Meet our author team

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  Dr. Z. Gloria Abad

  USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Beltsville Lab

  Gloria is a Senior Plant Pathologist at the Beltsville Lab and Adjunct Professor at Pennsylvania State University. She is an expert in oomycetes with an emphasis in Phytophthora taxonomy and nomenclature.

 
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  Dr. Treena Burgess

  Murdoch University, Western Australia

  Treena is an Associate Professor in Plant Sciences and the Director of the Centre for Phytophthora Science and Management at Murdoch University, Australia.

 
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  Dr. John C. Bienapfl

  USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Beltsville Lab

  John is a member of the Mycology Section at the Beltsville Lab. He has expertise in diagnostics of a wide range of plant pathogens, with an emphasis on Phytophthora species.

 
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  Amanda J. Redford

  USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Fort Collins Lab

  Amanda coordinates tool and app development with the Identification Technology Program (ITP) at the Fort Collins Laboratory.

 
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  Dr. Michael Coffey

  University of California Riverside

  Mike is a professor of plant pathology at UC Riverside. He is the curator of the World Phytophthora Genetic Resource Collection.

 
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  Leandra Knight

  USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Beltsville Lab

  Leandra is a member of the Mycology Section at the Beltsville Lab. She has supported the work of Dr. Gloria Abad for IDphy from 2016-2018.