Contact information

Dr. John Dobbs

john.dobbs@usda.gov

Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research
1301 Ditto Avenue, Fort Detrick, MD 21702
Phone: 301-619-7211
Fax: (301) 619-2880

 John Dobbs is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Crouch’s lab. Dr. Dobbs has forest pathology related experience with projects including classical breeding for disease resistance, systems biology, bioinformatics, primer design and testing, field diagnostic experience, tree pathogen inoculations, and vegetative propagation. In his masters and Ph.D. research in plant pathology from Colorado State University, he studied Fusarium spp. diversity and pathogenomics among tropical and temperate hardwood (e.g., Acacia koa) and soft wood (e.g., Pinus spp. and Picea spp.) tree species.

Research Emphasis

Systems biology investigations of the interactions between the fungal pathogens that cause boxwood blight and foreign oak wilt diseases and woody plant species, boxwoods and oaks.

Current research projects include population genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics pathway analysis, and diagnostic assay development. Developing rapid diagnostics assays using multiple technologies including next- and third-generation sequencing, high-throughput analysis, and visual detection.

Publications

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Education

Ph.D. Plant Pathology, Colorado State University
M.S. Plant Pathology, Colorado State University
B.A. Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Research Experience

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research Unit, Frederick, MD. 2024-present.
• Graduate Fellow/Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. 2017-2024
• Nursery Experimentalist, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Maunawili, HI. 2012-2017.