Jennifer recently completed PhD degree in Plant Pathology from Charles Sturt University, Australia in 2019. She completed her masters program in Plant Pathology from the Washington State University in 2011. Jenn took her BS in Agriculture, major in Plant Pathology at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños.
She is trained in the extraction and purification of aflatoxin in cereal crops and has attended a special research course on postharvest diseases sponsored by the Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Institute for Technology and Storage of Agricultural Products, ARO, Volcani Center in Israel .
Jenn is a member of the following organizations: Philippine Phytopathological Society, Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science, Mycological Society of the Philippines, and American Phytopathological Society.
Recent Publications
Reveglia P, Billones-Baaijens R, Millera Niem J, Masi M, Cimmino A, Evidente A, Savocchia S. Production of Phytotoxic Metabolites by Botryosphaeriaceae in Naturally Infected and Artificially Inoculated Grapevines. Plants. 2021; 10(4):802. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10040802
JM Niem, R Billones-Baaijens, B Stodart, S Savocchia (2020) Diversity Profiling of Grapevine Microbial Endosphere and Antagonistic Potential of Endophytic Pseudomonas Against Grapevine Trunk Diseases. Frontiers in Microbiology 1(2020). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00477. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00477
Niem, J., Baaijens, R., Stodart, B., & Savocchia, S. (2020). Endophytic bacteria from grapevines: A potential for biocontrol of trunk diseases. Wine and Viticulture Journal, 35(4), 52 57. https://winetitles.com.au/wvj/articles/wine-viticulture-journal-volume-35-no-4-2020/endophytic-bacteria-from-grapevines-a-potential-biocontrol-of-trunk-diseases/
Niem J, Billones-Baaijens R, Savocchia S, Stodart B. 2019. Draft genome sequences of endophytic Pseudomonas spp. isolated from grapevine tissue and antagonistic to grapevine trunk disease pathogens. Microbiol Resour Announc 8:e00345-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/ MRA.00345-19
Niem, J., Gundersen, B. & Inglis, D.A. Effects of Soil Flooding on the Survival of Two Potato Pathogens, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Verticillium dahliae . Am. J. Potato Res. 90, 578–590 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-013-9332-1