Jason Smith

Dr. Jason Smtih has been a faculty member at the University of Florida since 2006. He teaches, conducts research and carries out extension programs related to tree diseases and forest health. He specializes in biology, diagnosis and management of fungal diseases, with emphasis on new and emerging tree health issues. In addition to his graduate course “Dendropathology,” he also teaches graduate Seminar, an online graduate course entitled “Forest Ecosystem Health” and an undergraduate course designed for forestry students called “Forest Health Management”. His extension program focuses on technology transfer of novel diagnostic methods for tree diseases, educating the public about new and emerging diseases and providing training on diseases and decay in urban trees for the professional arboricultural industry.