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OUR TEAM
Dr. Jason Smith
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Dr. Ed Barnard
Forest Pathologist
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Tania Quesada
Research Assistant Scientist
Claudia Paez
PhD Student
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Nicolas Anger
PhD Student
Kathy Smith
Biological Scientist
Jonathan Lubar
Horticulturist
Bailey Peters
MS Student
Gideon Alake
Postdoctoral Associate
Katy Deitz
MS Student
Zifan Zhao
Postdoctoral Associate
Former Lab Members
Stephanie Adams, PhD
Diagnostician, Morton Arboretum
Marc Hughes, PhD
Research Scientist, University of Hawaii
Lacey Mount, DPM
Crop Consultant, Dellavalle Laboratory
Lanette Sobel, DPM, MS
CEO, Fertile Earth Inc.
Tyler Dreaden, PhD
Research Plant Pathologist, USDA Forest Service
Andrew Loyd, PhD
Research Plant Pathologist, Bartlett Tree Experts Inc.
Don Spence, PhD
Faculty, Bethune Cookman University
Keumchul Shin, DPM
Assistant Professor, Gyeongsang National University, Seoul, South Korea
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