Botany and Plant Pathology Research Seminar Series
Fall 2026
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 26, 2026 - Dr. Tommy Butts
Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue UniversityHosted by Dr. Tesfaye Mengiste
September 2, 2026 - Dr. Scott McAdam
Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue UniversityHosted by Dr. Tesfaye Mengiste
September 9, 2026 - Dr. Lei Zhang
Hosted by Dr. Tesfaye Mengiste
**September 16, 2026 - Dr. Darcy Telenko (PFEN 241)
Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue UniversityHosted by Dr. Tesfaye Mengiste
September 23, 2026 - Dr. Ming Yi Chou
Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University
Hosted by Dr. Lee Mill
September 30, 2026 - Dr. Megan Romberg
National Mycologist/Plant Pathologist at USDA-APHIS
Hosted by Dr. Cathie Aime
October 7, 2026 - Justice Ruwona
Graduate Student, Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University and 2025 recipient of the Dr. Chunhua Zhang Legacy travel award
Hosted by Dr. Chris Oakley
October 14, 2026 - TBD
Hosted by .
October 21, 2026 - Dr. Darrin Dodds
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station,Mississippi State UniversityHosted by Dr. Tommy Butts
October 28, 2026 - Dr. Leann Lux
Extenstion Soybean and Peanut Pathologist, Entomology and Plant Pathology, NCState UniversityHosted by Morgan Goodnight, Graduate student in the Telenko Lab
November 4, 2026 - Dr. Lucia Strader
Professor and Howard H and Maryam R. Newman Chair in Plant Biology, Salk Institute
Hosted by Dr. Gyeong Mee Yoon
November 18, 2026 - Dr. Bryn Dentinger
Curator of Mycology, Natural History Museum of Utah
Hosted by Dr. Cathie Aime