Personnel

Faculty

Dr. Martin I. Chilvers

PI, Researcher

chilvers@msu.edu
517-353-9967
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Staff

Janette Jacobs

Lab manager

517-353-8913
jacobs90@msu.edu

Micalah Blohm

Field Technician

517-353-8913
blohmmic@msu.edu

William Widdicombe

Field Technician

517-353-8913
widdeco1@msu.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Faculty

Karan Chahal

Postdoctoral Researcher

chahalka@msu.edu
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Sunkyu Choi

Visiting Faculty

choisunk@msu.edu
517-353-9967

Austin McCoy conducted his PhD on the management and detection of oomycete root rot pathogens, primarily of corn and soy. Austin conducted a a Phytophthora sojae pathotype (race) survey in Michigan and conducted a fungicide sensitivity screening of these pathogens. This information has been instrumental to provide better management recommendations for these pathogens. Dr. McCoy recently published a global meta-analysis of Rps genes to understand which Rps genes still have efficacy and those that don't: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41321-7

Postdocs & Graduate Students

	GLORIA BAKER Masters student bakerg1@msu.edu
	JILL CHECK PhD student, Plant Pathology checkjil@msu.edu
	RYAN HAMILTON MS student, Plant Pathology hamil486@msu.edu
	FIDEL E. JIMENEZ-BEITIA PhD student, Plant Pathology jimen199@msu.edu
	PEYTON PHILLIPS MS student, Plant Pathology phil1017@msu.edu
	KEELEY SATTERFIELD MS Student Plant Pathology satter19@msu.edu

Past Lab Members

Past Graduate Students

	Nik Nik Zainal Alam MS, Plant Pathology nikzaina@msu.edu
	Tara Watkins MS, Plant Pathology (co-supervised with Dr. Frances Trail) Current Position: Extension Agent at University of Kentucky @TaraWatkinsMSU
	Mikaela Breunig, PhD PhD, Plant Pathology Current Position: Wheat pathologist at Bayer Crop Science @MikaelaBreunig
	Zachary Noel, PhD PhD, Plant Pathology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Current Position: Assistant Professor at Auburn University zan0002@auburn.edu
	Mitchell Roth, PhD PhD, Genetics and Plant Pathology Current Position: Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University LinkedIn @ohiomycete
	Kjersten Oudman, MS MS, Plant Pathology https://kjerstenoudman.com @KjerstenOudman
	Devon Rossman, MS MS, Plant Pathology rossma22@msu.edu
	Megan Botti-Marino, MS MS, Plant Pathology Co-advised by George Sundin Current Position: Senior Compliance Specialist at Sanofi Genzyme bottimar@msu.edu
	Alejandro Rojas, PhD PhD, Plant Pathology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Arkansas jarojas@uark.edu Github
	Jie Wang, PhD PhD, Plant Pathology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Current position: Data Scientist at DOE Joint Genome Institute Github

Past Postdoctoral Researchers / Visiting Scholars

	Josh MacCready Postdoctoral researcher, December 2020 - December 2022 maccrea3@msu.edu
	Hao-Xun Chang, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, January 2017 – June 2019 Current position: Assistant Professor at Plant Pathology and Informatics Laboratory, National Taiwan University hxchang@ntu.edu.tw
	Hyunkyu Sang, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, May 2017 – June 2019 Current position: Assistant Professor at Chonnam National University ResearchGate
	Mamadou Fall, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, June 2015 – August 2016 Current position: Research Scientist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) mamadoulamine.fall@canada.ca
	Patricia Santos, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, March 2013 – December 2014 Current position: Assistant Research Professor, University of Nevada Reno pferreiradossantos@unr.edu
	Xiaofeng Zhuang, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, September 2010 – March 2013 Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Ohio State University zhuangxf@msu.edu
	Alberto Rojas-Triviño, MSc MSc, Plant Pathology (Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia) Visiting Ph.D. student from Colombia rojastri@msu.edu

Undergraduates

Current:
1. Jacob Kotrba – 2019 to current
2. Madison Strbich – 2022 summer
Former:

1. Soli Bennett – 2021 to 2022 spring
2. Kenneth Matthews – 2020 to 2021
3. Evan Harrison – 2019 to 2020
4. Jesse Langton – 2020
5. Matt Kebede – 2020
6. Gerta Hysa – 2019 to
7. Kayla Clouse – May 2018 to 2019
8. Austin Cornett – May 2018 to 2019
9. Steven Staub – May 2018 to 2019
10. Kennedy Brown – May 2018 to 2019
11. Chloe Macdonald – May 2018 to 2019
12. Amanda Griffin – May 2017 to 2019
13. Zachary Sundin – Jun-2012 to 2019
14. Marissa Lubarski – May 2017 to May 2018
15. Jessica Bunner – May 2015 to May 2018
16. Shannon Trajkovski – May 2017 to May 2018
17. Alexandra Sehling – May 2017 to Jan 2018
18. Tyler Cazier – May 2017 to Jan 2018
19. Emily Wyma – May 2017 to Sep 2018
20. Kaylin Poppe – May 2016 to June 2017
21. John Kaschalk – May 2015 to May 2017
22. Zak Timmerman – May 2015 to May 2017
23. Marisa Dallas – May 2016 to Jan 2017
24. Cole Kelly – May 2016 to August 2016
25. Alex Witte – May 2015 to May 2016 (UURAF)
26. Connor Coscarelli – May 2013 to Jan 2016
27. Jessica Tippie – May 2013 to May 2016 (UURAF)
28. Katherine Naasko – May 2015 to August 2015
29. Olivia Stenzel – Apr 2014 to May 2015 (UURAF)
30. Behirda Karaj – May 2013 to Nov 2014 (Co-author)
31. Hannah Schrauben – Apr 2014 to August 2014
32. Leonor Nunes – Jul-2014 to Aug-2014, visiting student from Portugal
33. Meyessa Mansour – Oct-2011 to May-2014
34. Kilian LaFreniere – Oct-2011 to August-2014
35. Anna Stouffer – May 2013 to May 2014 (UURAF)
36. Nicole Howey – May-2012 to Aug-2012
37. Aaron Michaud – May-2012 to Aug-2012
38. Chelsea Woods, volunteer – Jan-2012 to Feb-2012
39. Daniel Buhlinger – Oct-2011 to July-2012
40. Jordan Crandall – Nov-2010 to Aug-2011
41. Joseph Meleca – Sept-2009 to Jan-2011 (Co-author)
42. Sara Brown – Sept-2009 to Dec-2010
43. Dilpreet Khaira – Jan-2009 to July-2009