Professor
Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
Plant Breeding & Genetics
International Agriculture & Rural Development

Scientific Director
McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program

B.S. Plant Sciences
B.S. Viticulture & Enology
       Cornell University College of Agriculture &        Life Science
acr78@cornell.edu

My research focuses the genetic exploration of the fitness benefits/costs of disease resistance in maize, and remote sensing-based field phenotyping

I am interested in researching strategies for mitigating mycotoxins in maize.

I am interested in the management and ecology of toxigenic fungi, and the impacts of these organisms on global agriculture and food security.

Oat Breeder at PepsiCo, Rhinelander WI

Postdoctoral research associate, University of Arkansas

Dissertation: Insights Into the Genetic and Environmental Bases of Mycotoxin Contamination in Kenyan Maize

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Dissertation: Insights Into Disease Resistance: Genetic Architecture, Genes, and Pleiotropy in Maize

Trait Introgression Breeder, Monsanto

Dissertation: Resistance to Gray Leaf Spot of Maize: Underlying Genetic Architecture and Associated Mechanisms

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dissertation: Resistance to Aflatoxin Accumulation In Maize

Thesis: Coexistence of Sibling Species of Cercospora Causing Gray Leaf Spot on Maize in Southern New York State

Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS
Adjunct Professor, Kansas State University

Dissertation: The Genetic Architecture of Quantitative Disease Resistance in Maize

My research focusses on mycotoxins and grain sorting to mitigate aflatoxin contamination in maize

Professor, University of Delaware

Dissertation: The Genetic Architecture of Quantitative Resistance in the Cereals

PhD, Pennsylvania State University