My training is in Plant Pathology, having worked and trained at U.C. Berkeley, U.C.Davis, Chevron Chemical Company, Cornell University, University of Adelaide (Waite Institute), and Purdue University. I worked for six years on bacterial plant pathogens, and for the past 18 years on plant viruses. A common thread in my work has been in the diagnosis of plant diseases and the detection of plant pathogens. Teaching responsibilities have included graduate courses in plant pathology and plant virology, an undergraduate laboratory course in molecular biological techniques, and a general interest microbiology course for undergraduates. For the past seven years, I have had administrative oversight of the foundation potato seed program for New York State.