Rodrigo P.P. Almeida
Professor of Emerging Infectious Disease Ecology
Hildebrand-Laumeister Chair in Plant Pathology
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California, Berkeley
Office: 335 Hilgard Hall | e-mail: rodrigoalmeida at berkeley dot edu
Education
Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
M.S. Entomology Universidade de São Paulo, 1999
B.Sc. Agronomy Universidade de São Paulo, 1997
Appointments
Interim Faculty Director, Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, 2026-
Chair, Division of Organisms & Environment, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2019-2023
Affiliated Faculty, Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, 2019-
Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2016-
Chercheur Étranger (Foreign Researcher), l’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite, Montpellier, France, 2013-14
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2011-2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2006-11
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Environment Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003-05
Honors and awards
Fellow, California Academy of Sciences, 2025
UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021
Lee M. Hutchins Award, American Phytopathological Society, 2021
Hildebrand-Laumeister Chair in Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley, 2014-
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Montpellier, France, 2013-14
Fulbright Research Scholar, Montpellier, France, 2013-14
Syngenta Award (early career award), American Phytopathological Society, 2012
Schroth Faces of the Future in Bacteriology Award, American Phytopathological Society, 2009
Hellman Family Faculty Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
Julius H. Freitag Memorial Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
‘A’ Encarnado. Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 1997