Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
Jonathan M. Jacobs is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University. He is a plant pathologist interested the basic and applied biology of plant-associated microbes that cause diseases on plants. He graduated with a B.S. (triple major in Bacteriology, Genetics and Spanish) and Ph.D. (Major: Plant Pathology, Minor: Microbiology) from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. For his postdoctoral research, Dr. Jacobs was a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in Montpellier, France and a USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow at Colorado State University. He also received a Fulbright Scholar Award to perform research at the Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium. His team overall investigates the biological and evolutionary basis for microbial colonization of plants. His team is focused on understanding how pathogenic bacteria important to food security evolve and adapt to colonize different plant tissues.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT