Education:

          University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; Microbiology, B.S., magna cum laude, 1968

          University of California, Los Angeles, CA; Microbiology, Ph.D., magna cum laude, 1979

Research Interests:

Plant-microbe interactions; plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria; rhizosphere microbiology and ecology; biological control; genetics of antibiotic production; microbial genomics; mechanisms of gene regulation and expression

Membership in Professional Organizations:

            American Association for the Advancement of Science

            American Phytopathological Society

            American Society for Microbiology

            International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

            Society for Industrial Microbiology

Professional experience:

• Graduate Research and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Microbiology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1970-1979
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, 1979-1981
• Research Associate, Department of Bacteriology and  Public Health, Washington State University, Pullman, 1981-1984
• Assistant Professor, Department of Bacteriology and   Public Health, Washington State University, Pullman, 1984-1985             
• Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS, Root Disease and Biological Control Research Unit, Pullman,  1985-present
• Graduate Faculty, Washington State University, 1985-present
• Adjunct appointments in School of Molecular Biosciences and Department of Plant Pathology

Honors:

• Phi Beta Kappa

• Phi Kappa Phi

• NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 1979-1982

• USDA Certificate of Merit, 1988, 1999

• Ruth Allan Award, American Phytopathological Society, 1997

Professional Activities:

• Bacteriology Committee of the American Phytopathological Society, 1988-1991
• Genetics Committee of the American Phytopathological Society, 1989-1992
• USDA-NRI Competitive Grants Panel in Plant Pathogens and Weed Science, 1992-1994
• USDA-NRI Competitive Grants Panel in Weed Science, 1994
• Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1990-1995
• Editor, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1995-1998
• Section Editor, Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 1996-present
• Treasurer, International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 1992-1999
• Washington State University Radiation Safety Committee, 1990-1993
• Washington State University Institutional Biosafety Committee, 2000-present
• Representative of the International Society for Plant Microbe Interactions  to the AAAS Section Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Renewable Resources, 1999-present
• Co-chair, American Academy of Microbiology Colloquium on  Plant Biotechnology and
•  Bacillus thuringiensis, 1998-present
• USDA-IFAFS Competitive Grants Panel, 2000

Special Invitations:

44 invited addresses or invited papers to state, national and international meetings, 19 invited seminars to departments at major US universities, and 15-20 presentations invited by agribusiness and biotechnology companies since 1985.

Publications: Relevant publications (last 4 years):

Mavrodi D.V., V. N. Ksenzenko,  R. F. Bonsall, R. J. Cook, A. M. Boronin, and L. S. Thomashow. 1998. A seven-gene locus for synthesis of phenazine-1-carboxylic acid by Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79. J. Bacteriol. 180:2541-2548.

Bangera, M. G., and L. S. Thomashow. 1999. Identification and characterization of a gene cluster for synthesis of the polyketide antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol from Pseudomonas fluorescens Q2-87. J. Bacteriol. 181:3155-3163.

Weller, D. M., and L. S. Thomashow. 1999. The role of microbial metabolites in biological control of plant pathogens, p. 415-422. In F. A. Macías, J. C. G. Galindo, J. M. G. Molinillo, and  H. C. Cutler (ed). Recent Advances in Allelopathy, Vol. 1, A Science for the Future. Universidad De Cádiz, Cadiz, Spain.

Thomashow, L. S., M. G. Bangera, D. M. Weller, and R. J. Cook. 1999. Sequences for Production of 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol and Methods. Issued September 21, 1999. U. S. Patent 5,955,298.

Cook, R. J., D. M. Weller, D. –S. Kim, and L. S. Thomashow. 1999. Methods and compositions for the Simultaneous Control of the Root Diseases Caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis, Rhizoctonia and Pythium. Issued October 26, 1999. United States Patent 5,972,689.

Thomashow, L. S., O. V. Mavrodi, D. V. Mavrodi, J. M. Raaijmakers, R. F. Bonsall, B. McSpadden-Gardener, Y.-J. Lee, M. J. Park, and D. M. Weller. 2000. 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol, a major determinant in the biological control of take-all disease of wheat, p. 331-335. In:  P. G. M. De Witt, T. Bisseling, and W. J Stiekema (ed). Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 2. International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, St. Paul, MN.

