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