Graduate student
University of California Riverside, California
I am a fourth year PhD candidate at the University of California Riverside (UCR). I received my bachelor's degree in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology (CMDB) at UCR. My major field of study is in plant- pathogen interaction and plant immune responses under the advisement of Dr. Thomas Eulgem. My research project is focused on host immune responses against the detrimental plant root pathogen Macrophomina phaseolina (Mp). I am intrested in interactions of (Mp) with the plant model species Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) to undrestand the host immunity against (Mp).