People

Classification

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Affiliated Faculty

Amanda Avila Cardoso

Assistant Professor

aavilac@ncsu.edu

David Aylor

Associate Professor

919-515-7079 dlaylor@ncsu.edu

Peter Balint-Kurti

USDA-ARS Research Geneticist

919-515-3516 pjbalint@ncsu.edu

Keo Corak

USDA-ARS Computational Biologist

kecorak@ncsu.edu

Kedong Da

Plant Transformation Laboratory (PTL) Director

kda@ncsu.edu

Colleen Doherty

Associate Professor

919-515-5802 cjdohert@ncsu.edu

Candace Haigler

Director of Graduate Programs; Professor

919-515-5645 chhaigle@ncsu.edu

Alejandra Huerta

Assistant Professor

ahuerta@ncsu.edu

Robert Jetton

Associate Professor

919-515-6425 rmjetton@ncsu.edu

Michael Kudenov

Professor

mwkudeno@ncsu.edu

Edgar Lobaton

Professor

919-515-5151 ejlobato@ncsu.edu

Anna Locke

USDA-ARS Research Plant Physiologist

919-515-6996 amlocke2@ncsu.edu

Christian Maltecca

Professor

919-515-0812 cmaltec@ncsu.edu

Heather Manching

Research Scholar

hkmanchi@ncsu.edu

Steve McKeand

Temp Res, Ext & Other Educ Prof

semckean@ncsu.edu

Marcelo Mollinari

Assistant Research Professor

mmollin@ncsu.edu

Dahlia Nielsen

Associate Professor

919-515-2586 dmnielse@ncsu.edu

Chris Reberg-Horton

Professor

919-515-7597 screberg@ncsu.edu

Heike Sederoff

Professor

919-513-0076 hwsedero@ncsu.edu

Jessica Spencer

Research Associate

910-675-2314 jaspence@ncsu.edu

Anna Stepanova

Associate Professor

919-515-5729 atstepan@ncsu.edu

Earl Taliercio

USDA-ARS Research Plant Molecular Geneticist

etalier@ncsu.edu

Fred Wright

Director of the Bioinformatics Research Center

919-515-9060 fawrigh2@ncsu.edu

Club Officers

Matthew Willman

Plant Breeding Club President

mrwillma@ncsu.edu

Cole Hammett

Plant Breeding Club Vice President

chhammet@ncsu.edu

Erica Jones

Plant Breeding Club Event Coordinator

ejones25@ncsu.edu

Trevor Pougnet

Plant Breeding Club Treasurer

tpougne@ncsu.edu

Pinar Guner

Plant Breeding Club Secretary

pguner@ncsu.edu

Emeritus

George Allen

Assoc Professor Emeritus

Walter Ballinger

Professor Emeritus

James Ballington

Professor Emeritus

Jim Burton

Associate Professor Emertius

Tommy Carter

Professor Emeritus

tecarter@ncsu.edu

Steve Clouse

Professor Emeritus

John Frampton

Professor Emeritus

Randolph Gardner

Professor Emeritus

randy_gardner@ncsu.edu

Major Goodman

Professor Emeritus

goodman@ncsu.edu

Tom Isleib

Professor Emeritus

Julia Kornegay

Professor Emeritus

Juan Lopez

Professor Emeritus

David Marshall

Professor Emeritus

Steve McKeand

Temp Res, Ext & Other Educ Prof

semckean@ncsu.edu

Rouf Mian

USDA-ARS Professor Emeritus

919-513-1917 rmmian@ncsu.edu

Paul Murphy

Professor Emeritus

919-513-0000 njpm@ncsu.edu

Ron Qu

Professor Emeritus

rqu@ncsu.edu

Thomas Stalker

Professor Emeritus

hts@ncsu.edu

Charles Stuber

Professor Emeritus

