Jean Beagle Ristaino

Jean Beagle Ristaino is an American scientist and Professor of Plant Pathology. She is best known for her work on the epidemiology and population genetics of Oomycete plant pathogens in the genus Phytophthora.

Biography

Ristaino received her B.S. degree in biological sciences and her M.S. degree in plant pathology from the University of Maryland. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1987. Since 1987, Ristaino has been on the faculty of North Carolina State University, and she currently holds the William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professorship.[1]

In 2012, Ristaino served as a Jefferson Science Fellow in the Bureau for Food Security of the United States Agency for International Development.[2] In 2016, she received the Excellence in International Service Award from the American Phytopathological Society.[3]

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References
  1. "Biographies of Jefferson Science Fellows". National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  2. "Ristaino named Jefferson Science Fellow". North Carolina State University. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  3. "Jean B. Ristaino". American Phytopathological Society. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-07-02.
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