Isabelle Stiver
I am a second year PhD Student in Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University. My dissertation work is focused on foliar, fungal plant symbiont diversity, metabolic abilities, and within-host interactions in Dactylis glomerata. Through my dissertation work, I aim to understand the mechanisms behind within-plant symbiont interactions and how these interactions change under abiotic stress and across biogeographical ranges. Prior to starting my PhD, I was a lab manager in the Mitchell Lab at the University of North Carolina where I studied fungal pathogens of tall fescue. As an undergraduate, I studied ecology, evolution, and biodiversity at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor where I caught the “myco-bug” studying Beech Bark Disease in Northern Michigan as it was expanding its range in Northern Michigan. I’m honored to receive this award and thrilled to attend MSA in Madison this year.
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The purpose of the Society is to promote and advance the science of mycology and to foster and encourage research and education in mycology in all its aspects. Members of the MSA meet annually to exchange information and build understanding of fungi
