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Boris A. Vinatzer

Professor
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School of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Research Profile:

Boris A. Vinatzer’s research group focuses on fast and sensitive detection of plant disease outbreaks so that they can be contained before turning into epidemics and pandemics. By developing new experimental and bioinformatics tools for sequence-based classification and identification of plant pathogens, Dr. Vinatzer’s group helps protect Virginia, US, and world agriculture from current and emerging diseases.

CAIA Platform(s): 

  • SmartFarm Innovation Network™ 
  • Cyberbiosecurity and Biosecurity in Agriculture and Life Sciences
  • Data Analytics, Decisions, and Machine Learning for Food, Agriculture, Communities, and Health Systems

Social Media:

Twitter: @VinatzerLab