Faculty – Genetics Program

Jose Alonso

Professor

jmalonso@ncsu.edu

919-515-5729

Trino Ascencio-Ibanez

Teaching Assistant Professor

jtascenc@ncsu.edu

919-515-5724

Hamid Ashrafi

Assistant Professor

hashraf2@ncsu.edu

919-515-1216

David Aylor

Associate Professor

dlaylor@ncsu.edu

919-515-7079

Peter Balint-Kurti

USDA Professor

pjbalint@ncsu.edu

919-515-3516

Rodolphe Barrangou

Professor

rbarran@ncsu.edu

Chase Beisel

Assistant Professor

cbeisel@ncsu.edu

919-513-2429

David Bird

Professor

bird@ncsu.edu

919-515-1967

Adam Birkenheuer

Professor

ajbirken@ncsu.edu

919.513.6193

Rebecca Boston

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emerita

boston@ncsu.edu

Matthew Breen

Professor of Genomics

mbreen3@ncsu.edu

919-513-1467

Nicolas Buchler

Associate Professor

nebuchle@ncsu.edu

919-515-1057

Benjamin Callahan

Assistant Professor

bcallah@ncsu.edu

Ignazio Carbone

Professor

ignazio_carbone@ncsu.edu

919-513-4866

Vincent Chiang

Professor and Co-Director - Forest Biotechnology Group

vchiang@ncsu.edu

919-513-0098

Gavin Conant

Assoc Professor

gconant@ncsu.edu

919-515-8164

Michael Cowley

Associate Professor

macowley@ncsu.edu

919-513-0818

Ralph Dean

Professor and Director, Center for Integrated Fungal Research (CIFR)

radean2@ncsu.edu

919-513-0020

Ralph Dewey

Philip Morris Professor

rdewey@ncsu.edu

919-515-2705

Colleen Doherty

Assistant Professor

cjdohert@ncsu.edu

919-515-5802

Patricia Estes

Research Associate Professor

paestes@ncsu.edu

919-513-2718

Bob Franks

Professor & Department Head

rgfranks@ncsu.edu

919-513-3807

Shobhan Gaddameedhi

Associate Professor

sgaddam4@ncsu.edu

919.515.3388

Betty Gardner

Teaching Professor

bgardner@ncsu.edu

919-515-5776

Troy Ghashghaei

Professor

tghashg@ncsu.edu

919-513-6174

John Godwin

Professor

godwin@ncsu.edu

919-513-2936

Major Goodman

W. N. Reynolds/Distn. Univ.

goodman@ncsu.edu

919-515-7039

Claire Gordy (she/her)

