Portrait of Taylor Miller

Student Spotlight: Taylor Miller

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                              Taylor Miller began her profession in the chemical industry, developing adjuvants to improve herbicide and fungicide applications. After working in this field, Miller was inspired to seek a deeper education in plant diseases. In the fall of 2021, she arrived at the University of Tennessee to study plant pathology under the tutelage of Zach Hansen, assistant professor and Extension specialist. As a graduate student, Miller has presented her research and participated in educational events. In her free time, Miller enjoys paddle boarding, boxing, and spending time with her dog Rocky.   Q&A with Taylor Miller Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? I

The number of time periods in which each county fell within a high-risk cluster of La Crosse virus neuroinvasive disease from 2003–2021 in the eastern United States (data obtained from ArboNET). CC: Corey Day

La Crosse Virus Disease in the Appalachian Region

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                                        Corey Day, an entomology and plant pathology graduate student, recently published a paper entitled “ Geographically persistent clusters of La Crosse virus disease in the Appalachian region of the United States from 2003 to 2021” in collaboration with Rebecca Trout Fryxell, associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and Agricola Odoi, professor of epidemiology and assistant dean for research and graduate studies in the Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences. The full article can be found here.