Academic Background

BS University of Oregon 1998

PhD Botany and Plant Pathology (Ecology and Evolution emphasis), Oregon State University 2009

Research Interests and Current Efforts

I am interested in the understanding the basic ecological and evolutionary underpinnings of plant disease epidemic spread (a form of biological invasions), and how these insights can be used to generate refined projections of disease dispersal and more efficient methods of outbreak control.

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