New faces at the Department

Last changed: 18 March 2024

These are the people that recently have arrived to the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology.

Thomas Scotti is currently doing his MSc in Montpellier and is here for a four-month internship. He will work with cereal cyst nematodes, specifically in oats, and PCR-based detection methods. He will work together with Magnus and Mukesh, and Zahra Omer and Sofia Dubusc from the Rural Economy and Agricultural Society.

Susmita Sigdel is an Erasmus exchange student from the University of Padua, Italy. Susmita will perform her Master degree project in the department with Magnus, Georgios and Mukesh on the topic “Investigating the role of CFEM domain proteins in mycoparasitic and beneficial-fungus plant interactions”. She is in the department until September 30.

Beyene Zewdie Hailu started his 2-year post-doc position with us in January, working on the SOB4ES project. Within this large European soil biodiversity project, Beyene will focus on the molecular analysis of nematode and enchytraeid communities. He works with me and many collaborators across Europe, but most closely with partners at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology in Wageningen.

Alessandra Ruffino is a new PhD student that started in December 2023. She is working on evolution and adaptation of mycoparasitic fungi used for biocontrol and its genomic consequences. She works together with Magnus, Mukesh, Georgios and Hanna.