Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Florida
Belle Glade, Florida
Dr. Larissa C. Ferreira is a Molecular & Digital Plant Pathologist, working as a postdoctoral research associate at the Everglades Research and Education Center of the University of Florida. Throughout her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Agronomy/Plant Pathology at the Federal University of Lavras (Brazil), and PhD in Biological Sciences at Aberystwyth University (UK), she conducted basic and applied research focused on biocontrol of plant pathogens and plant-microbe interactions. She is utilizing various molecular biology and bioinformatics skills to study important and emerging pathogens in the Everglades, such as the Tar Spot disease of sweet corn.