Botany and Plant Pathology Directory
Faculty
M. Catherine Aime
Professor and Director of the Purdue University Herbaria
Research Area: Plant Pathology - Mycology
765.494.3951
Leonor Boavida
Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Research Area: Plant Biology - Plant Cell and Developmental Biology
765.494.0031
Tommy Butts
Assistant Professor of Weed Science
Research Area: Weed Science
765.494.0598
Office: LILY 1236
Chao Cai
Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology (Courtesy Appointment)
Guohong Cai
USDA Assistant Professor
Research Area: Plant Pathology - Soybean Plant Pathology
765.494.8529
Office: LILY B-462A
Zhixiang Chen
Professor of Plant Biology
Research Area: Plant Pathology - Molecular Plant Pathogen Interactions
765.494.4657
765.494.5896 (fax)
Tom Creswell
Clinical Engagement Professor and Director of the Plant & Pest Diagnostics Lab (PPDL)
765.494.8081
765.494.3958 (fax)
Office: Life Science Plant and Soils (LSPS) 116
Christian Cruz
Associate Professor
Research Area: Plant Pathology - Plant Disease Management
765.494.1515
César Escalante
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Area: Vegetable Pathology
Southwest Purdue Ag Center (SWPAC)
812.886.0198
Jeneen Fields
Clinical Assistant Professor
765.494.8368
Office: LILY 1-420
Morgan Furze
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Plant Biology
765.494.4219
Office: WSLR 120
Kevin Gibson
Professor
Research Area: Weed Science
765.496.2161
Stephen Goodwin
USDA Professor
Research Area: Plant Pathology
765.494.4635
765.494.3452 (fax)
Office: LILY 1-339
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi
Professor
Research Area: Molecular Plant Pathology
765.494.4653
Gurmukh Johal
Professor
Research Area: Plant Pathology - Maize Molecular Pathology and Genetics
765.496.4448
William (Bill) Johnson
Professor
Research Area: Weed Science
765.494.4656
Sharon Kessler
Associate Professor
Research Area: Plant Biology - Plant Reproductive Development
765.494.8330
765.494.0363 (fax)
Damon Lisch
Associate Professor
Research Area: Plant Biology - Plant Epigenetics
765.494.6606
Sue Loesch-Fries
Associate Professor
765.494.4624
Office: LILY 1-331
Jianxin Ma
Professor (Courtesy Appointment)
Research Area: Plant Genetics and Genomics
765.496.3662
765-496-7255 (fax)
Scott McAdam
Associate Professor
Research Area: Plant Biology - Plant Evolutionary Physiology
765.494.3650
Tesfaye Mengiste
Department Head and Professor
Research Area: Plant Pathology - Molecular Genetics of Plant Immunity
765.494.0599
Office: LILY 1-446
Michael Mickelbart
Professor
Research Area: Plant Biology - Plant Physiology
765.494.0391
Office: WSLR B024
Gerald (Lee) Miller
Assistant Professor
Research Area: Plant Pathology
765.494.1443
Office: LILY 1-240
Christopher Oakley
Associate Professor
Research Area: Plant Biology - Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics of Plants
765.494.9644
Office: LILY 1-329
Daniel Park
Assistant Professor of Botany & Plant Pathology (Courtesy Appointment)
Robert E. Pruitt
Professor of Botany & Plant Pathology
765.496.6794
765.494.5896 (fax)
Office: Lilly Hall Room B476
Christopher Staiger
Distinguished Professor
Research Area: Plant Biology - Plant Cell Biology
765.494.4615
Office: HANS 335
Daniel B. Szymanski
Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology
Research Area: Plant Biology
765.494.8092
Office: WSLR, Room 226
Darcy E. P. Telenko
Associate Professor
Research Area: Plant Pathology
765.496.5168
765.494.0363 (fax)
Fred Whitford
Clinical Engagement Professor - Purdue Pesticide Programs
765.494.1284
Jennifer Wisecaver
Assistant Professor of Botany & Plant Pathology (Courtesy Appointment)
765.494.4157
Office: BCHM Room A343C
Jin-Rong Xu
Professor of Fungal Biology
Research Area: Plant Pathology
765.496.6918
Whistler Hall Room 222
Gyeong Mee Yoon
Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Research Area: Plant Biology
765.496.1843
765.494.0363 (fax)
Lilly Hall Room B-474
Bryan G. Young
Professor of Weed Science
765.496.1646
765.494.0363 (fax)
Lei Zhang
Assistant Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology
Research Area: Plant-Nematode Interactions
765.494.1933
Lilly Hall Room 1-422
Peizhong (John) Zheng
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Chief Science Officer, Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA)
765.523.2535
Yun Zhou
Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Research Area: Plant Biology
765.494.2069
765.494.0363 (fax)
Lilly Hall Room B472
Professors Emeriti
Staff
John Bonkowski
Plant Disease Diagnostician, Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory
765.494.4641
765.494.3958 (fax)
Tina Garwood
Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab Technician
765.494.7071
765.494.3958 (fax)
Cindy Salazar
Administrative Assistant to the Department Head and Schedule Deputy
765.494.4615
D. Rabern Simmons
Curator of Fungi, Purdue University Herbaria
765.494.3450
