The American Phytopathological Society 2011 Awards .

APS AwardsAPS FellowsThe society grants this honor to a current APS member in recognitionof distinguished contributions to plant pathology or to The AmericanPhytopathological Society.James R. Alfano was born in Burbank, CA.He received a B.S. degree in microbiologyfrom San Diego State University in 1986and a Ph.D. degree in microbiology fromWashington State University in 1993 andhe was a post-doctoral research associate inthe Department of Plant Pathology, CornellUniversity, Ithaca, NY (1993–1997). From1997 to 2000, he was an assistant professorin the Department of Biological Sciencesat the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. In 2000, he moved to theUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he is now the CharlesBessey professor in the Center for Plant Science Innovation andthe Department of Plant Pathology. Alfano has made importantcontributions to our understanding of the type III secretion systemin Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. He led collaborativeefforts to characterize the Hrp pathogenicity island of DC3000 andto identify more than 30 type III effector genes in the DC3000genome based on targeting-associated amino-acid patterns and testsfor effector translocation into plant cells and systematically analyzedthese proteins for their ability to suppress different levels of plantdefense. Alfano has determined environmental conditions that favoreffector secretion in culture and the role of chaperones and trafficcontrol and translocator proteins in effector delivery. He also hasmade important discoveries regarding the function of two effectors,HopAO1, a protein tyrosine phosphatase, and HopU1, a monoADP-ribosyltransferase that targets at least one Arabidopsis thalianaRNA-binding protein with a role in plant defense. Alfano teachesmultiple courses and is a senior editor for Molecular Plant-MicrobeInteractions.Judith K. Brown was born in Youngstown,OH, and moved at a young age toScottsdale, AZ, where she was raised as a“desert girl.” She received her B.S. degreefrom Texas A&M University, an M.S.degree from Washington State University,and a Ph.D. degree from the University ofArizona (1984). She was a post-doctoralassociate and research professor until 1999when she joined the Plant Sciences Faculty,advancing to full professor in 2004. Brown is a world authority onwhitefly-transmitted viruses and vector biotypes. She has visited,lectured, and studied emerging diseases in 63 countries and carriesout collaborative research in Asia, Africa, and Tropical Americas.She recognized early that DNA-based methods would transformdifferentiation of vector haplotypes and viral population studies,and she applied them concomitantly to explore whitefly andbegomovirus diversification globally, developing extensive moleculardatabases still employed worldwide. Since 1990, she has delivered50 invited international and 83 national/in-state presentations.Brown is a prolific author with more than 111 journal articles, 11book chapters, eight reviews, 20 proceedings, 38 disease reports, andmore than 250 abstracts. She has received numerous rewards. Herlaboratory has hosted more than 50 visiting scholars or graduatestudents from 14 countries. She is an active APS member, havingserved as Caribbean Division councilor (2001–2006), member andchair (2005) of the Virology Committee, member of the EmergingPathogens and Diseases Committee (2004–present), Office ofInternational Programs (1996–1999; 2009–present), and chair ofthe Vector-Pathogen Complexes Committee. Brown was associateeditor of Phytopathology (2000–2003) and Plant Disease (2007–2009) and is an APS PRESS senior editor.Lynda M. Ciuffetti was born in Fitchburg,MA, and earned a Ph.D. degree in plantpathology from Purdue University in1983. She was a post-doctoral associate atBrandeis University and Cornell Universitybefore joining the faculty of Oregon StateUniversity (OSU) in 1990. She becamechair/head of the Department of Botany andPlant Pathology at OSU in 2008. Ciuffettiis an internationally known authority onmolecular host–pathogen interactions. She has done landmarkstudies on host-specific toxins produced by Pyrenophora triticirepentis, the wheat tan spot pathogen. Ciuffetti’s group establishedthe importance of genotype when characterizing the race structureof P. tritici-repentis and production of HSTs, identified the ToxAgene, demonstrated that ToxA is necessary and sufficient to causenecrosis in susceptible wheat, and characterized its mechanismof action. Ciuffetti is