Teresa E. Pawlowska


Professor

Cornell University
Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
334 Plant Science
Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone: (607) 254 8726
Fax: (607) 255 4471
E-mail: tep8@cornell.edu

Teresa's office: 218 Plant Science Building

Education
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1998
M.S. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 1988

Professional Experience
2022-
Professor, Cornell University, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
2012-2022
Associate Professor, Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
2004-2012
Assistant Professor, Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Department of Plant Pathology
1999-2004
Postdoctoral Associate, University of California at Berkeley, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, John Taylor's lab
1989-1993
Research Assistant, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Botany

Research Interests

My current work is focused on evolution and ecology of symbiotic associations formed by fungi with bacteria. My research group is unraveling the principles governing formation and evolutionary stability of fungal-bacterial mutualisms as well as fungal defense mechanisms deployed in interactions with antagonistic bacteria. Research topics include:

• the role of endosymbiotic bacteria in ecological community assembly and evolutionary diversification of early divergent Mucoromycota fungi,

• the impact of endosymbiotic bacteria on phenotypic diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycotina),

• the mechanisms of innate immunity in Mucoromycotina molds.

Teaching

• PLPPM 4300/6300: Mycology
• PLSCI4460/BIOEE4460/BIONB4460: Plant Behavior and Biotic Interactions
• PLSCI461/BIOEE4461/BIONB4461: Plant Behavior and Biotic Interactions Laboratory

Outreach

The NSF-funded REU Summer Program Microbial Friends & Foes

Personal Interests

When not in the lab, Teresa reads sci-fi or goes diving.

Mailing Address

Department of Plant Pathology
Cornell University
334 Plant Science
Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone: (607) 254 8726
Fax: (607) 255 4471
E-mail: tep8@cornell.edu


Teresa's office: 218 Plant Science Building


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