J. J. Christensen

As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1929–30:

Christensen, Jonas J.: Appointed for a study of the genetics of physiologic forms of certain fungi pathogenic to crop plants, principally at the University of Berlin; tenure, twelve months from October 1, 1929.

Born August 22, 1892, at Hutchinson, Minnesota. Education: University of Minnesota, B. S., 1921, M. S., 1922, Ph. D., 1925.

Instructor in Botany, 1920–23, Instructor in Plant Pathology, 1923–25, Assistant Professor, 1925—, University of Minnesota; Agent, 1922—, Office of Cereal Crops and Diseases, United States Department of Agriculture.

Publications: Articles in Phytopathology; Bulletins in technical series of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.