Lab members

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

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Justine Beaulieu

PhD Student, Western SARE Graduate Fellow
Email: jbeaulieu@ucdavis.edu

 

M.S., Plant Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
B.S., Environmental Science and Policy (Environment and Agriculture), University of Maryland, College Park

Areas of interest: Soil borne fungal and oomycete ecology, fungal-root interactions, water management and drought stress as relates to plant disease, plant disease predisposition, vegetable crop pathology, diagnostics, extension

Primary research focus: Elucidating the relationship between drought stress and soil borne pathogens in processing tomatoes.

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Myles Collinson

PhD Student, Western SARE Graduate Fellow
Email: mcollinson@ucdavis.edu

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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Megan Gastelum

Junior Specialist
Email: megastelum@ucdavis.edu
Education: B.S. in Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity; Minor in Global Disease Biology, UC Davis
Areas of interest: International Agriculture Development, Soil and Crop Sciences, Conservation and Restoration Ecology, Ecology and Epidemiology of diseases, One Health approach
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Kacey Zimmerman

Junior Specialist
Email: kzim@ucdavis.edu
Education: B.S. in Cell Biology, Minor in Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity, UC Davis

 

Areas of interest: Fungal biology and ecology, soilborne plant disease, plant-microbe interactions, disease management, diagnostics

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Rachel Hallmark

Junior specialist

Email: rphallmark@ucdavis.edu

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Kyle Chipman

Diagnostics lab manager, SRA 3

Email: kylechipman@ucdavis.edu

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Claire Theberge

Diagnostics lab and field assistant, SRA 3

Email: cetheberge@ucdavis.edu

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Ben Baldi

MS student (International Agriculture and Development)

Email: btbaldi@ucdavis.edu

Swett lab affiliates

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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

Diagnostics interns
  • Anna Catia Erichsen <acerichsen@ucdavis.edu>
  • Ashley Brown <acbrown@ucdavis.edu>
Research interns
  • Anne-Marie Yang <ampyang@ucdavis.edu>
  • Ashly Lord <alord@ucdavis.edu>
  • Anna Catia Erichsen <acerichsen@ucdavis.edu>
Current undergraduate student technicians
  • Lauren Wallace <luwallace@ucdavis.edu>
  • Ashley Brown <acbrown@ucdavis.edu>
  • Claire Theberge <cetheberge@ucdavis.edu>
  • Sarah Suriano <sjsuriano@ucdavis.edu>
  • Emmet Cuyler <secuyler@ucdavis.edu>
  • Anne-Marie Yang <ampyang@ucdavis.edu>
  • John Kelleher <jokelleherjr@gmail.com>
  • Ashly Lord <alord@ucdavis.edu>
  • Laurel Schmidt <ljschmidt@ucdavis.edu>
  • Anna Catia Erichsen <acerichsen@ucdavis.edu>
  • Ayaat Quazi <ayaatsq@gmail.com>
  • Kathy Nguyen <kchnguyen@ucdavis.edu>
  • Ashley Bahena <ashley.natalie4@gmail.com>
  • Isabelle Jacobsen <ijjacobsen@ucdavis.edu>
  • Emily Bedell <emilybedell30@gmail.com>
  • Jaylah Davis <jaydavis@ucdavis.edu>
  • Indiana Waterman <ijwaterman@ucdavis.edu>
  • Yige Chen <cygchen@ucdavis.edu>
Past Members

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)