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M. Catherine Aime

Professor of Mycology

Director, Purdue University Herbaria

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Email: maime@purdue.edu

Tel: 765-496-7853

 

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Herbarium and Support Staff
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Rabern Simmons

Curator of Fungi

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Email: simmondr@purdue.edu

 

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Bryan Reyes

Culture technician

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Email: reyes168@purdue.edu

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Post Doctoral Associates
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Terry Jarianna Torres Cruz

Ph.D. 

Email: ttorresc@purdue.edu

Research: Terry is working on the coffee leaf rust project.

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Kathryn Maley

Ph.D. 

Email: maleyk@purdue.edu​

Research: Kathryn is working with fungal symbionts of trees in forest ecosystems.

 

Visiting Scholars
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Nombuso Ngubane

Visiting postdoctoral scholar

Email: nngubane@purdue.edu

 

Research: Nombuso works with  genomes of Exobasidium

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Sonia Jezierski

Intern

Email: sjjezierski@wisc.edu

 

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Graduate Students
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Polina Mironova

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: polinavmironova@gmail.com

 

Research: Polina works with Laboulbeniomycetes.

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Alexander Baena

Ph.D. Student

Email: hbaena@purdue.edu

Research: Alex is working with Pucciniomycotina yeasts.

 

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Daniela Chacon

Master Student

Email: dchacona@purdue.edu

Research: Daniela is working with rust fungi.

 

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Chia-Ying Vivian Hsu

Ph.D. Student

Email: hsu418@purdue.edu

Research: Chia-Ying is working on  rhizomorphs that are found in bird nests.

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Hasaruni Ediriweera

Master Student

Email: hediriwe@purdue.edu

Research: Hasu is working on rust fungi from Sri Lanka.

Undergraduate Students
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Parker Pierce

Research assistant

 

Email: pierc144@purdue.edu

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Jackson Kuchmay

Research assistant

 

Email: jkuchmay@purdue.edu

 

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Mary Crim

Herbarium assistant

 

Email: mscrim@purdue.edu

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Kit Mount

Research assistant

 

Email: cmount@purdue.edu

 

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Brieana Branton

Research assistant

 

Email: bbranton@purdue.edu

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Robert Lyon

Research assistant

 

Email: lyonr@purdue.edu

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Samantha Kessel

Research assistant

 

Email: kessels@purdue.edu

 

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Rodrigo Wong Pagano

Research assistant

 

Email: rwongpag@purdue.edu

 

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Trinity Austin

Research assistant

 

Email: austi132@purdue.edu

 

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