|
Name |
Oomycetes
Committee |
Country |
Organization & Position |
e-mail |
Areas of
work or interest |
Oomycetes
Groups |
|
Gloria Abad |
Chair |
USA |
Senior
Plant Pathologist, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Science and Technology Beltsville
Laboratory and Adjunct Professor Pennsylvania State University. |
gloria.abad@aphis.usda.gov |
Plant
Pathology, Molecular Biology, Taxonomy, Identification, Diagnostics,
Exotic species for the USA. |
Phytophthora, Pythium, Phytopythium, Pythiogeton,
Downy Mildews |
|
Andre Levesque |
Co-chair |
Canada |
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Science and Technology Branch,
Partnerships & Planning Directorate, Special Advisor |
Andre.Levesque@AGR.GC.CA |
Plant
Pathology, Molecular Biology, Taxonomy, Identification, Diagnostics |
Phytophthora, Pythium, Phytopythium, Pythiogeton,
Downy Mildews |
|
Marco Thines |
Co-chair |
Germany |
Professor,
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) and the Goethe
University Frankfurt am Main, Department of Biological Sciences |
Marco.Thines@senckenberg.de |
Genomics,
Molecular Taxonomy, Evolution, Population Genetics, Phylogenetics |
Oomycetes
Multiple Genera, including new |
|
David Cooke |
Co-chair |
UK |
Senior
Plant Pathologist, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK |
david.cooke@hutton.ac.uk |
Plant
Pathology, Molecular Taxonomy, Phylogenetics, Population Biology &
Evolution |
Phytophthora, Downy Mildews |
|
Sophien Kamoun |
Member |
UK |
Professor
of Biology, University of East Anglia, UK. and Group Leader, The
Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK |
sophien.kamoun@tsl.ac.uk |
Plant
Pathology, Genomics, Effector Biology, Immunity |
Phytophthora, Downy Mildews |
|
Thomas Jung |
Member |
Czech
Republic |
Phytophthora Research Centre at Mendel University in Brno, Czech
Republic, Head Scientific Leader |
thomas.jung@mendelu.cz |
Global
Diversity, Biogeography and Population Genetics, Adaptation and
Speciation, Host-Phytophthora Interactions and Resistance, The
Threat of Exotic Species to European Forests.
|
Phytophthora, Nothophytophthora |
|
Niklaus Grunwald |
Member |
USA |
USDA ARS |
grunwaln@oregonstate.edu |
Epidemiology, Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, Population genetics |
Phytophthora |
|
Frank Martin |
Member |
USA |
USDA-ARS.
Research Plant Pathologist |
Frank.martin@ars.usda.gov |
Plant
Pathology, Molecular Biology, Taxonomy, Identification, Diagnostics |
Phytophthora, Pythium, downy mildews,
Phytopythium, Aphanomyces |
|
Jo Anne Crouch |
Member |
USA |
USDA-ARS-Systematic Mycology & Microbiology Laboratory. Research
Molecular Biologist |
joanne.crouch@ars.usda.gov |
Plant
Pathology, Genomics, Population Biology, Molecular Biology,
Systematics, Community Ecology, Identification, Diagnostics |
Downy
Mildews |
|
Treena Burgess |
Member |
Australia |
Centre for
Phytophthora Science and Management, Murdoch university, Perth,
Australia |
T.Burgess@murdoch.edu.au |
molecular
taxonomy, population genetics, systematics, diveristy and
distribution, evolution, biology, pathogenicity |
Phytophthora |
|
Guillaume Bilodeau |
Member |
Canada |
CFIA-ACIA
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Research Scientist and Adjunct
Professor Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada |
Guillaume.Bilodeau@inspection.gc.ca |
Plant
Pathology, Molecular markers development, Identification,
Diagnostics, Genotyping, Genomics and Metagenomics, regulated fungi |
Phytophthora, Pythium, Downy Mildews |
|
Paloma Abad-Campos |
Member |
Spain |
Universitat Politècnica de València - Instituto Agroforestal
Mediterráneo
Associate
professor
|
pabadcam@eaf.upv.es |
Plant
Pathology, Diagnostics, Identification, Epidemiology |
Phytophthora and Phytopythium |
|
Sylvia Fernández-Pavía |
Member |
Mexico |
IIAF-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Plant
Pathology Laboratory |
fernandezpavia@hotmail.com |
Plant
Pathology, Identification, Population Characterization |
Mainly Phytophthora, some Pythium and Phytopythium species |
|
Ales Lebeda |
Member |
Czech
Republic |
Palacky
University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany,
Professor |
ales.lebeda@upol.cz |
Plant
Pathology, Population Biology and Genetics, Epidemiology, Community
Ecology, Virulence variation, Disease Control and Fungicide
Resistance, Host Resistance and Resistance Breeding |
Downy
Mildews (B. lactucae, P. cubensis, P. halstedii) |
|
Mohamed F.R. Khan |
Member |
USA |
North
Dakota State University & University of Minnesota |
Mohamed .khan@ndsu.edu |
Management of Sugarbeet diseases |
Aphanomyces |
|
Yazmin Rivera |
Member |
USA |
USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T-Center for Plant Health Science and Technology |
Yazmin.rivera@aphis.usda.gov |
Plant
Pathology, Molecular Biology, Oomycetes, Diagnostics, Population
Genetics |
Downy
Mildews (Plasmopara, Peronospora, Peronosclerospora, Sclerophthora) |
|
John Bienapfl |
Member |
USA |
USDA APHIS
PPQ S&T CPHST Beltsville Laboratory Molecular Biologist |
John.C.Bienapfl@aphis.usda.gov |
Plant
