Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, CA, May 2004, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

M.A. Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 1995

B.A. Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1990

Assistant Professor, Elon University Department of Biology, 2007-present

Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, Tree Fruit Laboratory, Wenatchee, WA, 2004-2007

Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1998-2004

Research Technician, University of Arizona, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, 1996-1998

DNA Technician, Macromolecular Resources, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO, 1995-1996

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, 1993-1995

Bio101 Topics in General Biology (nonmajors)

Bio111 Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology

Bio113 Introductory Cell Biology Lab 

Bio253 Microbiology for Allied Health Professions

Bio321 Microbiology (lecture and lab)

Bio371 Mycology

Bio376 Microbial Ecology

Bio422 Molecular and Cellular Biology (lecture and lab)

Bio462 Senior Seminar

Spring 2009 - “Improvement of Biotechnology Resources for Biology Research and Teaching of Undergraduate Students at Elon University”, $84,000, Principal Director. Awarded from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Fall 2007 - Equipment grant - TBS-380 mini-Fluorometer ($3,500). Awarded from Turner Biosystems

Spring 2007 - "DNA microarray for monitoring orchard soil microbial communities", $35,000, one year. Awarded from the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission

Izzo, A.D., and M. Mazzola  2009. Hybridization of an ITS-based macroarray with ITS community probes for characterization of complex communities of fungi and fungal-like protists. Mycological Research 113(6-7): 802-812

Cavender-Bares, J., Izzo, A.D., Robinson, R., and C.E. Lovelock. 2009. Changes in ectomycorrhizal community structure on two containerized oak hosts across an experimental hydrologic gradient. Mycorrhiza. 19(3): 133-142

Robinson, C.H., Szaro, TM, Izzo, AD, Anderson, IC, Parkin, PI, and TD Bruns. 2009. Spatial distribution of fungal communities in a coastal grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41(2):414-416

Mazzola, M., Brown, J., Zhao, X., Izzo, A., and Fazio, G. 2009. Interaction of brassicaceous seed meal and apple rootstock on recovery of Pythium spp. and Pratylenchus penetrans from roots grown in replant soils. Plant Disease 93 (1):51-57

Mazzola, M., Brown, J., Izzo, A.D., and M. Cohen. 2007. Mechanism of action and efficacy of seed meal-induced pathogen suppression differ in a Brassicaceae species and time-dependent manner. Phytopathology. 97:454-460

Izzo, A.D., Nguyen, D.T., and T.D. Bruns. 2006. Spatial structure and richness of the resistant propagule community of ectomycorrhizal fungi colonizating hosts with differing seedling establishment patterns. Mycologia 98(3) 

Izzo, A.D., Canright, M. and T.D. Bruns. 2006. The effects of heat treatments on ectomycorrhizal resistant propagules and their ability to colonize bioassay seedlings. Mycological Research 110(2):196-202 

Izzo, A.D., Agbowo, J., and T.D. Bruns. 2005. Detection of plot-level changes in ectomycorrhizal communities across years in an old-growth mixed-conifer forest. New Phytologist 166:619-630 

Izzo, A.D., Meyer, M., North, M., Trappe, J.M., and T.D. Bruns. 2005. Ectomycorrhizal hypogeous fungi on roots and in the small mammal diet in a mixed-conifer forest. Forest Science 51(3):243-254

Kennedy, P., Izzo, A.D., and T.D. Bruns. 2003. There is high potential for the formation of common mycorrhizal networks between understorey and canopy trees in a mixed evergreen forest. Journal of Ecology 91:1071-1080

North, M, Oakley, B, Chen, J., Erickson, H, Gray, A., Izzo, A, Johnson, D., Ma, S., Marra, H., Meyer, M., Purcell, K., Roath, B., Rambo, R., Rizzo, D., and T. Schowalter 2002. Vegetation and ecological characteristics of mixed-conifer and red fir forests at the Teakettle Experimental Forest. PSW Gen Tech Rep 186