Karen Garrett

Professor, Plant Pathology and Systems Analysis

Karen Garrett works in systems analysis in agricultural and wild systems, with a focus in plant disease epidemiology. Recent work includes the analysis of strengths and vulnerabilities of crop seed systems for agricultural development and of the deployment of resistance genes through crop breeding networks. Other work addresses the translation of microbiome analyses for improved agricultural management. Garrett is advancing a new platform, impact network analysis, for evaluating linked socioeconomic and biophysical networks to formulate strategies for helping new technologies achieve impact www.garrettlab.com.