- Congratulations to Genna Tesdall!! Genna has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship for the upcoming year at Humboldt University in Berlin. [June 26, 2018].
- Genna Tesdall has been awarded a Future Leaders Forum scholarship from the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) [April 30, 2018].
- Laura del Sol Bautista-Jalon awarded SARE competitive grant!! [July 24, 2017].
- Genna Tesdall awarded INTAD competitive grant [February 28, 2017]
- Student Stories: Fun with Fungi [February 16, 2017]
- Freddy Magdama successfully defends PhD Thesis [January 20, 2017]
- Sarah Bardsley Capasso Accepts UPenn Biosafety Officer Position [November 29, 2016]
- Brian Aynardi Accepts Research Scientist Position [November 29, 2016]
- Laura el Sol Bautista Jalón awarded Tammen Endowment to travel to Peru [October 19, 2016]
- Laura el Sol Bautista Jalón passes Oral Candidacy examination [October 8, 2016]
- Brian Aynardi successfully defends Dissertation [August 24, 2016]
- Genna Tesdall visits FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy [Agust 1, 2016]
- Laura el Sol Bautista Jalón engages farmers in outreach activities [July 23, 2016]
- Sara May awarded Jordan Endowment [June 21, 2016]
- Freddy Magdama attends International Banana Conference [April 23, 2016]
- Freddy Magdama wins award for oral presentation at Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Student Symposium [April 11, 2016]
- Freddy Magdama wins award for oral presentation at the Gamma Sigma Delta Research Expo [April 1, 2016]
- Genna Tesdall joins our program Genna Tesdall joins our program to pursue a MS in Plant Pathology and International Agriculture and Development [March 31, 2016]
- Freddy Magdama wins award for poster presentation at PSU 2016 Graduate Exhibition [March 21, 2016]
- Sarah Bardsley Capasso wins APS Northeastern Division award [January 7, 2016]
- Sarah Bardsley Capasso passes PhD defense [November 24, 2015]
- María del Mar Jiménez Gasco Presents an Invited Talk in South Africa [July 23, 2015]
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Previous members and where they are now
Michele Mansfield
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lab Manager, 2016-2017
Currently at: Lab Manager, Gugino Lab., Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Freddy Magdama
PhD in Plant Pathology and International Agriculture and Development, 2017
Currently at: Ecuador’s Polytechnic School of the Coast (ESPOL) and the Ecuadorian Center for Biotechnology Research (CIBE)
Brian Aynardi
PhD in Plant Pathology, 2016
Currently: Northeast Research Scientist at PBI/Gordon
Sarah Bardsley Capasso
PhD in Plant Pathology, 2016
Currently: Assistant Biosafety Officer in the Office of Environmental Health and Radiation Safety at the University of Pennsylvania
Jill Demers
PhD in Plant Pathology, 2012
Currently: Bayer
Previously: Research Plant Pathologist, Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, USDA-ARS
Lili Zhang
MS in Plant Pathology, 2010
Alma Rodriguez Estrada
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, 2008
Currently, Assistant Professor of Biology, Aurora University
Current Members of the Program
Maria del Mar Jimenez-Gasco
Associate Professor, Principal Investigator, Mommy, and Program Cheerleader
Michele Mansfield
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lab Manager
Laura del Sol Bautista Jalon
PhD Candidate in Plant Pathology and International Agriculture and Development
Sara May
PhD Candidate in Plant Pathology and Plant Disease Clinic Coordinator
Genna Tesdall
MS Student in Plant Pathology and International Agriculture and Development
Jimenez-Gasco Lab 