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