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