Kurt H Lamour
Specialization: Population & Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics of Plant Pathogens
I joined the Entomology and Plant Pathology Department in January 2003 to pursue molecular epidemiology and to continue my investigations of fungal-like plant pathogens known collectively as oomycetes. I trained under Dr. Mary Hausbeck, a vegetable specialist at Michigan State University (MSU), and during my doctoral training became a true admirer of these fascinating and highly destructive organisms.
Prior to starting at UT, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at MSU, and over the past 20+ years have had the privilege of working with diverse scientists worldwide, primarily characterizing populations in the genus Phytophthora. I’m fully mesmerized by the power of genetics to illuminate worlds once cloaked in darkness.
The overarching goal of my research is to genetically characterize the extreme plasticity of the oomycete genome during sexual and asexual spore production and subsequent survival, spread and plant infection.
- How do oomycete plant pathogens respond to human-mediated selection pressures?
- What are the dynamics of genome plasticity within the oomycetes?
2505 E J Chapman Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4560
- Doctorate, Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, 2001
Kurt H Lamour
2505 E J Chapman Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4560
- Doctorate, Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, 2001
I joined the Entomology and Plant Pathology Department in January 2003 to pursue molecular epidemiology and to continue my investigations of fungal-like plant pathogens known collectively as oomycetes. I trained under Dr. Mary Hausbeck, a vegetable specialist at Michigan State University (MSU), and during my doctoral training became a true admirer of these fascinating and highly destructive organisms.
Prior to starting at UT, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at MSU, and over the past 20+ years have had the privilege of working with diverse scientists worldwide, primarily characterizing populations in the genus Phytophthora. I’m fully mesmerized by the power of genetics to illuminate worlds once cloaked in darkness.
The overarching goal of my research is to genetically characterize the extreme plasticity of the oomycete genome during sexual and asexual spore production and subsequent survival, spread and plant infection.
- How do oomycete plant pathogens respond to human-mediated selection pressures?
- What are the dynamics of genome plasticity within the oomycetes?