAF)
    36. Nicole Howey – May-2012 to Aug-2012
    37. Aaron Michaud – May-2012 to Aug-2012
    38. Chelsea Woods, volunteer – Jan-2012 to Feb-2012
    39. Daniel Buhlinger – Oct-2011 to July-2012
    40. Jordan Crandall – Nov-2010 to Aug-2011
    41. Joseph Meleca – Sept-2009 to Jan-2011 (Co-author)
    42. Sara Brown – Sept-2009 to Dec-2010
    43. Dilpreet Khaira – Jan-2009 to July-2009