Faculty
Diane Te Strake
Professor
CONTACT
Office: BSF 203
Email
EDUCATION
- B.S. 1957, University of Florida
- M.A. 1959, Duke University
- Ph.D. 1963, Duke University
TEACHING
- Assistant Professor, 1960-62, Greensboro College, N.C.
- Assistant Professor, 1966-67, California State College
- Assistant Professor, 1967-70, University of South Florida
- Assistant Chairperson, 1975-1979, University of South Florida
- Associate Professor, 1970-90, University of South Florida
- Professor, 1990- , University of South Florida
- Interim Associate Dean, Research and Operations, College of Arts and Sciences, 1995-96, University of South Florida
- Associate Dean, Research and Operations, College of Arts and Sciences 1996-2001
- Director Undergraduate Studies, Department of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2008-
- Director of USF Herbarium January 2010-
RESEARCH
GENERAL RESEARCH AREA
Marine and medically important fungi
SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREA
The widely distributed saprobic fungus, Basidiobolus, is sometimes a pathogen of humans and other vertebrates, primarily in tropical areas. One long-range goal of my research is to obtain, information about the physiology, pathogenicity, and distribution of this fungus that is also reported to be an insect pathogen. With colleagues, I hope to determine how much variability exists among these taxa from temperate and tropical environments, and how it might relate to the pathogenicity of this fungus.
Other interests involve plant/fungal and plant/fungal/insect relationships. Several
of these are focused in the marine and coastal environments.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
- Max Chase
- Haley Inselberg
- Christopher Norrie
- Megan Rada
- Brandon Ramos