Members
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
Christine Hawkes
Professor | Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities Cluster | Faculty
Ignazio Carbone
Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology | Director, CIFR
Marc Cubeta
Professor, Soil Mycology and Plant Disease Ecology | Associate Director, CIFR | Director, Larry F. Grand Mycological Herbarium
Nicolas Buchler
Associate Professor of Molecular Biomedical Sciences CIFR Executive Committee
Faculty
Alun Lloyd
Professor of Mathematics | Mathematical modeling and statistical analyses of infectious diseases
Amy M. Grunden
Professor of Functional Genomics
Francis De Los Reyes
Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Associate Faculty of Microbiology, and Training Faculty of Biotechnology’s
Kevin Garcia
Assistant Professor
Manuel Kleiner
Assistant Professor
Marcela Rojas-Pierce
Assistant Professor
Nathan Crook
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering CIFR Executive Committee
Oliver Baars
Assistant Professor
Owen Duckworth
Associate Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry
Peter Ojiambo
Associate Professor
Wei Shi
Professor
Emeritus Faculty
Gary Payne
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology Emeritus
Margaret Daub
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor & Department Head
Shuijin Hu
Professor
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
Ralph Dean
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Caiti Heil
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Acer VanWallendael
Assistant Professor of Horticultural Science
