Professor

Focus

Research

The Farman lab uses genomic approaches to study mechanisms of pathogenesis in the fungal phytopathogen,Magnaporthe oryzae. Areas of special interest include

• Fungal genome evolution and dynamics
• The roles of telomeres in pathogenic variation
• Methods for high throughput fungal protein localization during host infection.

Teaching

• PPA 600: Critical Methods in Plant-Microbe Interactions
• PPA 500: Physiology of Plant Health and Disease (guest lecturer)
• PPA 784: Special Problems in Plant Pathology

Employment Highlights

• Director of the University of Kentucky Advanced Genetic Technologies Center, 2012-present
• Professor, University of Kentucky, 2009-present
• Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, 2003-2009
• Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, 1997-2003
• Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990-1997

Awards, Recognition, Service

• Basil O' Connor Starter Scholar, 1999

• Pieck M, Farman M, Peterson G, Stack J, Valent B, Pedley K. (2017) Genomics-based marker discovery and diagnostic assay development for wheat blast. Plant Dis. 101: 103-109.