Autobiography

Hi there! I am Plex, a PhD student in the Garrett lab and the Plant Pathology Department at the University of Florida.

Aaron I. Plex Sulá (Spanish; born in 5 July 1997) is a Guatemalan engineer in agricultural sciences, data scientist, network scientist, and soon a plant pathologist.

Plex was raised in Sumpango, Sacatepequez, Guatemala, where his family work as farmers.

Plex received a Bachelor of Sciences in agricultural and animal sciences from Zamorano University in 2019.

Current areas of research

• Global surveillance and mitigation systems
• Global pathogen and pest diversity
• Geographic invasion risk assessment
• Invasion and epidemic networks
• Landscape epidemiology
• Research collaboration networks
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Artificial intelligence (AI)

Contact information

• Institutional email - plexaaron@ufl.edu
• Gmail - plexaaron@gmail.com

Personal interests

• Learning French
• Riding horses

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