Dr. Jane E. Stewart is an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology in the Department of Agricultural Biology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Her research focuses on forest, shade, and fruit trees, addressing critical issues in tree health through the lens of plant pathology. Dr. Stewart brings extensive expertise in fungal biology, population genetics and genomics, molecular diagnostics, and the management of plant pathogens particularly invasive and emerging pathogens affecting trees.

Over the course of her career, Dr. Stewart has published more than 100 scholarly manuscripts spanning various forest and tree crop pathosystems. Her research emphasizes the speciation of tree pathogens and explores host-pathogen interactions at multiple levels, from the microbiome to the molecular scale. She is also actively engaged in developing practical management strategies to combat tree diseases and enhance sustainable forestry and agriculture.

In addition to her research, Dr. Stewart teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at Colorado State University. Her undergraduate course, Tree Health and Management, covers a wide array of tree diseases and insect pests along with their management practices. She also teaches a graduate-level course on Fungal Biology and Genetics, sharing her deep knowledge and research experience with the next generation of plant pathologists.

Dr. Stewart’s research program has a global focus, aiming to improve understanding of the biology, ecology, genetics, and management of emerging tree pathogenic fungi. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the internationally recognized journal Forest Pathology, reflecting her leadership and influence in the field.