Rodrigo P.P. Almeida

Rodrigo Almeida is Professor and Hildebrand-Laumeister Chair in Plant Pathology at UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. His research examines ecology of emerging plant diseases, pathogen transmission, and insect-microbe interactions using Xylella fastidiosa as a model system.

Education:

• Ph.D. Environmental Science, UC Berkeley
• M.S. Entomology, Universidade de São Paulo
• B.Sc. Agronomy, Universidade de São Paulo

Awards:

• AAAS Fellow (2021)
• Lee M. Hutchins Award (2021)
• Marie Curie Research Fellow (2013)

Research approaches include genomic analysis of pathogen evolution, vector transmission experiments, and field studies of disease ecology. Current projects investigate historical emergence patterns of Pierce's disease and vector-pathogen dynamics in agricultural systems.