Anna O. Conrad, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Kangyu Ji, Zhiyuan Chen, Zhongzhong Niu, Alden Mo, Zhihao Qin, Katie DeCamp, Charles Wang, Weixuan Xu, Julie M. Young, Bryan G. Young, Jingqiu Chen, Anna O. Conrad, Jian Jin. 2026. Variational autoencoder enables unsupervised leaf diagnosis via hyperspectral imaging
• Andrew Miles, Eliana Torres-Bedoya, Anna O. Conrad, Pierluigi Bonello. 2026. Foliar infrared spectra track nematode density and symptom-specific phytobiome signatures in beech leaf disease
• Anna O. Conrad, Aziz Ebrahimi, James C. Warren, Karl Fetter, Carolyn C Pike, Caleb Kell, Jim McKenna, Martin Williams, Mojtaba Zamani Faradonbeh, Douglass F. Jacobs. 2026. Susceptibility to butternut canker disease in field trials is influenced by disease level and hybridization
• Simone Lim-Hing, Anna O. Conrad, Cristián R. Montes, Kamal J.K. Gandhi, Kitt G. Payn, Trevor D. Walker, Caterina Villari. 2025. Near-infrared spectroscopy as a high-throughput phenotyping method for fusiform rust resistance in loblolly pine
• Pierluigi Bonello, Anna O. Conrad, Dušan Sadiković, Mateusz Liziniewicz, Michelle Cleary. 2025. Point-of-care diagnostics and resistance phenotyping to combat ash dieback
• Anna O. Conrad, Caterina Villari, Pierluigi Bonello. 2024. A workflow for metabolomics of forest tree biotic stress response and applications for management
• Xing Wei, Jinnuo Zhang, Anna O. Conrad, Charles E. Flower, Cornelia Wilson, Nancy L. Hayes-Plazolles, Ziling Chen, Zhihang Song, Songlin Fei, Jian Jin. 2023. Machine learning-based spectral and spatial analysis of hyper- and multi-spectral leaf images for Dutch elm disease detection and resistance screening
• Carrie J. Fearer, Anna O. Conrad. 2023. Walnut Witches’-Broom Disease Threatens Butternut Restoration Efforts in Indiana
• Douglass F. Jacobs, Kas Dumroese, Andrea N. Brennan, Faith T. Campbell, Anna O. Conrad, Jason A. Delborne, Sara Fitzsimmons, David Flores, Christian P. Giardina, Leigh Greenwood, Juan A. Martín, Scott A. Merkle, C. Dana Nelson, Andrew E. Newhouse, William A. Powell, Jeanne Romero‑Severson, David N. Showalter, Richard A. Sniezko, Steven H. Strauss, Jared Westbrook, Paul Woodcock. 2023. Reintroduction of at‑risk forest tree species using biotechnology depends on regulatory policy, informed by science and with public support
• Rachel Thunder, Anna O. Conrad, Chuck Burdine, Jian Yang, John M. Lhotka, Albert G. Abbott, C. Dana Nelson. 2022. White oak (Quercus alba L.) microsatellite markers for genetic diversity studies
• Carrie J. Fearer, Anna O. Conrad, Robert E. Marra, Caroline Georskey, Caterina Villari, Jason Slot, Pierluigi Bonello. 2022. A combined approach for early in-field detection of beech leaf disease using near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning
• Soumya K. Ghosh, Jason C. Slot, Erik A. Visser, Sanushka Naidoo, Michael G. Sovic, Anna O. Conrad, Bethany Kyre, Vinod Vijayakumar, Pierluigi Bonello. 2022. Mechanisms of Pine Disease Susceptibility Under Experimental Climate Change
• Anna O. Conrad, Wei Li, Da-Young Lee, Guo-Liang Wang, Luis Rodriguez-Saona, Pierluigi Bonello. 2020. Machine Learning-Based Presymptomatic Detection of Rice Sheath Blight Using Spectral Profiles
• Anna O. Conrad. 2020. Chemical fingerprinting: a potential tool for identifying disease resistant chestnut trees
• Anna O. Conrad, Ellen V Crocker, Xiaoshu Li, Billy Thomas, Thomas Ochuodho, C. Dana. Nelson. 2020. Delphi Expert Opinion Survey to Assess Threats to Oaks in the Eastern United States
• John E. Carlson, Margaret E. Staton, Charles Addo-Quaye, Nathaniel Cannon, Tetyana Zhebentyayeva, Nurul Islam-Faridi, Jiali Yu, Matthew Huff, Shenghua Fan, Anna O. Conrad, Stephan C. Schuster, Albert G. Abbott, Jared Westbrook, Jason Holliday, C. Dana Nelson, Laura Georgi, Frederick V Hebard. 2020. An Improved Chinese Chestnut Genome
• Anna O. Conrad, Caterina Villari, Richard A. Sniezko, Luis Rodriguez-Saona, Pierluigi Bonello. 2020. Development of a tool for rapid identification of resistant trees in species affected by alien invasive pathogens
• Ellen V Crocker, Anna O. Conrad, Xiaoshu Li, Billy Thomas, Thomas Ochuodho, C. Dana Nelson. 2019. Delphi expert opinion survey to assess threats to oaks in the Eastern United States

• Project
  

  Early Detection and Accurate Diagnosis of Invasive Forest Pests with Spectral Imaging and DNA Barcoding

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-spectral-imaging-forest-pests
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Future-proofing forest restoration decisions with genetic information (ERR26)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/projects/future-proof-restoration
  Station

  Southern Research Station
• Program
  

  Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/htirc
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Turning invasive pests against themselves - protecting trees with anti-pest-specific treatments

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/srs/projects/managing-invasives-rnai
  Station

  Southern Research Station

• The Ohio State University, Phd, Plant Pathology
• SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Bs, Environmental Biology