Disease Ecology

Telephone: (919) 843-7745

E-mail: mitchell@bio.unc.edu

Office: 411 Coker Hall

Mailing Address:
CB# 3280, Coker Hall
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280

Assistant Professor (Initial Appointment: 2005)

Joint appointment with the Curriculum in Ecology and the Carolina Environmental Program

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow: Cornell University (2001-2004)
Ph.D. Ecology: University of Minnesota (2001)
B.S. Biology and Spanish: Emory University (1995)

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Research Synopsis

My work focuses on the role of plant pathogens in

controlling or facilitating biological invasions by plants,

structuring plant communities, and

modulating the effects of global change on terrestrial ecosystems.

We work on both viruses and fungi that infect wild plants, chiefly grasses and other herbaceous species. Ultimately, I am interested in the implications of these processes for the sustainable provisioning of ecosystem services and for the conservation of biological diversity.