Dr. Cassandra L. Swett
Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension Specialist in Vegetable and Field Crop Pathology
Department of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis
Phone: 530-752-3377
Email: clswett@ucdavis.edu
Publications via Research Gate
Guy Robinson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email:gnrobinson@ucdavis.edu
Education: Ph.D., Plant Pathology with a Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology, University of California, Davis
B.S., Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis
Areas of interest: Bioinformatics, population genomics, pathogen evolution, molecular diagnostics, biotechnology.
Primary research focus: Exploring subspecies diversity in multiple Fusarium diseases and advancing diagnostic markers to enable rapid pathogen identification.
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Katie Ashley
Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: kjashley@ucdavis.edu
Education: Ph.D., Plant Science, University of Maine
M.S., Botany and Plant Pathology, University of Maine
B.S., Biology with a minor in Environmental Studies, University of Central Florida
Areas of interest: Outreach and extension, integrated pest management, resilient agriculture, plant-microbe interactions, agroecology, cultural controls, soil health
Primary research focus: Improving best management practices in agronomic equipment sanitation to mitigate the spread of branched broomrape and soilborne pathogens. Enhanced understanding of Fusarium spp. causing Fusarium wilt in alliums as they relate to soil properties and cultural controls.
Myles Collinson
PhD Student, Western SARE Graduate Fellow
Email: mcollinson@ucdavis.edu
Education: B.S Plant Sciences, Entomology, and Fungal Biology; Cornell University
Areas of interest: Fungal Ecology in Agrocroping systems. The ecological interaction of plants and microbes, and how this results in plant diseases. Working to create simple and effective mechanisms to combat plant disease; utilizing cover crops, crop rotation, and wild crop germplasm as a source for disease tolerance. Helping growers with disease issues in an effort to produce better food sources for all.
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Annika BriggsAreas of interest: Plant-microbe interactions, soilborne plant disease management strategies, microbial interactions relating to disease outcomes, fungal disease ecology, investigation of potential biological control agents, diagnostics
Primary research focus: Developing an understanding of Fusarium Basal Rot (FBR) epidemiology in garlic to identify targets for management
Kacey Zimmerman
Primary research focus: Population diversity and disease ecology of trans-kingdom fungal pathogen F. falciforme
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Jarett Rose
Primary research focus: Fusarium Basal Rot (FBR) development in California garlic storage
Indiana Waterman
Research interns
- Curran Neely. email: cneely@ucdavis.edu
- Andrin Kramer. email: ankramer@ucdavis.edu
Diagnostics interns
- TBD
Current undergraduate student technicians
- Sofia Behrman scbehrman@ucdavis.edu
- Curran Neely cneely@ucdavis.edu
- Urmika Balaji ubalaji@ucdavis.edu
- Irelynn Mccormick iamccormick@ucdavis.edu
- Alexandria Zeen amzeen@ucdavis.edu
- Manuel Martinez mamartine@ucdavis.edu
- Kelly Nguyen kllnguyen@ucdavis.edu
- Belle Romero bjromero@ucdavis.edu
- Destiny Toska dstoska@ucdavis.edu
- Mehar Pelia meharpelia@gmail.com
- Maya Kalle mkalle@ucdavis.edu
- Jeanette Messina jmmessina@ucdavis.edu
- Finley Liquete fcliquete@ucdavis.edu
- Teddy Lyon wlyon@ucdavis.edu
- Harrison Norwood hvnorwood@ucdavis.edu
- Frida Rivera valriver@ucdavis.edu
- Opsora Ahamed oahamed@ucdavis.edu
Swett lab affiliates
Dr. Ningxiao Li
Swett lab affiliate- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Jointly advised by Frank Martin and Dave Geiser Email: ngxli@ucdavis.edu
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University
Website: https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/268472/overview
Past Members
Emily Bedell, Alyssa Cerda, Natalie Chavira, Aninditha Keshavan, Anna Weires, Ayaat Quazi, Aydin Linzey, Brianna Stankus, Laurel Schmidt, Justine Beaulieu (APHIS), Logan Kunkel, Kyle Chipman, Ben Baldi, Lauren Wallace, Ashley Brown, Claire Theberge , Sarah Suriano, Emmet Cuyler, Anne-Marie Yang, John Kelleher, Ashly Lord, Anna Catia Erichsen, Kathy Nguyen, Ashley Bahena, Isabelle Jacobsen, Jaylah Davis, Yige Chen, Kelley Paugh (Professor of Cooperative Extension, Clemson University), Eda Ceviker, Edeline Anthoniraj, Johanna Del Castillo (Professor of Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis), Hannah Josifek, Fernando Rodriguez, Pavani Ganju, Faris Alzergani, Natasia Selvidge, Ryan Chau, Maya Michels, Alyssa Brackrog, Emma Centeno, Aimee Hopkins, Megan McCaghey (Professor of Soil Borne Fungi, Univeristy of Minnesotta), Mariana Suguieda, Daisy Huang, Ana Calderon, Beth Hellman, Merissa Washalaski, Kelly Flores, Anni Divney, Alma Orellana, Megan Kozel, Harrison Powell, Jesica Calderon, Elver Lopez Raymundo, Cooper Calvin, Gregory Sugawara, Mrinalini Narayan, Alicja Bednarska, Melanie Belk, Karla Espinoza, Erin Helpio, Heather Johnson, Andi Bourquin, Emily Hain, Rino Oguchi, Alexa Soto, Sydnie Koontz, Nyny Vu
Past Visitors
Sophia Callahan (University of Melbourne)