Tim R. Gottwald


Tim Gottwald worked at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Orlando, Florida as a Research Plant


Pathologist/Epidemiologist since 1985. Prior experience includes a position as a Research Plant Pathologist at


the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory in Byron, Georgia. University


affiliations include adjunct teaching positions in plant pathology and business at the University of Florida,


University of Georgia, and Valencia Community College. He currently holds membership in such professional so-


cieties as the American Phytopathological Society, the International Organization of Citrus Virologists, the


Florida Phytopathological Society, and the Florida State Horticultural Society. Tim served as Chair of the


Mycology and Resolutions Committees of the Southern Division of the American Phytopathological Society and


served on the Epidemiology Plant Disease Loss and Electronic Technology Committees. He served as an Editor


for Phytopathology and Plant Disease and is currently a Senior Editor for APS Press. He is a recipient of the


American Phytopathological Society’s Lee M. Hutchins Award and the International Organization of Citrus


Virologists Wallace Award among others.


Tim has received numerous research grants to predict severity and improve control of fungal diseases of


citrus fruit and foliage, and for the study of CTV, citrus variagated chlorosis, and citrus canker. He has con-


sulted with the UNDP/FAO, USDA/OICD/IRD, the Minister of Agriculture of the State of Sao Paulo in Brazil,


IVIA, Valencia, Spain, and private organizations about numerous citrus related problems. He has served on


many advisory committees, provided expert testimony in federal and state hearings and court cases against the


Florida Department of Agriculture, and advised the citrus industry on many issues. Publications include author-


ship or co-authorship of more than 75 journal articles, more than 40 technical publications, four book chapters,


80 abstracts, and several articles in popular publications.


Tim is a graduate of Long Beach State University with a BS in Botany, Magna Cum Laude (1975). He re-


ceived his PhD (1979) and had a postdoctoral position as diagnostician, Plant Disease Clinic, at Oregon State


University.