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Dr. Kerry Pedley

kerry.pedley@usda.gov

Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research
1301 Ditto Avenue, Fort Detrick, MD 21702
Phone: (301) 619-1668
Fax: (301) 619-2880

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Kerry Pedley is the Lead Scientist of the emerging foreign fungal & oomycete plant pathogens project at the Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research Unit (FDWSRU) located on the Fort Detrick U.S. Army installation in Frederick, Maryland. Dr. Pedley leads a multidisciplinary research project on emerging foreign fungal plant pathogens that threaten U.S. agricultural interests.

 

Research Emphasis


My research brings traditional plant pathology methods and advanced molecular approaches to bear on plant-microbe interactions in non-model systems, including historically intractable pathosystems and plant diseases of global significance. Research objectives involve the identification and characterization of plant resistance genes, uncovering the mechanisms of pathogenicity, and diagnostic assay development. Current research is focused on fungal diseases that threaten two of the most important U.S. crops – soybean rust and wheat blast.

 

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Education

Ph.D. Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University
M.S. Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
B.S. Biology, State University of New York at Oswego

 

Research Experience

  • Lead Scientist & Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Frederick, MD, 2015 – present
  • Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Frederick, MD, 2006 – present
  • Acting Research Leader, USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Frederick, MD, 2021 – 2022
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, 2001 – 2006
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Landing, MI, 2001
  • Graduate Research Assistant, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Landing, MI, 1996 – 2001

 

Honors and Awards

  • Early Career Research Scientist of the Year, USDA-ARS North Atlantic Area, 2009
  • T. W. Edminster Award, USDA-ARS, 2008

 

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