Pathology, Diagnostics, Molecular Biology, Identification |
Phytophthora, Downy Mildews |
|
Hemilse Palmucci |
Member |
Argentina |
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Cátedra de Fitopatología Facultad de
Agronomía
|
palmucci@agro.uba.ar |
Plant
Pathology, Diagnostics, Diseases Control |
Pythium,
Phytophthora |
|
Pablo Grijalba |
Member |
Argentina |
Researcher
and Professor. Plant Pathology-University of Buenos Aires |
grijalba@agro.uba.ar |
Plant
Pathology, Diagnostics, Disease Management |
Pythium, Phytophthora, Phytopythium |
|
Fe M. Dela Cueva |
Member |
Philippines |
Plant
Pathology Lab., Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the
Philippines Los Banos |
fmdcueva@yahoo.com; fmdelacueva@up.edu.ph |
Plant
Pathology, Host-Plant Resistance, Diagnostics |
Downy
Mildews |
|
Leonardo Schena |
Member |
Italy |
Dipartimento di Agraria. Università mediterranea di Reggio Calabria |
lschena@unirc.it |
Plant
Pathology, Molecular Biology, Taxonomy, Identification, Diagnostics |
Phytophthora |
|
Ronald French-Monar |
Member |
USA |
USDA-APHIS-PPQ-FO-Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program |
Ronald.D.French@aphis.usda.gov |
Plant
Pathology, Diagnostics, Management, Isolation,
Quarantine |
Phytophthora, Pythium |
| Chris
Spies |
Member |
South Africa |
ARC-Plant
Health and Protection, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Researcher |
spiesc@arc.agric.za |
Taxonomy,
Phylogenetics, Identification, Diversity, Plant Pathology |
Pythium,
Phytopythium, Phytophthora, Lagenidium, Pythiogeton |
|
Hai Nguyen |
Member |
Canada |
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, , Science and technology branch,
Research Scientist |
Hai.Nguyen@agr.gc.ca |
Zoosporic
fungi, Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics |
Pythium |
|
Santa Olga Cacciola |
Member |
Italy |
University
of Catania, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment, Italy
|
olgacacciola@unict.it |
Plant Pathology, Diagnostics,
Identification, Molecular biology.
|
Phytophthora, Pythium |
|
Koji Kageyama |
Member |
Japan |
River
Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Professor |
kageyama@green.gifu-u.ac.jp |
Plant Pathology, Diagnostics,
Identification, Molecular biology.
|
Phytophthora, Pythium, Phytopythium |
|
Carla Garzon |
Member |
USA |
Associate
Professor of Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Department
of Entomology and Plant Pathology. |
carla.garzon@okstate.edu |
Population
genetics, epidemiology, diagnostics, phylogenetics, chemical
control, disease suppression |
Pythium,
Phytopythium, Phytophthora |
| Palem
Chowdappa |
Member |
India |
Director,
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute. Kasaragod -671124,
Kerala, India |
Pallem22@gmail.com |
Identification,
Diagnosis, molecular biology, Population biology
and management of Phytophthora, Alternaria and Colletotrichum
associated with horticultural crops
|
Phytophthora |
|
Pamela Roberts |
Member |
USA |
Department
of Plant Pathology, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center,
University of Florida. Proffesor |
pdr@ufl.edu |
Diagnostics, Integrated plant management, Epidemiology, Plant
Pathology |
Phytophthora, Downy Mildews |
|
Lina Quesada |
Member |
USA |
North
Carolina State University, Department of Plant Pathology -
Entomology, Assistant Proffesor |
lmquesad@ncsu.edu |
Biosurveillance of plant pathogens, integrated disease management in
vegetable crops, pathogen population genetics and genomics |
Phytophthora, Downy mildew pathogens |
|
Bruno Scanu |
Member |
Italy |
Dipartimento di Agraria - Sezione di Patologia vegetale ed
Entomologia, (SPaVE). Università degli Studi di Sassari |
bscanu@uniss.it |
Plant
pathology, Diagnostics, Molecular Taxonomy and Systematics,
Population genetics, Diveristy in Mediterranean regions, Biology and
Ecology |
Phytophthora |
|
Michael Coffey |
Member |
USA |
Department
of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
University of California,
Riverside. Proffesor. Curator of World Phytophthora Genetic
Resources Collection (WPC) |
coffey@ucr.edu; m_d_coffey@yahoo.com |
Plant
pathology, Molecular Taxonomy and Systematics, collections |
Phytophthora, Pythium, Phytopythium |
|
David Shew |
Member |
USA |
North
Carolina State University, Department of Plant Pathology -
Entomology, Professor |
shew@ncsu.edu |
impacts
of soil chemistry on pathogen biology; impacts of host resistance
gene deployment on pathogen populations; mechanisms of pathogen
adaptation to host resistance; integrated management |
Phytophthora |
|
Timothy Miles |
Member |
USA |
California
State University Monterey Bay. Assistant Professor of Plant
Pathology
|
tmiles@csumb.edu |
Plant
Pathology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Diagnostics, Fungicide
Resistance, Molecular Biology |
Phytophthora, Pythium, Phytopythium
and Downy Mildew species |
|
Jim Huang |
Member |
Taiwan |
Taiwan
Agricultural Research Institute. Plant Pathology Division,
Associate Researcher
|
jhhuang@tari.gov.tw |
Plant
Pathology, Taxonomy, Identification |
Phytophthora, Pythium, Phytopythium, Pythiogeton,
Downy Mildews |
