Graduate Student Email: rhys.eshleman@uga.edu Office: Forestry Resources 3-524 Research Research Areas: Fungal Biology Research Interests: I work on needle diseases on loblolly pine, specifically brown spot needle blight. As an emerging issue on loblolly pine, my project works on screening loblolly pines for brown spot resistance and measuring how the disease impacts loblolly pine's growth rate and production.