Mycologist / Plant Pathologist / fungal taxonomist / molecular biologist / Horticulturist at Michigan State University. Research activity primarily focused on systems involving Tuber and Morchella genera.

After over 10 years serving as a Utilities Systems Technician (6yr active duty & 5 yr civil service) in the US Air Force, I went back and got a BS in Horticulture at MSU. Halfway through my BS, I began working in the Bonito Mycology Lab where I developed a strong interest in all things fungal. It was with this lab that I decided to continue forward through a MS in Plant Pathology (thesis successfully defended!).

The intense diversity and seemingly unfathomable range of unanswered research questions within mycology has completely won my heart in this exciting field of study.