Contact information

Angie Burgos

angie.burgos@usda.gov

Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research
1301 Ditto Avenue, Fort Detrick, MD 21702
Phone: (301)-619-5258
Fax: (301) 619-2880

Angie Burgos is a biologist and ORISE participant who joined FDWSRU in April 2024. She works in Dr. Alina Puig’s laboratory, supporting her group research that works with Peronosclerospora spp. causing downy mildew diseases in sorghum, corn, and sugarcane. She is currently working with Peronosclerospora sorghi transmitted under controlled conditions and evaluating emerging viruses on food crops.

Other skills include uses of molecular techniques to identify pathogens, plant/fungal host maintenance, propagation and micropropagation of plants.

Previously, she worked as a biological science technician at USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) supporting the Plant Germplasm Quarantine Program (PGQP) identifying pathogens in cassava, potato and sweet potato crops by mechanical transmissions, serology, PCR, bioassays and leaf dip assay by electron microscopy.

Education

M. S. Ecology, La Molina National University of Agriculture
B.S. Biology, Federico Villarreal National University
Certified in Biodiversity Management, Ricardo Palma University

Committee and Location Service

• FDWSRU Special Emphasis Committee