Plant Pathologist
Goverment
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, I entered the plant biology Ph.D. program at the Pennsylvania State University where I studied plant-insect interactions under Dr. Dawn Luthe’s mentorship. My dissertation research focused on maize defenses in response to above and belowground insect pests. In 2017, I started my first post-doc at Duke University with Dr. Thomas Mitchell-Olds in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute, I studied rice genetic diversity in response to flooding environments, this research was funded by the NSF Post-doc Fellowship in the Plant Genome Research Program. In 2019, I started my second post-doctoral research experience in plant-pathogen interactions with the USDA-ARS in New Orleans. In 2021, became a permanent scientist with USDA-ARS, in my position within ARS, I work in several research projects that use diverse approaches, such as systems biology, -omics, physiology, machine learning and artificial intelligence, to understand host-resistance against aflatoxin accumulation in corn and mitigate mycotoxin contamination.
(CS-2-2) Predictive models to manage mycotoxin outbreaks in the USA
Sunday, August 6, 2023
1:53 PM – 2:13 PM EDT