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Judith Brown is a Regents Professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Plant Sciences, part of the College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences. Her research focuses on plant viral pathogens, vector biology, and functional genomics, with particular emphasis on begomoviruses, Liberibacter spp., and whitefly/psyllid transmission mechanisms. She holds dual roles as a faculty member in six interdisciplinary programs: Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology, Controlled Environment Agriculture, Genomics, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology, Microbiology, and Plant Protection & Pathology.
Dr. Brown earned her Ph.D. (1984) and M.S. (1981) in Plant Pathology from the University of Arizona and Washington State University, respectively, alongside a B.S. in Horticulture from Texas A&M University. Her work integrates high-throughput sequencing, CRISPR-Cas12a gene editing, and RNA interference approaches to combat plant diseases.
Her research portfolio includes studies on cotton leaf curl disease dynamics, potato psyllid-Liberibacter interactions, and development of dsRNA-based biopesticides. Recent publications emphasize genomic discoveries in plant-pathogen-vector complexes and diagnostic tool innovation. She teaches virology courses at both undergraduate (PLP/MIC 333) and graduate (PLP/MIC 611) levels.
Notable research directions include exploring climate change impacts on pathogen transmission, optimizing scouting strategies for citrus greening disease, and characterizing viral diversity in under-researched regions like Oman and Côte d’Ivoire.
