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Dr. Ristaino is an associate professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University. She earned a B.S. in biological sciences with a botany emphasis in 1979 and an M.S. in plant pathology from the University of Maryland in 1982. She worked in the Soilborne Diseases Laboratory, USDA, Beltsville, from 1982 to 1984. She earned her Ph.D. in plant pathology from the University of California, Davis, in 1987. She joined the faculty at North Carolina State University in October 1987. Her research has focused primarily on the ecology and epidemiology of soilborne plant pathogens, including Phytophthora species on pepper, potato, tomato, and soybean, and Sclerotium rolfsii on vegetable crops. A major goal of her work is to develop ecologically based disease management practices that reduce our reliance on pesticides. Dr. Ristaino was the 1993 recipient of the outstanding researcher award from the North Carolina State University Chapter of Sigma Xi and currently serves as president-elect of the NCSU Chapter. She served as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Summer Environmental Policy Fellow in Washington, DC, and worked in the Office of Atmospheric Programs on the methyl bromide issue. She will teach a graduate course on "Agriculture, Ethics, and the Environment" in the fall of 1998.
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