Claude Fauquet

Claude Fauquet, a native of France, obtained his academic degrees from the University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. Prior to co-founding ILTAB at The Scripps Research Institute with Dr. Roger Beachy in 1991, Dr. Fauquet worked for 19 years as a plant virologist for IRD, including 14 years stationed at a French research center in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Dr. Fauquet is also a member of the Graduate Faculty at University of Missouri-St. Louis, Adjunct Professor with University of Missouri-Columbia, and Co-Chair of the Global Cassava Partnership, which he founded in 2005.

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Research Team


Basavaraj Bagewadi bbagewadi@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1611
Postdoctoral Associate
Raj Deepika Chauhan rchauhan@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1256
Postdoctoral Associate
Yeetoh Chaweewan ychaweewan@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1440
Graduate Student - Part Time
Susan Church schurch@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1816
Laboratory Technician
Patricia Cosgrove pcosgrove@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1242
Administrative Assistant
Getu Duguma gduguma@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1486
Cassava Transformation Pipeline Coordinator
Claude Fauquet fauquet@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1241
Director of ILTAB, Member & Principal Investigator
Muhammad Ilyas milyas@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1280
Postdoctoral Associate
Tira Jones tjones@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1259
Senior Laboratory Technician
Paul Kuria pkuria@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1691
Visiting Research Scholar
Jacquelyn Leise jleise@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1439
Laboratory Technician
Junying Ma jma@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1608
Senior Laboratory Technician
Theodore Moll tmoll@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1251
Senior Laboratory Technician
Irene Muchiri imuchiri@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1252
Graduate Student
Francis Nkaa fnkaa@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1258
Visiting Scientist
Danielle Posey dposey@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1212
Laboratory Technician
Amita Pranjal apranjal@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1679
Senior Laboratory Technician
Jennifer Stephens jstephens@danforthcenter.org
Laboratory Technician
Nigel Taylor ntaylor@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1257
Senior Research Scientist
Ihuoma Umezurumba iumezurumba@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1607
Visiting Research Scholar
Henry Wagaba hwagaba@danforthcenter.org 314-587-1254
Graduate Student



Claude Fauquet, Ph.D.
Member, Director of ILTAB 

Danforth Center
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Laboratory
975 N. Warson Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63132
314-587-1241
cfauquet@danforthcenter.org

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