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Jonathan Watkinson

Collegiate Assistant Professor
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124 Engel Hall
jowatki2@vt.edu
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Education 

Ph.D. Horticulture, Virginia Tech, 2002

M.S. Plant Science, University of Delaware, 1998

B.S. Plant Science, University of Delaware, 1993

Experience

Instructor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech 2012-2025

Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Roanoke College, 2007-2012

Research:

My research focuses on plant-microbe interactions, specifically the mycobiome of native orchids.  I am interested in how the community of fungi affects plant resilience or decline in the face of climate change.  Subsequently, I plan to identify individual fungi and determine the genetic and chemical changes that they induce in the orchid host as a means to facilitate resilience or decline.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=65cgS9IAAAAJ&hl=en

 

 

Department of Biochemistry