Dr Ralph Dean - BSPP Elected Board Member
Educated at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (BSc) and the University of Kentucky (PhD), USA; post doctoral fellow at University of Georgia USA; Clemson University USA, Assistant Professor 1990, Associate Professor 1996, Associate Director Clemson University Genome Institute 1995; North Carolina State University USA, Professor and Director, Center for Integrated Fungal Research, 2000, Director Summer College in Biotechnology and Life Sciences, SCIBLS .
Awarded, Huxley medal by Imperial College, Award for Faculty Excellence Clemson University, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor North Carolina State University, Award for Excellence United States Department of Agriculture, Fellow American Phytopathological Society.
Member, BSPP, APS, AAAS, Fungal Genome Initiative, International Rice Blast committee; Phytopathology, Senior Editor; MPP, Senior Editor.
Interests, mechanisms regulating fungal phytopathogenesis, including signal pathways, effector proteins, transcription networks, and comparative genomics. Providing practical training and college credit for high school students. Funding from NSF, USDA, NIH USA, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund.