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Susan V. Diehl
Associate Professor

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Phone:  662-325-3101
Email:  svdiehl@cfr.msstate.edu

address:
Building 3, Rm# 3206
Department of Forest Products
Box 9820
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9820

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Education:

• Mississippi State University Ph.D., Major - Plant Pathology, Minor - Biochemistry
• University of South Florida M.A., Botany
• University of Florida B.S., Botany

Research Interests:

• Isolation of Microorganisms Capable of Degrading Organic Wood Preservatives
• Biofiltration of Volatile Organic Compounds from Wood Dry Kilns
• Identification of Wood Decay Fungi by Gas Chromatography
• Characterization of Wood Fungi that Cause Respiratory Distress
• Bioremediation of Soil and Water contaminated with organic wood preservatives

Teaching Areas:

• Introduction to Wood Technology and Products

Graduate Students

• Lee C. Mangum
• Juliet Tang

Recent Publications  |   View All Publications

2008
Prewitt, M.L., S.V. Diehl, T.C. McElroy, W.J. Diehl. 2008. Comparison of general fungal and basidiomycete-specific ITS primers for identification of wood decay fungi. Forest Products Journal 58(4):66-71. Download

2007
Borazjani, H., B.W. Schipke, S.V. Diehl, M.L. Prewitt. 2007. Evaluation of materials for filtration of TPH-contaminated water. Five pages in Proceedings of the Ninth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Sympoisum, May 7-10, 2007. Baltimore, MD.

2007
Borazjani, H., S.V. Diehl, M.L. Prewitt. 2007. Phytoremediation of wood preservatives. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University, Research Advances 10(1):4 pp. Download

2007
Diehl, S.V., M.L. Prewitt, G.T. Kirker. 2007. Tracking microbial communities involved in the breakdown of preservative-treated wood by a DNA-based fragment analysis systems. Page 378 in Wood Protection 2006, H.M. Barnes, editor. Proceedings No. 7229, Forest Products Society, Madison, WI.

2007
Diehl, S.V., M.L. Prewitt. 2007. Detection and identification of wood decay fungi and molds by DNA sequence and fragment analysis. Page 379 in Wood Protection 2006, H.M. Barnes, editor. Proceedings No. 7229, Forest Products Society, Madison, WI.