Name: John E. Kaminski
Assistant Professor, Turfgrass Pathology and Extension Specialist
Address: University of Connecticut
Department of Plant Science
1376 Storrs Road, Unit 4067
Storrs, CT 06269
Office: (860) 486-0162
Fax: (860) 486-0168
Education:
Ph.D., 2004, Natural Resource Sciences, The University of Maryland
M.S., 2001, Agronomy, The University of Maryland
B.S., 1998, Turfgrass Science, The Pennsylvania State University
B.S., 1998, Landscape Contracting, The Pennsylvania State University
Work Experience:
Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, University of Connecticut, January 2005-present
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland, December 2001-December 2004
M.S. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland, August 1998-December 2001
Student Intern, Penn State University Turf Research Facility, April-August 1998
Student Intern, Congressional Country Club, Bethesda,
MD, May-September 1997
Student Intern, Desert Mountain Properties, Scottsdale, AZ, February-August 1996
Responsibilties:
75% Extension and
25% Research
Extension
A major component of my extension
program is the diagnosis of turfgrass problems for commercial turfgrass
managers throughout New England.
The goal of the UCONN Turfgrass Diagnostic Center is to provide an accurate and
rapid diagnosis so that the appropriate management strategies
can be quickly implemented.
Research
My research efforts
will focus on the identification and examination of chronic and emerging
turfgrass diseases in New England. In
particular, research
projects will center on developing improved management strategies by
investigating unknown biological and epidemiological aspects of turfgrass
pathogens
and diseases, respectively. Due to the
fluidity of current pest related issues, this research program will evolve with
the changing demands of the region and
the industry.
Honors and Awards:
Northeastern American Phytopathological Society Student Paper Award 1st Place, 2004
Crop Science Society of America C-5 Poster Contest Industrial Relations Committee Award 1st Place, 2003
R.F. Davis Memorial Scholarship, 2003
Southern Nursery Association Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship, 2003
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Outstanding Graduate Student, 2003
Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture Outstanding Graduate Student, 2003
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Watson Fellowship, 2002
Professional Societies and Memberships:
American Phytopathological Society (2004-2007 Turfgrass Research Group)
Crop Science Society of America
Agronomy Society of America
Northeastern Weed Science Society
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Select
Publications:
Kaminski, J.E., and P.H.
Dernoeden. 2005. Nitrogen source impact on dead spot (Ophiosphaerella agrostis) incidence and
severity in creeping
bentgrass. Int. Turfgrass Res. Soc. J. 10:
Accepted for publication.
Kaminski, J.E., P.H.
Dernoeden, and C.A. Bigelow. 2004. Creeping bentgrass seedling tolerance to
herbicides and paclobutrazol.
HortScience 39:1126-1129.
Kaminski, J.E., C.A.
Bigelow, and P.H. Dernoeden. 2004. Soil amendments and fertilizer effects on
creeping bentgrass establishment, soil microbial
activity, thatch and disease.
HortScience 39:620-626.
Dernoeden, P.H., C.A.
Bigelow, J.E. Kaminski, and J.M. Krouse.
2003. Smooth crabgrass control
in perennial ryegrass and creeping bentgrass
tolerance to quinclorac. HortScience
38: 607-612.
Kaminski,
J.E., P.H. Dernoeden, N.R. O’Neill, and B. Momen. 2002. Reactivation of
bentgrass dead spot and growth, pseudothecia production and
ascospore germination of Ophiosphaerella agrostis. Plant Disease 86: 1290-1296.
Kaminski, J.E.,
and P.H. Dernoeden. 2002. Geographic distribution, cultivar
susceptibility, and field observations on bentgrass dead spot.
Plant Disease 86: 1253-1259.