research
primary investigator of
- CLEAN STOCK PILOT AND GREEN CERTIFICATION | Research Grant
- DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION, AND EVALUATION OF VIRUS-RESISTANT TRANSGENIC GRAPEVINES OF INTEREST TO CHILE AND THE UNITED STATED | Research Grant
- ETIOLOGY OF THE RUGOSE WOOD DISEASE OF GRAPEVINE AND GENETIC MANIPULATION OF THE ASSOCIATED VITIVIRUSES | Research Grant
- PLUM POX VIRUS SAMPLE ANALYSIS | Research Grant
- PLUM POX VIRUS SAMPLE ANALYSIS | Research Grant
- QUARANTINE PROGRAM AND EXCLUSION OF FOREIGN PESTS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Research Grant
- SCREENING OF TRANSGENIC PAPAYA FOR RESISTANCE TO PRSV STRAINS ORIGINATING OUTSIDE OF HAWAII | Research Grant
co investigator of
research areas
- agricultural biotechnology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biodiversity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biotechnology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- disease control | collaborative research area (CALS)
- fruit and vegetable production | collaborative research area (CALS)
- international agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- molecular biology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- new life sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- plant pathology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- risk analysis and assessment | collaborative research area (CALS)
- transgenic plants | collaborative research area (CALS)
- vegetables | collaborative research area (CALS)
- viticulture | collaborative research area (CALS)
international geographic focus
- France | country
submitted impact statement
- Develop effective, sustainable and environmentally friendly strategies to control viruses of vegetable and fruit crops based on advanced knowledge of virus-host interactions and virus-vector relationships. | 2007 Impact statement
- Develop effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly strategies to control viruses of vegetable and fruit crops | 2006 Impact statement
- Develop effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly strategies to control viruses of vegetable and fruit crops | 2005 Impact statement
- The development of effective and environmentally friendly strategies to control viruses of vegetable and fruit crops | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Plant Pathology at Geneva | Geneva department
member of graduate field
- Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | graduate field
teaching
teaches
- PLPA 7990 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- PLPA 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- PLPA 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- PLPA 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- PLPA 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
service
current professional activities
- Member, American Phytopathology Society
- Member, International Council for the Study of Virus and Virus-like Diseases of the Grapevine
- Member, French Phytopathology Society
background
educational background
- Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1989
- M.S., Molecular Biology, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1986
- B.S., Life Sciences, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 1981
featured in
- Geneva experiment station helps N.Y. fight plum pox virus | Cornell Chronicle feature
Keywords: diagnostics, environmental risk assessment, epidemiology, genetic engineering, management, plant pathology and plant-microbe biology, plant virology, resistance, resistanceenvironmental safety assessment, viral genomics, virus-host interaction