Jacobo Robledo Buritica

Jacobo Robledo Buritica is a plant pathologist with a passion for understanding and combating plant diseases. With roots in Colombia, Jacobo's journey into plant pathology began at a young age when he scouted for plant diseases with his late father in their ornamental plant nursery. Driven by his ultimate goal to develop strategies for disease management through disease forecasting or risk assessment systems, Jacobo has had a remarkable academic journey that has taken him from Colombia to the United States.

Jacobo earned his Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Engineering, specializing in Plant Health, from the University of Caldas in Manizales, Colombia. His undergraduate coursework included subjects such as Plant Epidemiology, Vegetal Protection, and Etiology and Disease Management. He then pursued a Master's Degree in Plant Pathology at the University of Florida, working under the guidance of Dr. Amit Levy at the Citrus Research and Education Center. During his master's program, Jacobo took a variety of courses, including Citrus Pathology, Plant Disease Diagnosis, Epidemiology & Data Science, and Applied Bioinformatics. He is currently undertaking a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at the University of Florida, guided by Dr. Karen Garrett, based in Gainesville.

Jacobo's published research can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hIOw8_oAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao