Botany and Plant Pathology Research Seminar Series

Fall 2023 

All seminars will be in-person on Wednesdays at 3:30 pm in WSLR 116 (unless otherwise noted below). Questions? Email Cindy Salazar.

You can view several  past seminars on our YouTube page.


AUGUST 30 - Dr . Chris Oakley

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University

Hosted by Tesfaye Mengiste


September 13 - Dr. luke Nikolov

Department of Biology, Indiana University

Hosted by Sharon Kessler


September 18 - Dr. christian cruz (Monday)
Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University
Hosted by Tesfaye Mengiste

September 20 - Dr. guixia Hao

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Hosted by JinRong Xu


October 4 - Dr. Courtney Gallup

Crop Protection R&D, Corteva Agriscience

Hosted by Lee Miller


October 18 - Dr. Gitta Coaker

Department of Plant Pathology, University of California - Davis

Hosted by Kathe Rivera-Zuluaga


October 25 - Dr. Shuai Huang

Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University

Hosted by Xiaohui Li


november 1 - Dr. Jill Hamilton

Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State

Hosted by Chris Oakley


November 8 - Dr. Ru Zhang

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Hosted by Scott McAdam


November 29 - Dr. JP Dundore-arias

Department of Biology & Chemistry, California State University - Monterrey Bay

Hosted by Botany & Plant Pathology Graduate Student Organization


December 6 - Dr. Roger Innes

Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington

Hosted by Zhixiang Chen