Professor of Plant Pathology and Cooperating Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology Degree: Ph.D. 1980 Pennsylvania State University Phone: (207) 581-2986 Email: stellos.tavantzis@umit.maine.edu Location: 347 Hitchner Hall Research Topic: Molecular genetics of virulence in plant pathogenic fungi; biological control of fungal plant pathogens Research Program: Molecular genetics of hypovirulence in plant pathogenic fungi; functional genomics for identification and characterization of