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Department of Plant Sciences

 

Research Group

Epidemiology and Modelling

Biography

Using applications in meteorology and modelling, I develop, test and maintain environmental suitability models which are integral components of large-scale epidemiological forecasting processes. Accurate and current predictions of outbreaks of crop diseases, can enable farmers to take preventative action to avoid catastrophic reduction in yields. My current research contributes to an on-going wheat rust forecasting programme, which has established the pathways for long-distance dispersal of wheat rust spores across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. To achieve outputs, I collaborate with a network of partners based at the University of Cambridge, the UK Met Office, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), institutions across Sub-Saharan Africa (EIAR, ATI, Ethiopian MoA and KARLO) and South Asia (BWMRI, DAE, BMD, NARC, and PARC). 

Previous Positions

2016 to 2019  -  Research Assistant  -  Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Qualifications

2019  -  PhD  -  Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

2013  -  MSc Meteorologist with a specialization in weather forecasting  -  Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

2011  -  BSc Physics with a specialization in meteorology  -  Faculty of Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Publications

'Transmission pathways for the stem rust pathogen into Central and East Asia and the role of the alternate host, barberry', (2024) Environmental Research Letters, Vol.19. doi 10.1088/1748-9326/ad7ee3

'Irrigation can create new green bridges that promote rapid intercontinental spread of the wheat stem rust pathogen', (2022) Environmental Research Letters Vol. 17 114025. doi 10.1088/1748-9326/ac9ac7
 

Research Associate
Dr. Tamas Mona