Christine Engelbrecht joined the Plant Disease Clinic staff on May 10th. Christine recently completed the requirements for a PhD in the Department of Plant Pathology at Iowa State University. Her research centered on the fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata, a relative of the oak wilt fungus.
Christine grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, and received her B.S. in Biology from West Virginia Wesleyan College.
Christine can be reached in the Plant Disease Clinic at 515-294-0581. Her e-mail address is cengel@iastate.edu .
This article originally appeared in the 5/21/2004 issue.
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