Susan Anagnost

Areas of Study:

• Wood anatomy and ultrastructure
• Decay of wood products
• Mycology of indoor air
• Light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Research: wood anatomy, wood decay, microscopy

Primary areas of research, teaching and public service are the decay of wood and wood products by fungi, mycology of indoor air and indoor environmental quality, wood anatomy and identification, wood anatomy-quality relationships, and microscopy.

Past and current projects include:

• Development of a DNA-based Macroarray to Identify Fungi from Air Samples
• Accurate Exposure Assessment of Bioaerosols in Indoor Air
• Fungi in Southern Pine Utility Poles During Manufacture
• Microfibril Angle of Individual Softwood Tracheids and Hardwood Fibers
• Utilization of Soft-Rot Cavity Formation to determine microfibril angle in the wood cell wall
• Light Microscopic Diagnosis of Wood Decay
• Identification of Picea and Larix
• Jay Covered Bridge