Wanderson Bucker Moraes

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Postdoctoral Research Associate (Paul)

buckermoraes.1@osu.edu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wanderson-bucker-moraes-31b06434/

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Selby Hall 117

1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691-4096

Professional Information

Degrees & Credentials:

Ph.D. in Plant Pathology (Major) and Statistics (Minor). The Ohio State University

M.Sc. in Plant Pathology. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil

B.Sc. in Agronomy. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil

Agriculture Science Associate. Escola Agrotécnica Federal de Alegre, Brazil

Biography:

Dr. Wanderson Bucker Moraes, originally from Brazil, received his B.Sc. degree in Agronomy from the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2011. He began his career in applied plant pathology and plant disease epidemiology as an undergraduate research associate, working with Dr. Waldir Cintra de Jesus Junior on projects that involved developing models to evaluate the potential impact of climate change on plant diseases. He later joined the MS program in the Department of Plant Pathology at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil, under the guidance of Dr. Luiz Antônio Maffia, where he studied the spatio-temporal dynamics of Ceratocystis wilt in mango and its association with insect vectors, using Bayesian approaches to characterize epidemics in space and time with the goal of determining dispersal mechanisms of the disease. In 2014, Dr. Moraes joined the Paul lab. in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University (OSU) as visiting scholar, and two years later, began a Ph.D. program in the same department under the guidance of Dr. Pierce A. Paul, with Dr. Laurence Madden as his co-advisor. He graduated with his degree in Plant Pathology with Minor in Statistic in the Fall of 2021. During his Ph.D., he worked on several projects dealing with the epidemiology and integrated management of Fusarium head blight (FHB) in wheat. His research focused on the use of linear and generalized linear mixed models to quantify and model the effects of environmental conditions on FHB and its associated mycotoxins and the efficacy of integrated management programs for their control. In one of his projects, he used novel approaches to investigate the effects of sample size on the accuracy of estimated mean FHB index in research plots. His work was acknowledged with a 1st place award for a paper presented at the 2021 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum. Wanderson is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at OSU, continuing research on mycotoxins in corn and wheat.

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Associate. The Ohio State University, Department of Plant Pathology. Wooster, OH, USA. Supervisor: Dr. Pierce A. Paul (2021-present)
Graduate Research Associate. The Ohio State University, Department of Plant Pathology. Wooster, OH, USA. Supervisor: Dr. Pierce A. Paul (2016-2021)
Visiting Scholar. The Ohio State University, Department of Plant Pathology. Wooster, OH, USA. Supervisor: Dr. Pierce A. Paul (2014-2015)
Graduate Research Associate. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Department of Plant Pathology. Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Supervisor: Dr. Luiz Antonio Maffia (2012-2013)
Undergraduate Research Associate. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Integrated Management of Plant Diseases. Alegre, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Supervisor: Dr. Waldir Cintra de Jesus Junior (2007-2011)
Research Assistant. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Integrated Management of Plant Diseases. Alegre, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Supervisor: Dr. Waldir Cintra de Jesus Junior (2005-2006)

Fellowships, Honors And Awards

2022	Recipient of the Certificate of 5 Years of Service - College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University. “This award is given in recognition of the many valuable contributions made throughout 5 years of service at The Ohio State University”
2022	I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium Award, Theme: Quantitative Approaches to Crop Loss Assessment and Disease Risk in a Changing Environment. American Phytopathological Society, USA. “This is a prestigious award that recognizes graduate students competitively chosen based on their outstanding and innovative contribution towards improving the understanding of a central theme”
2022	Second prize for paper presented at “2022 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum”. U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative
2022	Feature Biography and Paper Published at Phytopathology (doi:10.1094/PHYTO-04-21-0157-R), the leading International Journal of Plant Pathology. Phytopathology First Author Biography Series, Phytopathology News 56(5):12-13. American Phytopathological Society
2021	First prize for paper presented at “2021 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum”. U.S. Wheat & Barley Scab Initiative
2017-2020	Plant Pathology Graduate Student Association Travel Award. The Ohio State University
2018	Zahir Eyal Student Travel Award. American Phytopathological Society
2010	First prize for paper presented at “XLIII Brazilian Phytopathology Congress”. Brazilian Phytopathological Society, Brazil
2007-2011	Scientific Initiation Scholarship. National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil

