Monique L. Sakalidis
Assistant Professor
Dept. Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences and Dept. Forestry
Dept. Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences and Dept. Forestry
PhD Student
Research: Caliciopsis canker of eastern white pine
Sakalidis Lab since Fall 2018
PhD student
Research: eastern white pine
Sakalidis & McCullough Labs since Spring 2017
Currently also working for the USFS
PhD student
Research: Oak Wilt
Since Fall 2017
Master's Student
Research: oak wilt management
Summer 2023
Master's Student
Research: oak wilt management
Summer 2023
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Since Fall 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Since Fall 2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Since Fall 2022
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Winter 2023
Visiting Researcher
Research: microbiomes
Winter 2022
Research Associate
Research: chestnut disease management
Spring 2023
Post Doc
Research: Pathogen detection and diagnostics development and biocontrol
Fall 2017-Fall 2019
Current Position: Assistant professor, Department of Forest Environmental Resources, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
PhD student
Research: population genetics of cucurbit and hop downy mildew.
Hausbeck & Sakalidis Labs Fall 2016-Fall 2020
Current Position: Plant Pathology Scientist, Root Applied Sciences, California, USA
Master's Student
Research: brown rot of chestnut
Sakalidis Lab Fall 2019-Summer 2022
Current Position: Ohalo Genetics, North Carolina, USA
Post Doc
Research: oak wilt management
Summer 2021-Summer 2022
Current Position: Program manager, European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for pests on plants – on Fungi and oomycetes, ANSES, Plant Health Laboratory – mycology unit, France
Muddassar Hussain (visiting scholar from University of Agriculture, supported by the HEC of Pakistan 6 month scholarship) Winter-Summer 2022
Muahmmad Zunair Latif (visiting scholar from University of Agriculture, supported by the HEC of Pakistan 6 month scholarship) Fall 2020-Summer 2021
Benjamin Lee Jones (Emerging Scholars Program) Spring 2019
Gabdiel E. Yulfo-Soto (SROP Intern, now a graduate student in Lisa Vaillancourt’s lab at the University of Kentucky) Summer 2017 & 2018
Mayra Velen Buendia Velazquez (visiting scholar) Summer 2017
Jan Martin Wulff (independent study) Spring 2017
Phillip Kurzeja (continuing studies) Spring 2017
Jalen Lillard Fall 2021-Summer 2022
Carmen M. Medina-Mora Fall 2016- Summer 2022
Sage Beerman Winter 2020-Spring 2021
Cathryn McGowan Winter 2020-Spring 2021
Emily Ruda Spring 2019-Summer 2021
Crystal Nelson Spring 2019-Fall 2021
Brian Merle Winter 2020-Spring 2020 and Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Brandon Younan Spring 2019-Fall 2019
Tina Guo Spring 2019- Spring 2020
Jessica Henke Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Sydney Stauffer Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Nancy Sharma Spring 2018 (now a graduate student in Timothy Miles Lab at MSU)
Louis Radecki Summer 2017-Spring 2018
Christian D. McAlvey Spring 2017
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