Isabelle
Kagan
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- isabelle.kagan@ars.usda.gov
- (859) 257-2459
- (859) 257-3334
- USDA/FAPRU
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N222 Ag. Science Bldg. North,
1100 Nicholasville Road,
Lexington KY 40546-0091 - USDA/FAPRU
Professional Profile
Areas of Interest: plant natural products and their roles in defense against pathogens, plant-endophyte mutualism, and animal health
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2004-present Research plant physiologist at the USDA-ARS Forage-Animal Production Research Unit (FAPRU) in Lexington, KY.
- 2002-2004 Postdoctoral molecular biologist at the USDA-ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit (NPURU) in Oxford, MS.
- 2000-2002 Postdoctoral plant physiologist at the USDA-ARS-NPURU
- 1999-2000 Postdoctoral enzymologist (Chateaubriand Fellow in 1999) in the Dept. of Isoprenoids, CNRS Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Strasbourg, France.
Education
- B.A. 1991, chemistry and biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Ph.D. 1999, plant pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI