I am generally interested in how fungi move - from across landscapes to across continents. I approach questions on dispersal from a biophysical, genetic, genomic, and ecological perspective in order to better understand fungal biogeography and population dynamics. I am also interested in the intersection of microbial biology and intellectual property rights.

Oneto, D.L., J. Golan, A. Mazzino, A. Pringle, A. Seminara. In press. Timing of fungal spore release dictates survival during atmospheric transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).[download]

Golan, J., C. A. Adams, H. Cross, H. Elmore, M. Gardes, S. I. Glassman, S. C. Gonçalves, J. Hess, F. Richard, Y.W. Wang, B. Wolfe, A. Pringle. In prep.. Native and invasive populations of the ectomycorrhizal death cap Amanita phalloides are highly sexual but dispersal limited.[download]

Rush, T., J. Golan, et al. 2019. Variation in the ITS region of Phakopsora pachyrhizi limits the effectiveness of molecular diagnostics. Plant Disease.[download]

Golan, J., S. Athayde, E. Olson, A. McAlvay. 2019. Intellectual Property Rights and Ethnobiology: An Update on Posey's Call to Action. Journal of Ethnobiology [download]

Gryganskyi, A.P. , J. Golan et al. 2018. Genomics approach to the phylogeny of genus Rhizopus. G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics.[download]

Golan, J., A. Pringle. 2017. Long-distance dispersal of fungi. Microbiology Spectrum. [download] (Will also be bound for publication in: The Fungal Kingdom, ed. N.A.R. Gow and J. Heitman. ASM: Washington D.C.)

Levitis D., J. Golan, A. Pringle, J. Taylor. 2017. A century later, resolving Joseph Grinnell’s "Striking Case of Adventitious Coloration". The Auk: Ornithological Advances.[download]