Martin B. Dickman

Martin B. Dickman (16 February 1950 – 2 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist.

A Flushing, New York, native, Dickman was born on 16 February 1950, and received his bachelor's of science degree in horticulture from the University of Hawaii in 1979.^[1][2] He completed his studies with a master's of science and doctorate in plant pathology, both from UH.^[2] After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington, Dickman began teaching at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1987, where he was named Charles Bessey Professor in Plant Pathology in 2003.^[1][3] He moved to Texas A&M University in 2006, accepting the Christine Richardson Professorship in agriculture.^[1][3] Between 2012 and 2017, Dickman served as editor-in-chief of the journal Molecular Plant Pathology .^[4] Dickman was appointed a Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor in 2015.^[5] The American Phytopathological Society honored Dickman with the 2017 Noel T. Keen Award for Research Excellence in Molecular Plant Pathology.^[3][6]

Over the course of his career, Dickman has been elected fellow of the American Phytopathological Society in 1993,^[1][7] and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011,^[7] as well as fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.^[8] He died on 2 December 2018, in Carpinteria, California.^[4]