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Plant Pathology

Faculty Directory


James R. Alfano
Professor
Ph.D. Washington State University  1993
Molecular Genetics of Bacterial Pathogens
N315 Beadle Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0660
(402) 472-0395
jalfano1@unl.edu

Michael G. Boosalis
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1951
Mycology and Fungal Sporulation
406 Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2858

Rhae A. Drijber
Courtesy Professor, Agronomy & Horticulture
Ph.D. University of Alberta 1993
Soil Microbial Communities
279 Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0915
(402) 472-0770
rdrijber1@unl.edu
 

Roy C. French
USDA/ARS, Adjunct Associate Professor
Ph.D. Lousiana State University
Viruses and Nucleic Acids
426 Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-3166
Roy.French@ars.usda.gov

Deanna L. Funnell
USDA/ARS, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona 1996
Sorghum Pathology
406M Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-9099
Deanna.Funnell@ars.usda.gov

Loren J. Giesler
Professor
Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1998
Extension - Soybean Pathology
448D Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2559
lgiesler1@unl.edu 

Steven D. Harris
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan 1992
Fungal Genetics and Cell Biology
N234 Beadle Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0660
(402) 472-2938
sharris2@unl.edu

Robert M. Harveson
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Florida 1999
Extension
4501 Avenue I
Panhandle Research and Extension Center
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-4939
(308) 632-1239
rharveson2@unl.edu

Tamra A. Jackson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
Extension
428 Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2559
tjackson3@unl.edu 

Amitava Mitra
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Montana 1985
Vectors, Plant Transformation
422 Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-7054
amitra1@unl.edu

T. Jack Morris
Courtesy Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1973
Plant Viruses
E320 Beadle Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0666
(402) 472-8408
jmorris1@unl.edu

Kenneth W. Nickerson 
Courtesy Professor, School of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati 1969
Microbiology
E151 Beadle Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0666
(402) 472-2253
knickerson1@unl.edu
 

James E. Partridge
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of California - Riverside 1970

406 Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-3106

jpartridge1@unl.edu

Thomas O. Powers
Professor
Ph.D. University of California - Riverside 1983
Nematology
406F Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-5726
tpowers1@unl.edu

James R. Steadman
Professor, Head
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1970
Epidemiology
406C Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-3163
jsteadman1@unl.edu 
Satyanarayana Tatineni
USDA/ARS, Adjunct Associate Professor
Ph.D. Sri Venkateswara University, India 1992
Viruses
406L Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2710

Satya.Tatineni@ars.usda.gov
 

James L. Van Etten
Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois 1965
Viruses of Eukaryotic Algae
205 Morrison Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0900
(402) 472-3168
jvanetten1@unl.edu

Anne K. Vidaver
Professor
Ph.D. University of Indiana 1965
Bacteria
406G Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2858
avidaver1@unl.edu

Stephen N. Wegulo
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Iowa State University, 1997
Extension
448C Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2559
swegulo2@unl.edu

Richard A. Wilson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Imperial College London, 1998
Molecular Fungal-Plant Interaction
406I Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2156
rwilson10@unl.edu 

Yuannan Xia
Courtesy Faculty
Genomics CRF
N164 Beadle Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0665
(402) 472-0998
yxia2@unl.edu

Gary Y. Yuen
Professor
Ph.D. University of California - Berkeley 1984
Soilbourne Diseases
406E Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-3125
gyuen1@unl.edu

   
 

Faculty - Non-tenure Track

Irina V. Agarkova
Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D. All Union Institute of Phytopathology (Moscow) 1992
Vidaver Laboratory
408 Plant Science Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-5771
iagarkova2@unl.edu
Amy Ziems
Plant Diagnostics
448 Plant Sciences Hall
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0722
(402) 472-2559
aziems2@unl.edu
David D. Dunigan
Research Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Connecticut 1985
Van Etten Laboratory 
203 Morrison Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0900
(402) 472-5776
ddunigan2@unl.edu
Ming Guo
Research Assistant Professor
Northwestern Agricultural University 1998
Alfano Laboratory
N316 Beadle Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0660
(402) 472-0500

mguo2@unl.edu
Byeong-Ryool Jeong
Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University 1998
Alfano Laboratory
N316 Beadle Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0660
(402) 472-0500
bjeong2@unl.edu