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Diane Te Strake

Professor

CONTACT

Office: BSF 203
Email

EDUCATION

• B.S. 1957, University of Florida
• M.A. 1959, Duke University
• Ph.D. 1963, Duke University

TEACHING

• Assistant Professor, 1960-62, Greensboro College, N.C.
• Assistant Professor, 1966-67, California State College
• Assistant Professor, 1967-70, 麻豆视频
• Assistant Chairperson, 1975-1979, 麻豆视频
• Associate Professor, 1970-90, 麻豆视频
• Professor, 1990- , 麻豆视频
• Interim Associate Dean, Research and Operations, College of Arts and Sciences, 1995-96, 麻豆视频
• Associate Dean, Research and Operations, College of Arts and Sciences 1996-2001
• Director Undergraduate Studies, Department of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2008-
• Director of USF Herbarium January 2010-

RESEARCH

GENERAL RESEARCH AREA

Marine and medically important fungi

SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREA

The widely distributed saprobic fungus, Basidiobolus, is sometimes a pathogen of humans and other vertebrates, primarily in tropical areas. One long-range goal of my research is to obtain, information about the physiology, pathogenicity, and distribution of this fungus that is also reported to be an insect pathogen. With colleagues, I hope to determine how much variability exists among these taxa from temperate and tropical environments, and how it might relate to the pathogenicity of this fungus.

Other  interests involve plant/fungal and plant/fungal/insect relationships. Several of these are focused in the marine and coastal environments.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Max Chase
• Haley Inselberg
• Christopher Norrie
• Megan Rada
• Brandon Ramos