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Glen Groben

Post Doc (Research Associate)

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Dr. Glen Groben

glen.groben@usda.gov


Foreign Disease/Weed Science Research
1301 Ditto Avenue, Fort Detrick, MD 21702
Phone: (301) 619-1922
Fax: (301) 619-2880

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Glen Groben completed his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Rutgers University. His PhD research utilized molecular tools to better understand cool-season turfgrass diseases and mycobiomes. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Crouch’s lab focusing on the taxonomy of the graminicolous downy mildews and developing oomycete detection tools.

 

Research Emphasis
Currently working on the defining the species boundaries for the graminicolous downy mildews including the select agent Peronosclerospora philippinensis.

Dr. Groben's other research focus is developing and validating a new sequencing approach that utilizes long read sequencing technologies to identify oomycete directly from environmental samples.

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His PhD research focused on the development of a qPCR assay for Clarireedia spp. the causal agent of dollar spot in turfgrasses and utilized the qPCR assay to better understand the lifecycle of the pathogen. Dr. Groben also used long read sequencing technology to better understand the mycobiome of cool-season turfgrass under drought stress.

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Publications

 

Education

Ph.D. Plant Biology, Rutgers University 2023
B.S. Biotechnology, Rutgers University 2016

 

Research Experience

  • ORISE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USDA-ARS, Foreign Disease/Weed Science Unit, Frederick, MD, 2023-Present
  • Graduate Assistant/Associate, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2018-2023
  • Field Research Assistant/ Fungicide Efficacy, Rutgers University, NJ Agriculture Experiment Station, 2014-2023

 

Honors & Awards

  • Sports Field Managers Association of NJ 2022
  • NJ Turfgrass Foundation Scholarship 2022
  • Graduate Student Oral Competition - First Place, American Phytopathology Society Northeast Division Annual meeting, 2021
  • Spencer Davis Award for applied research 2021-2022
  • Ralph Geiger Scholarship for Turfgrass Research 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science Scholarship for Turfgrass Research 2018, 2021
  • Peter S. Loft Memorial Scholarship for Turfgrass Research 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022