Academic Background

Tennessee State University , Biology, B.S., 1994
Tennessee State University , Biology, M.S., 1997
Kansas State University , Genetics, Ph.D., 2004

Research Interests and Current Efforts

Plant-pathogen interactions with a focus on the structure and evolution of disease resistance loci, understanding the biological processes for disease resistance and the genetic improvement of crop plants for disease resistance.

Recent Publications

An up-to-date listing of my publications is available through my Google Scholar profile.