Botany and Plant Pathology - Research Overview
Botany and Plant Pathology - Research Overview
The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology includes the disciplines of plant biology, plant pathology and weed science. Research in this department addresses both fundamental questions about the biology of plants and their pathogens as well as more applied problems focused on the management and control of weeds and plant diseases.
Dr. Daniel Szymanski 
Dr. William Johnson 
Dr. Morgan Furze Research PROGRAMS
- Cell and developmental biology
- Crop protection
- Disease management and epidemiology
- Mycology
- Plant and fungal biochemistry
- Plant ecology and evolution
- Plant genetics and genomics
- Plant Nematology
- Plant physiology
- Plant-pathogen interactions
- Weed biology
- Weed management
Dr. M. Catherine Aime 
Dr. Tesfaye Mengiste FACULTY BY RESEARCH AREA
- Leonor Boavida lboavida@purdue.edu
- Zhixiang Chen zhixiang@purdue.edu
- Jeneen Fields jeneenfields@purdue.edu
- Morgan Furze mfurze@purdue.edu
- Angela Hancock ahancock@purdue.edu
- Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi asi2@purdue.edu
- Sharon Kessler kessles@purdue.edu
- Damon Lisch dlisch@purdue.edu
- Scott McAdam smcadam@purude.edu
- Michael Mickelbart mickelbart@purdue.edu
- Christopher Oakley oakley@purdue.edu
- Christopher Staiger staiger@purdue.edu
- Daniel Szymanski dszyman@purdue.edu
- Gyeong Mee Yoon young@purdue.edu
- Yun Zhou zhou750@purdue.edu
- M. Catherine Aime maime@purdue.edu
- Guohong Cai cai192@purdue.edu
- Zhixiang Chen zhixiang@purdue.edu
- Christian Cruz cruz113@purdue.edu
- César Escalante escalac@purdue.edu
- Stephen Goodwin sgoodwin@purdue.edu
- Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi asi2@purdue.edu
- Tesfaye Mengiste mengiste@purdue.edu
- Gerald Leo Miller Jr. turfpath@purdue.edu
- Christopher Staiger staiger@purdue.edu
- Darcy Telenko dtelenko@purdue.edu
- Jin-Rong Xu jinrong@purdue.edu
- Lei Zhang leizhang@purdue.edu
- Tommy Butts buttst@purdue.edu
- Kevin Gibson kgibson@purdue.edu
- William Johnson wgj@purdue.edu
- Bryan Young bryanyoung@purdue.edu
Dr. Gyeong Mee Yoon’s lab has discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts. 
Dr. Chris Oakley’s research is driven by understanding the mechanisms of how natural plant populations adapt to local conditions. Tesfaye Mengiste, Department Head
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Botany and Plant Pathology