Aime & Blackwell Labs, LSU
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Postdocs
Daniel Henk
(2005-2007, USDA-ARS)
Senior Lecturer
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath U.K.
Maj Padamsee
(2008-2010, LSU)
Research Scientist
Landcare Research
Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Merje Toome-Heller
(2010-2014, LSU & Purdue)
Principal Scientist
Mycology & Bacteriology, Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries St Johns, Auckland 1072,
New Zealand
Alistair McTaggart
(2011, LSU)
Co-Founder
Psymbiotika Lab
Brisbane, Australia
Jordan Bailey
(2013-2015)
Leader
Plant Pathology Curation
New South Wales Department of Primary Indistries
Australia
Andrew Wilson
(2013-2014)
Associate Curator of Mycology
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver, Colorado
Amnat Eamvijarn
(2016-2017)
Researcher
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Bangkok, Thailand
Mehrdad Abbasi
(2014-2016)
Retired
Hector Urbina
(2016-2018)
Research Scientist
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services-Division of Plant Industry
Gainesville, FL
Rachel A. Koch
(2017-2019)
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS-NEA
Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit
Ft. Dietrick, MD
Luis Ramirez Camejo
(2018-2020)
Researcher
Centro de Biodiversidad y
Descubrimiento de Drogas
INDICASAT-AIP, Panama
Danny Haelewaters
(2018-2020)
Lab Head
Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution
University of South Bohemia
Czech Republic
Patty Kaishian
(2020-2021)
Curator of Mycology
New York State Museum
Albany, NY
Jeff Stallman
(2024-2025)
Fungus Conservation Coordinator
Indianapolis Zoo
Indianapolis, IN
(2022-2023)
Postdoc
Department of Forestry Mycology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Uppsala, Sweden
Paula Gomez Zapata
Daniel Raudabaugh
Lead Research Scientist (2022-2025)
Assistant Professor
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK
Graduate Students
Tomas Rush
(M.S. 2012, LSU)
R&D Staff Scientist
Bioscience Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
Andrew Rodriguez
(M.S. 2011, LSU)
Assistant Professor
University of Texas, San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Sebastian Albu
(M.S. 2012, LSU)
Senior Plant Pathologist
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services - Plant Pest Diagnostics Lab
Sacramento, CA
Donald Nelsen
(M.S. 2013, LSU)
Technical Applications Scientist
Azenta Life Sciences
Burlington, MA
Rachel A. Koch
(PhD 2017)
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS-NEA
Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit
Ft. Dietrick, MD
Teeratas Kijpornyongpan
(PhD 2019)
Researcher
Bangkok, Thailand
Jorge Diaz Valderrama
(PhD 2019)
Associate Professor & Head, Plant Health Research Laboratory
National University Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza
Chachapoyas, Peru
Fanni Lakatos
(M.S. 2019)
Forensic Scientist I
Utah Bureau of Forensic Services Utah Dept. of Public Safety
Salt Lake City, UT
Pedro Pablo Parra Giraldo
(PhD 2019)
Manager & Deputy Director
European Union Reference Laboratory for Plant Pathogenic fungi and Oomycetes
Nancy, France
Blaise Jumbam
(Ph.D. 2022)
Research Scientist
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
Dillon Husbands
(Ph.D. 2022)
Dean
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
University of Guyana
Georgetown, Guyana
(Ph.D. 2022)
Postdoc
Department of Forestry Mycology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Uppsala, Sweden
Paula Gomez Zapata
Samira Fatemi
(Ph.D. 2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Synergistic Hawaii Agriculture Council
Hilo, HI
Jeff Stallman
(Ph.D. 2024)
Fungus Conservation Coordinator
Indianapolis Zoo
Indianapolis, IN
Kathryn Maley
(Ph.D. 2025)
Postdoctoral scholar
Dept. Botany & Plant Pathology
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Visiting Scientists, Interns, & Research Assistants
Allison Walker
Visiting Scientist
(2004-2005, USDA-ARS)
Robert Bills
Lab Assistant (2006-2007, USDA)
Clare Whittaker
Visiting Intern (2006, USDA and 2008, LSU)
Amnat Eamvijarn
Visiting intern (2008, LSU)
Game Boonyuen
Visiting intern (2010, LSU)
Raman Kaur
Lab Manager (2008-2013)
Gregory Heller
Lab technician (2010-2011, LSU)
John F. Klimek
Lab technician (2013-2018)
Esperanza Torres Rojas
Visiting Professor (2013-2014)
Aamna Ishaq
Visiting intern (2015-2016)
Marlon Rodriguez
Visiting intern (2016)
Paula Gomez Zapata
Intern (2016)
Marian Kirchberg
Visiting Graduate Student (2016)
Elena Karlsen-Ayala
Lab Manager (2016-2018)
Nikolai Lutas
Visiting Scholar (2018)
Stephen Russell
Ph.D. student (2016-2020)
Lucia Molina
Visiting Scholar (2018, and 2026)
Thijs Montalvo
Visiting Scholar (2019)
Muhammad Ali
Visiting Scholar (2019-2020)
Sarah Verhaeghen
Assistant, North American Mycoflora Project 2019-2020
Ashley Newton
Visiting Scholar (2020)
Bryce Westman
Collections Manager (2019-2022)
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Christopher Layug
Research assistant (2020-2022)
Ariana Moffit
Research assistant (2020-2024)
Lucy Jingyu Liu
Lab Manager (2020-2026)
Cristhian Ruiz
Visiting intern (2021-2023)
Helen Law
Ph.D. Student (2022-2023)
Karol Brighton Rubio Rojas
Visiting Intern (2023)
Ingrid Milagros Iliquin Inga
Visiting Intern (2023)
Carlos A. Lopez Manzano
Visiting Scholar (2023)
Tomohiro Suzuki
Visiting professor (2024-2025)
Tzu-Fang Chang
Rotating Ph.D. Student (2025)
Ana Sofia Perez Lopez
Visiting Scholar (2025)
Sonia Jezierski
Visiting Intern (2026)
Angela Maria Ossorio Trochez
Visiting Scholar (2025)