Priscila Chaverri, PhD
Mycologist
My main expertise is in all aspects of systematics, taxonomy, evolution, and phylogenetics/ phylogenomics of fungi. The most recent focus of my research has been on using systematics, phylogenetics/phylogenomics, genomics, and metabolomics to predict ecological functions and biological activity of fungi found in natural phytobiomes, with emphasis in biological control and sustainable agriculture. I have also delved into investigating the role of fungi in animal microbiomes.
EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Microbiology
October 2022 - present
Department of Natural Sciences, Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland
Visiting Scientist
June 2021 - present
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory. Beltsville, Maryland.
Associate Professor of Mycology
August 2013 - December 2024 (on leave 2021-2024)
School of Biology, and Natural Products Research Center (CIPRONA), University of Costa Rica (UCR). San José, Costa Rica.
Associate Professor
May 2013Â - May 2019
Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
Assistant Professor
May 2008- May 2013
Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.
Assistant Professor
July 2005 - May 2008
Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
October 2003 - July 2005
Department of Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
Graduate Research Assistant
July 1998 - August 2003
Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Contact
Emails:
chaverrip at gmail.com
pchaverri at bowiestate.edu