<div dir="ltr"><img alt="Featured_Researcher_Header" height="111" src="https://scabusa.org/pics/FetRes_images/Featured_Researcher_Header.jpg" width="750" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"></span><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:1em"></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">FHB Colleagues,</p><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:0.5em"></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">Our December 2023 Featured Researcher is </span><a href="https://scabusa.org/featured-researcher-bio/erick-dewolf" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><b>Erick De Wolf</b></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">, PhD, professor of plant disease epidemiology in the Department of Plant Pathology at Kansas State University (KSU). De Wolf has been involved with the USWBSI since 1999. He was invited by the FHB Management Forum Organizing Committee Representatives to give an update on the national efforts to improve the FHB forecasting model on Tuesday, December 5, at the 2023 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum in Cincinnati, Ohio. To learn more about him and results from the FHB Risk Tool Survey, read our </span><a href="https://scabusa.org/featured-researcher-bio/erick-dewolf" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">Featured Researcher</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"> article and visit his faculty </span><a href="https://www.plantpath.k-state.edu/about/people/faculty/dewolf/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">webpage</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">.</span><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:1em"></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">Have a wonderful weekend!</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"></p><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:1em"></div><a href="https://scabusa.org/featured-researcher-bio/erick-dewolf" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"><img height="300" src="https://scabusa.org/sites/default/files/inline-images/Erick_DeWolf.png" width="300"></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify"></span><div class="gmail-spacer" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;height:1em"></div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify;font-size:12px">You received this email because you are subscribed to the USWBSI FHB Listserv. We apologize if you received it more than once. If you no longer wish to receive such emails, please unsubscribe by sending your request to <a href="mailto:"nfo@scabusa.org"">nfo@scabusa.org.</a></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">--</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">Amber Hoffstetter, PhD</span><br></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">Research Technical Specialist</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><a href="mailto:amber.hoffstetter@scabusa.org" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px" target="_blank">amber.hoffstetter@scabusa.org</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px">330-442-3583</span><br></div></div></div></div>