Faculty

Faculty members in the Department of Plant Pathology come from many different backgrounds and focus on a variety of disciplines.

Megan Kennelly, PhD

Department Head
Horticultural Crops

Eduard Akhunov, PhD

University Distinguished Professor | Wheat Genetics Resource Center Director
Wheat Genetics & Genomics

Alina Akhunova, PhD

Research Professor | Integrated Genomics Director
Genomics

Kelsey Andersen Onofre, PhD

Assistant Professor
Wheat & Forage Crops

Rodrigo Borba Onofre, PhD

Assistant Professor
Row Crops

Myron Bruce, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Applied Wheat Pathology

David Cook, PhD

Associate Professor | Graduate Program Director
Plant-Microbe Interactions

Jared Crain, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Genomics Assisted Breeding

Giovana Cruppe, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Wheat Blast

Erick DeWolf, PhD

Professor
Plant Disease

Marty Draper, PhD

Emeritus Professor

Jagger Harvey, PhD

Research Professor
Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss

Dal-Hoe Koo, PhD

Research Associate Professor
Wheat Cytogenetics

John Leslie, PhD

University Distinguished Professor
Plant Fungi

Chris Little, PhD

Professor
Diseases & Fungal Pathogens

Sanzhen Liu, PhD

Associate Professor
Plant & Microbe Genomes

Shahideh Nouri, PhD

Assistant Professor
Plant Viruses

Judy O'Mara

Instructor | Plant Diagnostic Lab Director
Plant Diagnostics

Jessica Rupp, PhD

Assistant Professor
Wheat Pathology

Jim Stack, PhD

Professor | Great Plains Diagnostic Network Director
Plant Diagnostics

Richard Todd, PhD

Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics

Timothy Todd

Instructor
Nematode Diseases

Chris Toomajian, PhD

Associate Professor
Genomics

Harold Trick, PhD

Professor
Plant Molecular Biology

Barbara Valent, PhD

University Distinguished Professor
Rice & Wheat Blast