Jan Leach is a molecular plant pathologist who studies the basis of plant disease susceptibility and resistance and how these responses are influenced by interactions within the phytobiome. She is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural Biology at Colorado State University. Leach is the Immediate Past President of the International Society of Plant Pathology and is a Fellow and a past President of the American Phytopathological Society (APS). Leach was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2021.
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