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About Deb

Deborah A. Massey
Technician III
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station-Cornell University
Department of Plant Pathology
630 W. North St. Geneva, New York 14456 U.S.A.
Telephone: 315-787-2376; Fax: 315-787-2389
Email: dam56@cornell.edu

Since joining the Dillard lab in March of 2004, I have been developing an AFLP marker system for analysis of Puccinia sorghi samples. The AFLP profiles of rust collected in upstate NY and that collected from potential source locations, combined with the atmospheric transport modeling developed by Denis Shah, will provide a more complete picture of the dynamics of common rust on sweet corn. Virulence phenotypes of these pure lines of rust are also being analyzed.

My research background is in biochemistry and marine toxicology. I taught organic chemistry, general chemistry, biology and algebra in the US, Germany and Japan. I wrote technical documents for companies in the Rochester area. My hobbies are gardening, hiking, painting, drawing, and creative writing.

MS, biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
BA, chemistry, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Certificate, technical communication, RIT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
3/04 – now Technician III, NYSAES, Plant Pathology, Geneva, NY
9/98 – 5/03 Technical Writer, First Consulting, Rochester, NY
6/98 – 7/98 Adjunct Assist. Professor, MCC, Rochester, NY
6/92 – 8/92 Research Associate, NY State Agric. Exp. Station, Geneva, NY
9/91 – 5/97 Assistant Professor, FLCC, Canandaigua, NY

Refereed journal articles
"Disruption of Magnesium Regulation in the Crab Cancer Productus Exposed to Chlorinated Sea Water," Marine Environmental Res., 2, (1979), 71-84, G. Roesjadi, D.M. Jacobsen*, J.R. Bridge, and E.A. Creselius (* former name of D. Massey)

"Active Learning in the Classroom," Linda Hobart and Deborah Massey, Issues in Assessment: Implementation, Finger Lakes Community College, 1995, p 28

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