I was trained at the University of Arizona, where I received a B.S. (1977) and Ph.D. in plant pathology (1982), and at the University of California, Davis, where I conducted post-doctoral plant pathology research until 1984. In addition to turfgrasses, I was fortunate to have worked on cotton, processing tomatoes, lettuce, dry beans, and soybeans. I coauthored a couple of patents that were worth about as much as the paper they were printed on, and I have authored quite a few articles and four book chapters. My current interests include development of precision turfgrass management systems and IPM for turf. PACE Turf provides on-line access to a wide range of turf-related research, education and weather models for turfgrass management professionals at www.paceturf.org.