Title: Matthew Rouse

Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory
Email: rous0089@umn.edu



Email: rous0089@umn.edu

Cereal Disease Laboratory
1551 Lindig Avenue
University of Minnesota

St. Paul, MN 55108
Graduate Advisor: Yue Jin



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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