Botany and Plant Pathology Research Seminar Series

spring 2024

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.


January 17 - Dr. Venkatesh Thirumalaikumar

Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University

Hosted by Zhixiang Chen


January 24 - Dr. Jason Deveau

Ontario MInistry of Agriculture

Hosted by Sharon Kessler


January 31 - Dr. JosÉ Dinneny
Department of Biology, Stanford University
Hosted by Xiaohui Li

February 7 - Dr. Kiran Mysore

Department of Biochemisty & Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University

Hosted by Tesfaye Mengiste


Febuary 14 - Dr. Thorsten Knipfer

Plant Physiology & Applied Biology, The University of British Columbia

Hosted by Scott McAdam


February 28 - Dr. Jennifer Wisecaver

Department of Biochemistry and Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University

Hosted by Sharon Kessler


March 6 - Dr. Adrienne Gorny

Extension Specialist of Plant Nematology, NC State University

Hosted by Lei Zhang


March 20 - Dr. Michael Grillo

Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago

Hosted by Chris Oakley


March 27 - Dr. Paul Koch

Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin Madison

Hosted by Lee Miller


April 3 - Mariela Fernandez Campos

Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University

Recipient of the Dr. Chunhua Zhang Legacy Travel Award
Hosted by Tesfaye Mengiste

April 10 - Dr. Peng He

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Univesrity of Michigan

Hosted by Tesfaye Mengiste


April 17 - Dr. Jennifer McElwain

Department of Botany, Trinity College Dublin

Hosted by Center for Plant Biology and Botany & Plant Pathology