cstuber@ncsu.edu

Todd Wehner

Professor Emeritus

tcwehner@ncsu.edu

Dennis Werner

Professor Emeritus

Ross Whetten

Professor Emeritus

rosswhet@ncsu.edu

John Williamson

Associate Professor Emeritus

Faculty

Zhaobang Zeng

Professor

919-515-1942 szeng@ncsu.edu

Juan Acosta

Assistant Professor; Geneticist & Tree Improvement Specialist

919-513-3632 jjacosta@ncsu.edu

Hudson Ashrafi

Associate Professor

919-515-1216 hashraf2@ncsu.edu

Peter Balint-Kurti

USDA-ARS Research Geneticist

919-515-3516 pjbalint@ncsu.edu

Nonoy Bandillo

Asst Professor

nbbandil@ncsu.edu

Gina Brown-Guedira

USDA-ARS Research Geneticist

919-515-2647 gbrowng@ncsu.edu

Hsuan Chen

Assistant Professor

hchen57@ncsu.edu

Keo Corak

USDA-ARS Computational Biologist

kecorak@ncsu.edu

Kedong Da

Plant Transformation Laboratory (PTL) Director

kda@ncsu.edu

Ralph Dewey

Philip Morris Professor

919-515-2705 rdewey@ncsu.edu

Jeff Dunne

Assistant Professor

314-610-6568 jcdunne@ncsu.edu

Ben Fallen

USDA-ARS Research Agronomist

bdfallen@ncsu.edu

Gina Fernandez

John D. and Nell R. Leazar Distinguished Professor

919-513-7416 gefernan@ncsu.edu

Roberto Fritsche Neto

Assistant Professor

roberto.neto@ncsu.edu

Joe Gage

Assistant Professor

919-513-2058 jlgage@ncsu.edu

Gary Hodge

Professor, Director of Camcore

919-515-6427 grh@ncsu.edu

James Holland

USDA-ARS Research Geneticist

919-513-4198 jholland@ncsu.edu

Amanda Hulse-Kemp

USDA-ARS Computational Biologist

919-515-7599 amhulse@ncsu.edu

Carlos Iglesias

Professor and Director of Plant Breeding Consortium

919.515.1211 caiglesi@ncsu.edu

Massimo Iorizzo

Associate Professor

704-250-5469 miorizz@ncsu.edu

Fikret Isik

Professor; Co-Director of Cooperative Tree Improvement Program

919-449-6891 fisik@ncsu.edu

Tim Kelliher

Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing and Professor

tjkellih@ncsu.edu

Matthew Krakowsky

USDA-ARS Geneticist Plants

919-515-7039 mdkrakow@ncsu.edu

Vasu Kuraparthy

Professor

919-515-2647 vkurapa@ncsu.edu

Ramsey Lewis

University Faculty Scholar; Charles and Marilyn Stuber Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding

919-513-4802 rslewis@ncsu.edu

Wusheng Liu

Assistant Professor; Translational Genomics and Plant Bioengineering

wliu25@ncsu.edu

Susana Milla-Lewis

Professor

919-515-3196 srmilla@ncsu.edu

Marcelo Mollinari

Assistant Research Professor

mmollin@ncsu.edu

Dilip Panthee

Associate Professor

828-654-8590 drpanthe@ncsu.edu

Thomas Ranney

JC Raulston Distinguished Professor

828-684-3562 tranney@ncsu.edu

Rubén Rellán Álvarez

Assistant Professor; Goodnight Early Career Innovator

rrellan@ncsu.edu

Ryan Sartor

Assistant Professor

rsartor@ncsu.edu

Acer VanWallendael

Asst Professor

avanwal@ncsu.edu

Trevor Walker

Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Cooperative Tree Improvement Program

