Ralph A. Dean is a phytopathologist. Dean earned a bachelor's of science degree from the

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in 1980 and completed his doctorate at the

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in 1986. Upon completing postdoctoral research at the

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, Dean joined the

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faculty. He left Clemson for

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in 1999, where he was appointed William Neal Reynolds distinguished professor in plant pathology in 2005. He was elected a fellow of the

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in 2006. In 2017, Dean became chief editor of the journal ''

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''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Ralph A. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American phytopathologists Alumni of the University of London University of Kentucky alumni Clemson University faculty North Carolina State University faculty Academic journal editors