an exceptional teacher and mentor ofundergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows.Her passion for science, the excellence of her research group, andher teaching contributions are legendary at OSU. Ciuffetti has asuperb record of professional service, including as a member of theOregon Board of Higher Education, president of the Faculty Senateat OSU, and chair of the OSU Graduate Council. She served as achair or member of 11 national panels for federal funding agencies,section chair on the Scientific Program Board of APS, and associateeditor of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Ciuffetti’s scientificcontributions have been recognized with an NSF CAREER Awardand numerous awards from OSU, including the OSU AlumniDistinguished Professor Award in 2010.Thomas L. German was born in Aurora,IL, and raised in Eau Claire, WI. He holdsa B.S. degree in zoology and secondaryeducation (biology and chemistry), an M.S.degree in biological sciences, and a Ph.D.degree in plant pathology. He taught highschool biology, worked on several postdoctoral projects, and served as a facultymember at the University of Hawaii andUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, where healso served as director of the Wisconsin Seed Potato CertificationProgram, chair of the Department of Plant Pathology, and thenchair of the Department Entomology. Throughout his career,

APS AwardsGerman reached for excellence, focusing on asking insightfulquestions and tirelessly working toward understanding very difficultproblems. He worked on the cutting edge of virology to answerfundamental and applied questions spanning many plant viruses(e.g., Pea enation mosaic virus, Brome mosaic virus, Tomato spottedwilt virus), the animal-infecting scrapie agent, and diverse seedpotato pathogens. His early discoveries presaged contemporary workon viral-membrane-bound replication factories, and properties ofviral RNA and viral polymerases, as well as contributing proceduresaiding discovery of prions. He is best known for tremendouslyadvancing knowledge of the Tomato spotted wilt virus genome,biology, and thrips vector relationships, including virus replicationin thrips, and the role of membrane glycoproteins in virusacquisition. German is richly deserving of recognition as an APSfellow for his exemplary performance as an educator and a mentor,depth and breadth in basic and applied research in virology and seedpotato pathology, outreach, administration, and professional service.Maria Lodovica Gullino is a professor andthe vice rector of Torino University. Herresearch covers a variety of fundamentaland applied topics. These include workson fungicide resistance, exploring themechanisms and seeking strategies to copewith this resistance, and on biologicaland integrated control, from fundamentalwork on mechanisms, suppressiveness, andimprovement of biocontrol through geneticmanipulation to application in the field as well as incorporationof biocontrol in integrated pest management strategies througha holistic approach. She has studied many aspects of ecology,etiology, epidemiology, management, and molecular diagnosis ofsoilborne pathogens. She is heavily involved in teaching, both at heruniversity and at an international level. Gullino’s close cooperationwith the agricultural community, the public, extension, andindustry sectors on such topics as plant protection, environment,agriculture, and policy is remarkable. She organized and chaired the9th International Congress of Plant Pathology. In 2002, togetherwith A. Garibaldi, she established AGRINNOVA at the Universityof Torino, a “Centre of Competence” devoted to basic and appliedresearch, knowledge and technology transfer, and disseminationof results in the agro-environment and agro-food arenas. She isAGRINNOVA’s director. She has been president of the ItalianSociety of Plant Protection and of the Italian Association of theScientific Societies in Agricultural Sciences, as well as vice presidentand currently president (until 2013) of the International Society ofPlant Pathology. Throughout her career, Gullino has demonstratedstrong scientific and managerial leadership. Her scientific outputincludes hundreds of refereed papers, disease notes, reviews, books,and book chapters.Dennis A. Johnson earned a B.S. degreein botany from Brigham Young Universityand M.S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1978) degreesin plant pathology from the University ofMinnesota. He was hired as an assistantplant pathologist at Washington StateUniversity in 1980 and was promotedto