919-578-7092 tdwalke2@ncsu.edu

Justin G. A. Whitehill

Assistant Professor

919-515-5851 jwhiteh2@ncsu.edu

Craig Yencho

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor

919-513-7417 yencho@ncsu.edu

Jing Zhang

Asst Professor

jzhan256@ncsu.edu

Leadership

Bob Franks

Professor and Department Head of Plant and Microbial Biology

919-513-3807 rgfranks@ncsu.edu

Carlos Iglesias

Professor and Director of Plant Breeding Consortium

919.515.1211 caiglesi@ncsu.edu

Tim Kelliher

Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing and Professor

tjkellih@ncsu.edu

Steven Lommel

Associate Dean and Director, NC Agricultural Research Service

919-515-2717 slommel@ncsu.edu

Frank Louws

Distinguished Professor and Department Head of Horticultural Science

919-515-6689 fjlouws@ncsu.edu

Carolyn Mattingly

Distinguished Professor and Department Head of Biological Sciences

919-515-1509 cjmattin@ncsu.edu

Kimberly Sellers

Professor and Department Head of Statistics

kfseller@ncsu.edu

Erin Sills

Professor and Department Head of Forestry and Environmental Resources

919-515-7784 erin_sills@ncsu.edu

Carolyn Young

Professor and Department Head of Entomology and Plant Pathology

cyoung6@ncsu.edu

PostDocs

Beatriz Gouveia

PostDoc - Milla-Lewis Lab

btomego@ncsu.edu

Debao Huang

PostDoc - Liu Lab

dhuang4@ncsu.edu

Hong Ma

Research Associate

hma9@ncsu.edu

Heather Manching

Research Scholar

hkmanchi@ncsu.edu

Molla Fentie Mengist

Research Scholar - Iorizzo Lab

mmengis@ncsu.edu

Daniel Restrepo-Montoya

PostDoc - Haigler Lab

drestre@ncsu.edu

Luis Rivera Burgos

PostDoc - Murphy Lab

lariver2@ncsu.edu

Research Associate

Jackie Blume

Research Technician

jblume@ncsu.edu

Mark Clough

Researcher and Extension Associate

252-793-4428 meclough@ncsu.edu

Jeremy Machacek

Research Associate

919-515-2734 jlmachac@ncsu.edu

Irene Palmer

Research Specialist

828-243-2749 iepalmer@ncsu.edu

Kenneth Pecota

Research Associate

919-515-1205 kvpecota@ncsu.edu

Luping Qu

Research Specialist

lqu3@ncsu.edu

Mohammad Nasir Shalizi

Tree Improvement Analyst

mshaliz@ncsu.edu

William Smith

Research Technician

wasmith2@ncsu.edu

Jessica Spencer

Research Associate

910-675-2314 jaspence@ncsu.edu

Rocio Van Der Laat

Milla-Lewis Research Asst

919-515-0324 rvander2@ncsu.edu

Trevor Walker

Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Cooperative Tree Improvement Program

919-578-7092 tdwalke2@ncsu.edu

Xingwang Yu

Milla-Lewis Lab: Research Associate

xyu15@ncsu.edu

USDA

Peter Balint-Kurti

USDA-ARS Research Geneticist

919-515-3516 pjbalint@ncsu.edu

Gina Brown-Guedira

USDA-ARS Research Geneticist

919-515-2647 gbrowng@ncsu.edu

Keo Corak

USDA-ARS Computational Biologist

kecorak@ncsu.edu

Ben Fallen

USDA-ARS Research Agronomist

bdfallen@ncsu.edu

Candace Haigler

Director of Graduate Programs; Professor

919-515-5645 chhaigle@ncsu.edu

James Holland

USDA-ARS Research Geneticist

919-513-4198 jholland@ncsu.edu

Amanda Hulse-Kemp

USDA-ARS Computational Biologist

919-515-7599 amhulse@ncsu.edu

Matthew Krakowsky

USDA-ARS Geneticist Plants

919-515-7039 mdkrakow@ncsu.edu

Anna Locke

USDA-ARS Research Plant Physiologist

919-515-6996 amlocke2@ncsu.edu

Earl Taliercio

USDA-ARS Research Plant Molecular Geneticist

etalier@ncsu.edu

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