 | | Matt Rouse |
Matthew Rouse
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Minnesota Cereal Disease Laboratory
1551 Lindig Avenue
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
Email: rous0089@umn.edu
Graduate Advisor: Yue Jin
| 2007-Present | Ph.D. Student
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Minnesota
| | 2005-2007 | M.S. Plant Pathology
Kansas State University | | 2001-2005 | B.S., Zoology
Oklahoma State University |
Research Focus
Stem rust of wheat caused major epidemics in the United States and Canada throughout the beginning of the twentieth century. Breeding for resistant varieties and the eradication of the alternate host of stem rust largely eliminated the threat of this pathogen. In 1999, a race of stem rust was detected in Uganda that is virulent on the vast majority of modern cultivars in the world. This new race, Ug99, has spread throughout Eastern Africa and recently into Yemen. I am assisting scientists at the USDA Cereal Disease Lab and at the Department of Plant Pathology in breeding resistant varieties of wheat to Ug99.
Professional Experience
| 2007 - Current | Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Minnesota | | 2006-2007 | Lab Teacher, Introduction to Plant Pathology
Department of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University | | 2005-2007 | Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University | | 2002-2005 | Student Technician
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Department of Zoology
Oklahoma State University | | 2001-2002 | Lab Teacher
Biology, summer school
Maranatha High School, Pasadena, CA |
Awards and Honors
| 2006 | Ecological Genomics Targeted Excellence Grant, Kansas State University | | 2005-2007 | Tillman Fellowship, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University | | 2005-2007 | Natural Systems Agriculture Fellowship, The Land Institute | | 2004 | Payne County Audubon Society Helen Miller Scholarship, Stillwater, OK | | 2004 | Scholar Development Summer Enrichment Grant, Oklahoma State University | | 2004 | Fourjay Foundation Scholarship, College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University | | 2004 | Outstanding Zoology Senior Award, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University | | 2004 | General Honors Award, Honors College, Oklahoma State University | | 2003 | Outstanding Sophomore Award, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University | | 2003-2005 | Wentz Scholar, Oklahoma State University | | 2002 | Outstanding Member Award, OSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society | | 2001 | Freshman Research Scholar Award, Oklahoma State University |
Publications
Garrett, K. A., S. P. Dendy, E. E. Frank, M. N. Rouse, and S. E. Travers. 2006. Climate change effects on plant disease: genomes to ecosystems. Annual Review of Phytopathology 44:498-509. Husak, J. F. and M. N. Rouse. 2006. Population variation in escape behavior and limb morphology of collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) in Oklahoma. Herpetologica 62:156-163.
Committees and Organizations
| 2005-2006 | Secretary/Treasurer, Plant Pathology Graduate Student Club, Kansas State University |
Professional Organizations
| | American Phytopathological Society |
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