Teaching and Mentorship

STATISTICAL CONSULTING

Consulting service: help students with statistical analysis of data and interpretation of results from their thesis and dissertation research projects: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (2009-2011), Universidade Federal de Viçosa (2012-2013), and The Ohio State University (2016-present)

RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND STUDENTS MENTORED

Served on 3 Ph.D., 2 M.Sc., and 1 B.Sc. Student Advisory Committees for assistance with plant disease epidemiology, experimental design, and data analysis
Helped to advise over 25 research assistants or undergraduate students by assisting them in developing project ideas, writing proposals, designing experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, and preparing reports

TEACHING

Guest Instructor: Epidemiology and Integrated Management of Plant Disease (HCS-3100), The Ohio State University (2023); and Plant Disease Epidemiology (PGPV-1406), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (2015)

Teaching Assistant: Basic Plant Pathology (DPV05382) and Advanced Plant Pathology (DPV05381), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (2009-2011)

Leadership, Service, and Outreach

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION

Co-developer of researcher project “Development of Forecast System to Predict Leaf Rust in Conilon Coffee and Decision Support System for its Management” with researchers in Brazil and at OSU (2020-present)
Co-developer of researcher project “Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Fusarium Wilt in Conilon Coffee and Evaluation of Clone Resistance to this Disease” with researchers in Brazil and at OSU (2018-present)
Co-developer of researcher project “Efficacy of Integrated Management Strategies Against Fusarium Head Blight and Deoxynivalenol in Wheat Aiming to Reduce Fungicide Application” with researchers in Brazil and at OSU. Brazilian funding agency (2016-present)

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY (APS)

Vice-Chair of the Mycotoxicology Subject Matter Committee (2022-present); and Participant of the APS Leadership Training (2023-present)
Member of the Committees: Epidemiology, Crop Loss Assessment and Risk Evaluation, Mycotoxicology, Chemical Control, Integrated Plant Disease Management, and APS-Brazillian Phytopathological Society Working Group
Organizer of Special Session at the Plant Health Meeting 2021 and 2023 (To be held in August 2023)
Moderator of Technical Session at the Plant Health Meeting 2020 and 2022

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Coordinates and manages ongoing research projects in the “Cereal Disease Epidemiology and Integrated Management Laboratory”, including federally funded projects on risk assessment and management of Fusarium head blight, mycotoxins, and foliar diseases in wheat, and foliar and ear diseases and mycotoxins in corn (2021-present)
Coordinates the design of experiments and collection, mining, and analysis of data for collaborative projects with PIs from participating institutions across the country (2021-present)
Farm Advisory Committee (2023-present); Student Representative at the Academic Affairs Committee (2018-2019); and Co-Chair of the Transportation Study Committee for Intercampus Wooster / Columbus (2018-2019)
Judge of Graduate and Professional Posters Presented at “CFAES Research Forum Competition” (2022-2023)
Co-Chair and Organizer of “Plant Sciences Symposium - The Ohio State University & Corteva”, Virtual Meeting (March 2020); and Organizer of “OARDC Agronomy Workshop”, Wooster-OH, USA (February 2016)

UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO

Organizer of “II Seminar for the Sustainability of Coffee Growing”, Alegre-ES, Brazil (August 2010)

JOURNAL REVIEWER

PLOS Computational Biology, Plant Disease, European Journal of Plant Pathology, Plant Health Progress, Crop Protection, Tropical Plant Pathology, and Bragantia

Works

List of Publications

Published 34 articles, 8 book chapters, and 147 conference papers and abstracts; and gave 23 invited talks or oral presentations at national and international conferences. Click here to see Curriculum Vitae with the complete list of publications and the list of invited talks or oral presentations.

