This is CIFR

We are a multidisciplinary group of researchers on a mission to develop fungal and microbial bioscience solutions for sustainable agriculture, health management, and environmental stewardship.

Executive Committee

Ignazio Carbone

Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Director, CIFR

Marc Cubeta

Professor, Fungal Ecology and Population Biology; Associate Director, CIFR

Nicolas Buchler

Associate Professor of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
CIFR Executive Committee

Nathan Crook

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
CIFR Executive Committee

Christine Hawkes

Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
CIFR Executive Committee

Peter Ojiambo

Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
CIFR Executive Committee

Faculty

Orlando Arguello-Miranda

Assistant Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology

Michael Bradshaw

Assistant Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Director, Larry F. Grand Mycological Herbarium

Mallory Choudoir

Assistant Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology and Extension Specialist

Francis de los Reyes

Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Ralph Dean

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Owen Duckworth

Professor of Crop and Soil Science

Kevin Garcia

Assistant Professor of Crop and Soil Science

Amy M. Grunden

Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology

Caiti Heil

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Shuijin Hu

Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology

Manuel Kleiner

Associate Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology

Alun Lloyd

Professor of Mathematics
Director, Biomathematics Program

Marcela Rojas-Pierce

Associate Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology

Wei Shi

Professor of Crop and Soil Science

Acer VanWallendael

Assistant Professor of Horticultural Science

Emeritus Faculty

Margaret Daub

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Emeritus

Gary Payne

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Emeritus