Senior Research Associate B.S., Medical Administration, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China M.S., Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Texas A&M AgriLife Research
6500 Amarillo Blvd West
Amarillo, TX 79106
Office: (806) 354-5822
Email: LPaetzold@ag.tamu.edu

Experience
Research Associate (March 2007 – April 2010) Gene Technologies Laboratory, Biology Department, Texas A&M University
Research Associate (May 2010 – Present) Plant Pathology Department, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center

Current Objective
Using molecular biology techniques as a primary tool to research Zebra Chip disease of potato

Publications
Rashed, A., C.M. Wallis, L. Paetzold, F. Workneh & C. M. Rush. 2013. Zebra Chip disease and potato biochemistry: Tuber physiological changes in response to ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ infection over time. Phytopathology, in press.

Rashed, A., D. Nash, L. Paetzold, F. Workneh & C. M. Rush. 2012. Transmission efficiency of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum and potato zebra chip disease progress in relation to pathogen titer, vector numbers and feeding sites. Phytopathology 102: 1072-1085.

Cargill, Edward J., Li Paetzold, James E. Womack. 2006. Radiation hybrid mapping and comparative sequence analysis of bovine RIG-I and MAVs genes. DNA Sequence, 2006;00(0)1-5

Acknowledgement
An integrated genetic and physical map of homoeologous chromosomes 12 and 26 in Upland Cotton (G. hirsutum L.)