SELECTED REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Moraes, W. B., Madden, L. V., Baik, B.-K., Gillespie, J., and Paul, P. A. 2023. Environmental conditions after Fusarium head blight visual symptom development affect contamination of wheat grain with deoxynivalenol and deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside. Phytopathology 113:206-224.
Moraes, W. B., Madden, L. V., Gillespie, J., and Paul, P. A. 2023. Environment, grain development, and harvesting strategy effects on zearalenone contamination of grain from Fusarium head blight-affected wheat spikes. Phytopathology 113:225-238.
Moraes, W. B., Madden, L. V., and Paul, P. A. 2022. Efficacy of genetic resistance and fungicide application against Fusarium head blight and mycotoxins in wheat under persistent pre- and post-anthesis moisture. Plant Disease 106:2839-2855.
Moraes, W. B., Madden, L. V., and Paul, P. A. 2022. Characterizing heterogeneity and determining sample sizes for accurately estimating wheat Fusarium head blight index in research plots. Phytopathology 112:315-334.
Madden, L. V., Moraes, W. B., Hughes, G., and Xu, X. 2021. A meta-analytical assessment of the aggregation parameter of the binary power law for characterizing spatial heterogeneity of plant disease incidence. Phytopathology 111:1983-1993.
Belan, L. L., Belan, L. L., Satiro, L. S., Moraes, W. B., Jesus Junior, W. C., and Moraes, W. B. 2021. A comparison of sampling methods to accurately estimate the incidence of leaf rust on conilon coffee. Australasian Plant Pathology 50:729-737.
Madden, L. V., Hughes, G., Moraes, W. B., Xu, X.-M., and Turechek, W. W. 2018. Twenty-five years of the binary power law for characterizing heterogeneity of disease incidence. Phytopathology 108:656-680.
Moraes, W. B., Jesus Junior, W. C., Peixoto, L. A., Moraes, W. B., Furtado, E. L., Silva, L. G. d., Cecílio, R. A., and Alves, F. R. 2012. An analysis of the risk of cocoa moniliasis occurrence in Brazil as the result of climate change. Summa Phytopathologica 38:30-35.
Moraes, W. B., Jesus Junior, W. C., Peixoto, L. A., Moraes, W. B., Coser, S. M., and Cecílio, R. A. 2012. Impact of climate change on the phoma leaf spot of coffee in Brazil. Interciencia 37:272-278.

SELECTED ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS

Moraes, W. B., De Wolf, E. D., Shah, D. A., Salgado, J. D., Madden, L. V., and Paul, P. A. 2018. Using predictions from a Fusarium head blight risk assessment tool as predictors of the risk of deoxynivalenol contamination of wheat grain. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 108:S1.298. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-108-10-S1.240
Moraes, W. B., Maffia, L. A., Garnica, V. C., Souza, A. G. C., and Silva, F. F. 2014. Modeling the progress of Ceratocystis wilt on mango through a Bayesian approach. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 104:S3.82. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-104-11-S3.1
Moraes, W. B., Maffia, L. A., Garnica, V. C., Souza, A. G. C., and Santos, G. R. 2014. Spatio-temporal dynamics of Ceratocystis wilt of mango and association of the disease with potential vectors. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 104:S3.20. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-104-11-S3.1
Moraes, W. B., Maffia, L. A., Santos, A. F., Silva, F. F., and Martins Filho, S. 2013. Bayesian analysis in growth models used to compare strategies for the chemical control of poplar rust. (Abstr.) Tropical Plant Pathology 38:S126-121.

SELECTED BOOK CHAPTER

Moraes, W. B., Jesus Junior, W. C., Moraes, W. B., and Furtado, E. L. 2019. Spatio-temporal Dynamic of Soilborne Pathogens and Pathogens Transmitted by Vector: Defining Patterns and Managing Epidemics. Pages 413-443 in: Precision Phytopathology: Frontiers of Science, 1 ed. E. L. Furtado, S. F. Pascholati, W. C. Jesus Junior, and W. B. Moraes, eds. Editora FEPAF, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.

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