McSpadden Gardener, B. B., K. L. Schroeder, S. E. Kalloger, J. M. Raaijmakers, L. S. Thomashow, and D. M. Weller. 2000. Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of phlD-containing Pseudomonas isolated from the rhizosphere of wheat. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:1939-1946.

Thomashow, L. S., M. G. Bangera, D. M. Weller, and R. J. Cook. 2000. Sequences for Production of 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol and Methods. Issued March 23, 2000. Australian Patent No. 717359.

Timms-Wilson, T. M., R. J. Ellis, A. Renwick, D. J. Rhodes, D. V. Mavrodi, D. M. Weller, L. S. Thomashow, and M. J. Bailey.2000. Chromosomal insertion of the phenazine biosynthetic pathway (phzABCDEFG) enhances the efficacy of damping off disease control by Pseudomonas fluorescens 54/96. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 13:1293-2000.

Mavrodi, O. V., B. B. McSpadden Gardener, D. V. Mavrodi, R. F. Bonsall, D. M. Weller, and L. S. Thomashow. 2001. Genetic diversity of phlD from 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing fluorescent Pseudomonas species. Phytopathology 91:35-43. 2001.

Delaney, S. M., D. V. Mavrodi, R. F. Bonsall, and L. S. Thomashow. 2001. phzO – a gene for biosynthesis of 2-hydroxylated phenazine compounds in Pseudomonas aureofaciens 30-84. J. Bacteriol. 183:318-327.

McSpadden Gardener, B. B., D. V. Mavrodi, L. S. Thomashow, and D. M. Weller. 2001. A rapid PCR-based assay characterizing rhizosphere populations of 2,4-DAPG-producing bacteria. Phytopathology 91:44-54.

Huang, Z., L. S. Thomashow, D. V. Mavrodi, J. M. Raaijmakers, D. M. Weller, and R. J. Cook. 2001. Transgenic strains for biocontrol of plant root diseases”. United States Patent No. 6,277,625. Issued August 21, 2001.

Glandorf, D. C. M., P. Verheggen, T. Jansen, J. W. Jorritsma, E. Smit, P. Leeflang, K. Wernars, L. S. Thomashow, E. Laureijs, J. E. Thomas-Oates, P. A. H. M. Bakker, and L. C. van Loon. 2001. Effect of genetically modified Pseudomonas putida WCS358r on the fungal rhizosphere microflora of field-grown wheat. Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 67: 3371-3378.

Mavrodi, D. V., R.F. Bonsall, S. M. Delaney, M. J. Soule, G. Phillips, and L. S. Thomashow. 2001. Functional analysis of genes for biosynthesis of pyocyanin and phenazine-1-carboxamide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01. J Bacteriol.183: 6454-6465.

McDonald, M., D. V. Mavrodi, L. S. Thomashow, and H. G. Floss.2001. Phenazine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens: Branchpoint from the primary shikimate biosynthetic pathway and role of phenazine-1,6-dicarboxylic acid. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123:9459-9460.

Weller, D. M., J. M. Raaijmakers, B. B. Gardener, and L. S. Thomashow. 2002. Microbial populations responsible for specific soil suppressiveness to plant pathogens. Ann. Rev. Phytopathol. 40:309-348.

Mavrodi, D. V., O. V. Mavrodi, B. B. McSpadden-Gardener, B. B. Landa, D. M. Weller, and L. S. Thomashow. 2002. Identification of differences in genome content among phlD-positive Pseudomonas fluorescens strains by using PCR-based subtractive hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68(10):5170-5176.

Landa, B. B., O. V. Mavrodi, J. M. Raaijmakers, McSpadden-Gardener B. B., Thomashow L. S., and D. M. Weller. 2002. Differential ability of genotypes of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol-producing Pseudomonas fluorescens strains to colonize the roots of pea plants. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68(7):3226-3237.