Kelley J. Clark

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Senior Museum Scientist (CPPSI Director), University of California, Davis

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of California, Riverside (2017–2023); Agricultural Research Service (2023–2025); United States Department of Agriculture (2021–2025); University of Arizona (2016); University of California, Davis (2024–2025)

Formerly Arkansas Post Doc, University of Arkansas through 2021; now Senior Museum Scientist (CPPSI Director), University of California, Davis.

6 h-index 16 pubs 462 cited

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Kelley J. Clark's research has focused on understanding host-pathogen interactions, particularly in the context of plant diseases. Clark has investigated secreted protein biomarkers for citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), a devastating citrus disease. This work includes identifying specific effector proteins from the HLB-associated pathogen ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ that target citrus proteases and promote disease development. Clark has also explored the use of biosensing techniques, such as single-walled carbon nanotubes, for the detection of these protein biomarkers. Additionally, Clark's work has extended to downy mildew diseases, including the development of multiplex quantitative PCR assays for detecting spinach and lettuce downy mildews. Clark has authored or co-authored 19 publications, with a citation count of 546 and an h-index of 7. Key collaborators include James C. Correll, Hannah Victoria Zima, and Chunda Feng, all from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

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h-index: 6
Publications: 16
Citations: 462

Positions

Senior Museum Scientist (CPPSI Director) 2023–present

University of California, Davis Plant Sciences ORCID
Research Plant Pathologist (Postdoc) GS-11 2021–2023

USDA-ARS ORCID
Post Doc 2020–2021

University of Arkansas Entomology and Plant Pathology ORCID
Graduate Student 2014–2019

University of California Riverside Microbiology and Plant Pathology ORCID

Selected Publications

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Novel Strains of Spinach Downy Mildew Pathogen (2025)

Plant Disease DOI OpenAlex
Ancestral chromosomes for the Peronosporaceae inferred from a telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Peronospora effusa (2021)

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 7 citations DOI OpenAlex