Botany and Plant Pathology Research Seminar Series

spring 2023 

All seminars will be in-person on Wednesdays at 3:30 pm in WSLR 113 and available virtually via Zoom (unless otherwise noted below). Questions? Email Cindy Salazar

You can view several  past seminars on our YouTube page.


January 11 -  Dr. Chongyuan Zhang

Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University

Hosted by Christian Cruz


January 18 - Dr. Austin McCoy

Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Hosted by Darcy Telenko


February 1 - Dr. Emerson Del Ponte (Virtual only)

Department of Phytopathology (Departmento - UFV Fitopatologia), Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Hosted by Mariela Fernandez


February 8 - Dr. Jianxin Ma
Department of Agronomy, Purdue University
Hosted by Damon Lisch
February 15 - DR. Abhijit Karve

Office of Technology Commercialization, Purdue Research Foundation

Hosted by Tesfaye Mengiste


February 22 - Dr. Jill Hamilton

Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State University

Hosted by Chris Oakley


March 1 - Dr. John Fowler

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

Hosted by Leonor Boavida


March 8 - Dr. Timothy D. Miles

Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Hosted by Janna Beckerman


March 22 - Dr. Damon Smith

Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin

Hosted by Christian Cruz


March 29 - Dr. Philip Benfey (PFEN Deans auditorium)

Department of Biology, Duke University

Hosted by Xiaohui Li


April 5 - Dr. James Umen

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Hosted by Leonor Boavida


April 12 - Dr. Anna Sala

Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana

Hosted by Morgan Furze


April 19 - Dr. Rob Schuurink

Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

Hosted by Natalia Dudareva