Martin Dickman
MartinB.DickmanwasborninFlushing,NewYork,onFebruary16,1953.HereceivedhisB.S.degreeinhorticultureandhisM.S.andPh.D.degreesinplantpathologyfromtheUniversityofHawaii.AfterapostdoctoralfellowshipattheInstituteofBiologicalChemistryatWashingtonStateUniversity,hejoinedthefacultyattheUniversityofNebraskain1987asanassistantprofessor,waspromotedtofullprofessorin1997,andisnowtheCharlesBesseyProfessorofPlantPathology.Dr.Dickman’sresearchprogramisfocusedprimarilyonfundamentalstudiesinfungal–plantinteractions,includingregulationofpathogenicitygenesduringfungalpathogengrowthanddifferentiationinhostplants,host–pathogensignalcommunication,andthemechanismofactionoffumonisin,amycotoxinproducedinplanttissuewithsignificantpathologicalconsequencesforlivestockandpotentiallyforhumans.Heisparticularlyinterestedinexaminingthemolecularmechanismsthatgovernplantdiseaseandstressresponses.Earlyinhisresearchcareer,Dr.Dickmanrecognizedthepotentialofmolecularandgeneticapproachestoaddressfundamentalquestionsinhost–patho