Expertise

Keywords: Plant virology, virus-vector interactions, insect-specific viruses, virome, virus evolution, the development of new techniques to control viral infections

Research

  • Insect vector viromes and their interactions with both insect hosts and other microbes 
  • Using Insect-Specific Viruses as delivery vehicles to control plant pathogens
  • Virus evolution
Past Affiliations

PhD Student, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison (past)

PhD Student, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison (past)

Degrees
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Pathology, 2012
MSc, Isfahan University of Technology, Plant Pathology, 2005
BSc, Isfahan University of Technology, Plant Protection, 2002