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Nian Wang
Professor
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Teaching Interests
Microbial Defense/Host-Microbe Interactions. This is a course for graduate students. Principles of bacterial virulence, host defense to microbial invasion and host-microbe interactions will be examined in a context of molecular and cellular biology involving both plants and animals. Current scientific research that incorporates these principles will also be discussed.
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Education
- B.S. (1995) in Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
- M.S. (2001): China Agricultural University, Beijing China Plant Pathology
- Ph.D. (2005): Texas A&M University Plant Pathology
- Post-Doctoral (2005-2006): University of California, Berkeley.
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Description of Research
Plant-bacteria interactions and genetic improvement of citrus via CRISPR/Cas genome editing. Current research topics include:
- Genetic determinants and the signaling pathway underlying a pathogen (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus)-triggered immune disease-citrus Huanglongbing
- Pathogen-triggered immune diseases
- Transcriptional activator-like effectors of Xanthomonas citri citri and canker susceptibility gene
- CRISPR/Cas genome editing of citrus
- Citrus microbiome
- Citrus Huanglongbing (greening) and canker management
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Awards and Honors
- Ruth Allen Award, August 2020, American Phytopathological Society
- University of Florida Term Professorship Award September 2018
- University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award, May 2016
- William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award, August 2010, American Phytopathological Society.
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Service to Scientific Society
- Editor-in-Chief-Elect Phytopathology 2019-present
- Senior Editor Phytopathology 2018-2019
- Guest Editor: PLOS Pathogens 2017-present
- Senior Editor Plant Disease 2014-2016
- Editor in Chief Virulence Mechanisms of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria Publisher: APS PRESS
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