Hanu Pappu

Professor Dr. Hanu Pappu is the President Sam Smith Distinguished Professor and the Chuey Endowed Chair of Plant Pathology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. Prof. Pappu’s research interests and expertise include characterization and control of viral diseases. Specific areas of interest are genomics, proteomics, virus diagnostics, and host-virus interactions. His current research focus is on thrips-transmitted tospoviruses in vegetables and legumes, whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses, and aphid-transmitted potyviruses. He has published >220 refereed journal articles. Prof. Pappu teaches a graduate course in plant virology, and co-teaches an undergraduate course, General Plant Pathology.