associate professor in 1984 and fullprofessor in 1990. Johnson conducts a highlyproductive research and extension programon diseases of potato and mint. He has made key contributionsto the epidemiology and management of late blight, black dot,and white mold of potato and of Verticillium wilt of mint andpotato. Important scientific contributions have been made indisease forecasting, quantitative characterization of spatial patternsof diseased plants, characterization of partial resistance, and theetiology of Phytophthora infestans from latently infected potato seedtubers. His late blight forecasting models have been successfullyused in the Columbia Basin for 15 years. His model for timingfungicide applications for potato white mold has saved growers inWashington State more than 7.64 million annually since 2005.He has authored 108 peer-reviewed research journal articles; morethan 250 extension publications; several sections in APS diseasecompendia on potato, hop, and onion; and edited the secondedition of Potato Health Management. He has served on several APScommittees and was APS Pacific Division president (2008–2009).He is an honorary life member of the Potato Association of Americaand a recipient of the Friend of the Mint Industry Award.Yin-Won Lee was born in ChungnamProvince, South Korea, and received aB.S. degree in agricultural biology fromSeoul National University (SNU) in 1974.In 1984, he received his Ph.D. degreein plant pathology from the Universityof Minnesota for his work on Fusariummycotoxins, under the guidance of ChesterMirocha. He returned to SNU and achievedthe rank of full professor in 1996 and ofdepartment chair of applied biology and chemistry in 2004. Today,Lee is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on thegenus Fusarium and Fusarium mycotoxins. He and his colleagueshave done elegant work on the discovery, chemical identification,toxicology, genetic control, and biosynthetic machinery ofmany important mycotoxins, such as deoxynivalenol, nivalenol,zearalenone, fusarochromanone, sambutoxin, the fumonisin Cseries, and apicidin. Lee and coworkers also made very significantcontributions to basic studies of Fusarium biology. For example,they were the first to disable the self-fertilizing capacity ofhomothallic strains of F. graminearum, which rendered the strainsmuch more amenable to genetic studies. Lee has mentored fivepost-doctoral researchers, 10 Ph.D. students, and 26 M.S. students.He set up two new research centers, the Center for AgriculturalBiomaterials and the Center for Fungal Pathogenesis, at SNU.Finally, as the long-time editor-in-chief and editor, he was key tothe growth and international success of The Plant Pathology Journal,

APS Awardsformerly known as the Korean Journal of Plant Pathology. For allthese reasons, Lee is truly deserving of the title of fellow of TheAmerican Phytopathological Society.Themis J. Michailides was born inArgos Orestikon, Greece. He received anM.S. degree in agriculture developmentand irrigation from the AgriculturalUniversity in Athens, Greece, and M.S.and Ph.D. degrees in plant pathologyfrom the University of California (UC),Davis. After post-doctoral appointmentsat Oregon State University, Hood River,and UC Davis, he joined the faculty in theDepartment of Plant Pathology, UC Berkeley, in 1989 and waspromoted to associate plant pathologist in 1992. With the transferof ag-related research and extension programs from Berkeley tothe Davis campus, Michailides was assigned to the Department ofPlant Pathology, UC Davis, and has since been a plant pathologistat the Kearney Agricultural Center with research responsibilitiesin fruit and nut crop diseases. Michailides is a leading authorityin fungal fruit tree pathology and is recognized nationally andinternationally for his innovating studies of using latent infectionto predict and manage efficiently devastating diseases of stonefruit, vines, and tree nut crops. He has made major contributionsin understanding and determining the mechanisms of fungicideresistance to benzimidazoles, strobilurins, and carboxamides inglobally distributed pathogens, such as Monilinia fructicola, M. laxa,Botrytis cinerea, and Alternaria alternata. He has been successful forusing both conventional and molecular techniques to solve appliedplant pathological problems. He has helped the pistachio industryto reduce aflatoxins by identifying the “Achilles heel” of aflatoxincontamination. Michailides’ academic achievements are reflected byhis more than 180 articles

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