Expertise

A large component of my current research program is also focused on better understanding vector-virus interactions responsible for transmission of plant pathogens, including genetic mechanisms of vector-transmission in insect and pathogen populations, how population-level processes shape viral genetic diversity and evolution, and the epidemiological significance of these interactions. My lab researches thrips transmitted tospoviruses, aphid transmitted Cotton leafroll dwarf virus, and whitefly more »

Communities
Plant Pathology, Entomology
Degrees
PhD, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Entomology, 2012
MS, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Entomology, 2008
BS, New Mexico State University, Agricultural Biology, 2004