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Student Assistant (R89103) – The successful candidate will support orchard and vineyard, greenhouse, and laboratory research in the fruit pathology program in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University (Wooster campus).  Current projects include disease management in chestnut, apple, and strawberry, chestnut grafting, and plant and human pathogen risk mitigation in hydroponic leafy greens.  Some in-state travel may be required. Apply here

Melanie Lewis Ivey, PhD
Principal Investigator Curriculum vitae
Associate Professor
State Fruit Pathologist and State Fresh Produce Safety Extension Specialist
Department of Plant Pathology
Wooster, OH
Selby Hall, Room 238
Email: ivey.14@osu.edu
330-263-3849 (Office)

 

 

Research Staff

Raees Paul, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Plant pathology
Wooster, OH
Selby Hall, Room 221
Email: paul.1161@osu.edu

 

 

 

Sudharsan Sadhasivam, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Plant pathology
Wooster, OH
Selby Hall, Room 221
Email: sadhasivam.1@osu.edu

 

 

Students

Nina Ward*
PhD Student
Department of Plant Pathology
Wooster, OH
Selby Hall, Room
Email: ward.1366@buckeyemail.osu.edu

*Co-advised by Dr. Soledad Benitez Ponce

 

 

Abagail (Aba) Mensah*
PhD Student
Department of Human Sciences Human Nutrition
Department of Plant Pathology
Wooster, OH
Selby Hall, Room 220
Email: mensah.100@buckeyemail.osu.edu

*Co-advised by Dr. Sanja Ilic

 

Gloria Rivas*
MS Student
Department of Plant Pathology
Department of Human Sciences Human Nutrition
Wooster, OH
Selby Hall, Room 223
Email: rivas.77@buckeyemail.osu.edu

*Co-advised by Dr. Sanja Ilic

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