Daisy H. Email and Phone Number

I am committed to increasing the production, yield, and sustainability of field crop industries in North Carolina through education and research.

• Conducted molecular diagnostic techniques to identify plant pathogens• Perform cultivar resistance assays and biocontrol efficacy trials to produce scientific publication• Designed, executed, and analyzed results of aerial spore surveys, disease surveys, and pathogenicity trialsof fungal and bacterial pathogens affecting nut tree crops • Created partnerships with industry representatives and growers such as California Prune Board, California Almond Board; Sunsweet; BioWorks, Inc.; Belchim Crop Protection, Inc.; Cornflower Farms; Duarte Nursery; AgriLand Farming Company, Inc.; Sierra Gold Nursery; and Burchell Nursery.• Promoted informed management decisions, by advising commodity boards and growers on how to apply relevant research to orchard management practices through presentations and consultations

• Advised commodity boards and growers on how to apply relevant research to fruit and nut tree crop management practices through presentations and individual consultations• Consulted for Agricultural Pest Control Advisers (PCAs): Retrieved samples for diagnostics, updated PCAs on latest research on wood decay diseases affected prune and almond orchards, and consulted on management practices• Consulted for Growers: Orchard visitations, wood decay fungi diagnostics, and updated with latest research• Interviewed with orchard industry journalists:o Celia Parsons. “Tracking the spread of Ganoderma infection,” Progressive Crop Consultant, 2021.o Vicky Boyd. “Ganoderma butt rot: new fungal species fells young trees,” West Coast Nut Magazine, 2021.

• Lead a team of 20 students which acts to improve accessibility to graduate student resources• Consult in university policy-making decisions in Graduate Council, Graduate Student Association Executive Board, Anti-Racism Implementation Committee, Anti-Racism Learning & ReflectionWorkgroup, and Police Accountability Board• Collaborate with Graduate Studies staff to draft Racial Justice Report Card and Anti-Racism Learning & Reflection Toolkit• Partner with Graduate Studies staff and coordinate with university staff to address concerns regarding workplace conflict, workplace safety, accessibility to students with disabilities, student housing, student emergency fund, student parking, etc.• Develop and present "Multiculturalism in Mentoring Relationships” seminar series for over 190 graduate students to discuss best practices for mentoring graduate students from diverse backgrounds

• Taught lab and field skills in fungal and bacterial disease management and diagnostics• Taught techniques for growing fungal fruiting bodies and spore harvesting• Taught inoculation techniques for pathogenicity trials and spore trapping methods• Guided Global Disease Biology student throughout their senior research project from literature review to data analysis• Assisted in graduate school application process

• Science and Society: an undergraduate course averaging 400 students per quarter; covering the evolution of society’s approach to disease and illness through the development of medicine, government regulatory offices, and stigmas• Assisted with quizzes and exams; assisted in development of homework assignments• Coordinated grading and office hours with a team of 3 teaching assistants

• Sampled and identified California plant species to develop taxonomic assessment skills• Optimized seed germination to ensure seed viability for juglone-induced seedling growth inhibition assays• Determined allelopathic effects of the walnut trees via juglone on the germination and seedling success of California native and invasive plant species

• Assisted students with questions, forms, directions, and explanations of Policy & Procedure and other information. • Maintained copies of forms, filing, and student evaluations and used Excel to record office hours, Presidents/Honor Lists, Project Symposium info, etc.

• Studied the use of bioremediation and bioaugmentation to remove pollutants from soil in a Superfund site• Isolated potential bacterial degraders of aniline; measured aerobic degradation of aniline using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)• Measured anaerobic dechlorination of tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) using gas chromatography and analyzed data to determine efficacy of bioaugmentation of most prevalent and concerning pollutants in Superfund site

• Led team challenges, arts and crafts, and interactive science projects meant to engage K-12 campers in learning and science at an early age. • Designed an educational arts and crafts curriculum for a novel SEES Discovery Art Camp development.