Asst Teaching Professor

clgordy@ncsu.edu

Fred Gould

WNR Professor

fgould@ncsu.edu

919-515-1647

Rafael Guerrero

Assistant Professor

rfguerre@ncsu.edu

919.515.5329

Candace Haigler

Professor of Crop Science and Plant Biology

chhaigle@ncsu.edu

919-515-5645

Chris Halweg

Teaching Associate Professor

cjhalweg@ncsu.edu

919-515-0328

Linda Hanley-Bowdoin

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor

lkhanley@ncsu.edu

919-515-6663

Christine Hawkes

Professor

chawkes@ncsu.edu

Steffen Heber

Assistant Professor

sheber@ncsu.edu

919-513-2726

Caiti Heil

Asst Professor

cheil@ncsu.edu

919-515-2709

James Holland

USDA Research Geneticist and Professor

jholland@ncsu.edu

919-513-4198

Amanda Hulse-Kemp

USDA Asst Professor

amhulse@ncsu.edu

919-515-7599

Fikret Isik

Director of Advanced Tree Genomics Consortium, Assoc Dir. of Tree Impr Prog

fisik@ncsu.edu

919-512-6245

Whitney Jones

Associate Teaching Professor

wmjones4@ncsu.edu

919-515-0327

Albert Keung

Asst Professor

ajkeung@ncsu.edu

919-515-8992

Manuel Kleiner

Assistant Professor

mkleine@ncsu.edu

Vasu Kuraparthy

Professor

vkurapa@ncsu.edu

Brian Langerhans

Associate Professor

rblanger@ncsu.edu

919-515-3514

Caroline Laplante

Asst Professor

claplan@ncsu.edu

919-513-6058

Ramsey Lewis

Professor

rslewis@ncsu.edu

919-513-4802

Joy Little

Teaching Asst Professor

jlsnowde@ncsu.edu

919-515-5753

H.C. Liu

Professor

hliu4@ncsu.edu

919-515-4024

Wusheng Liu

Assistant Professor

wliu25@ncsu.edu

Anna Locke

USDA Assistant Professor

anna_locke@ncsu.edu

919-515-6996

Steven Lommel

Associate Dean for Research CALS; Director NCARS

slommel@ncsu.edu

919-515-2717

Terri Long

Assoc Professor

talong@ncsu.edu

Marce Lorenzen

Associate Professor

mdlorenz@ncsu.edu

919-513-7857

Jane Lubischer

Biological Sciences Assistant Department Head

jllubisch@ncsu.edu

919-515-2587

Elizabeth Lucas

Assistant Professor

elucas2@ncsu.edu

919-513-1885

Jim Mahaffey

Professor

mahaffey@ncsu.edu

919-515-5791

Christian Maltecca

Asst Professor

cmaltec@ncsu.edu

919-515-0812

Kurt Marsden

Assistant Professor

kcmarsde@ncsu.edu

919-515-2589

Carolyn Mattingly

Associate Professor

cjmattin@ncsu.edu

919-515-1509

Lisa McGraw

Asst Professor

lamcgraw@ncsu.edu

919-513-4326

John Meitzen

Associate Professor

jemeitze@ncsu.edu

919-515-4496

Kathryn Meurs

Assoc Dean - Veterinary Med

kmmeurs@ncsu.edu

919-513-6213

Susana Milla-Lewis

Professor

srmilla@ncsu.edu

919-515-3196

Santosh Mishra

Asst Professor

skmishra@ncsu.edu

919-515-2152

Freya Mowat

Asst Professor

fmmowat@ncsu.edu

Spencer Muse

Professor

muse@ncsu.edu

919-515-1948

Nanette Nascone-Yoder

Associate Professor

nmnascon@ncsu.edu

919-513-8284

Casey Nestor

Asst Professor

ccnestor@ncsu.edu

Dahlia Nielsen

Associate Professor

dmnielse@ncsu.edu

919-515-2586

Natasha Olby

Professor (Neurology)

njolby@ncsu.edu

919-513-8286

Charles Opperman

Professor

warthog@ncsu.edu

919-515-6699

Xinxia Peng

Assoc Professor

xpeng5@ncsu.edu

919-515-4481

Antonio Planchart

Associate Professor

ajplanch@ncsu.edu

919-513-2530

Ben Reading

Assistant Professor

bjreadin@ncsu.edu

919-515-3830

Gregory Reeves

Asst Professor

gtreeves@ncsu.edu

919-513-0652

David Reif

Professor

dmreif@ncsu.edu

919-513-3812

Martha Reiskind

Research Asst Professor

mbreiski@ncsu.edu

Michael Reiskind

Assoc Professor

mhreiski@ncsu.edu

Rubén Rellán-Álvarez

Assistant Professor

rrellan@ncsu.edu

Emilie Rissman

Professor

e_rissman@ncsu.edu

Jean Ristaino

Professor

jbr@ncsu.edu

919-515-3257

Reade Roberts

Assoc Professor

rbrober2@ncsu.edu

Marcela Rojas-Pierce

Associate Professor

mrojasp@ncsu.edu

919-513-1901

Adriana San Miguel

Assistant Professor

asanmig@ncsu.edu

919-515-2934

Coby Schal

Blanton J. Whitmire Distinguished Professor

coby@ncsu.edu

919-515-1821

Max Scott

Professor

mjscott3@ncsu.edu

919-515-0275

Heike Sederoff

Professor

hwsedero@ncsu.edu

919-513-0076

Michael Sikes

Associate Professor

mlsikes@ncsu.edu

919-513-0528

Ross Sozzani

Associate Professor

rsozzan@ncsu.edu

919-515-3806

Anna Stepanova

Associate Professor

atstepan@ncsu.edu

919-515-5729

Seth Sullivant

Distinguished Professor

smsulli2@ncsu.edu

919-513-7445

Casey Theriot

Asst Professor

cmtherio@ncsu.edu

919-513-0711

Bill Thompson

Distinquished University Professor

wftb@ncsu.edu

919-515-7164

Jeffrey Thorne

Professor of Genetics and Statistics

thorne@ncsu.edu

919-515-1946

Jung-Ying Tzeng

Professor

jytzeng@ncsu.edu

919-513-2723

Laurianne Van Landeghem

Assistant Professor

lcvanlan@ncsu.edu

919-513-6801

Keith Weninger

Professor

krwening@ncsu.edu

919-513-3696

Ross Whetten

Professor

rosswhet@ncsu.edu

919-515-7578

Justin Whitehilll

Assistant Professor

jwhiteh2@ncsu.edu

919.515.5851

Brian Wiegmann

Professor

bwiegman@ncsu.edu

919-515-1653

Jenny Xiang

Professor

qyxiang@ncsu.edu

919-515-2728

Deyu Xie

Professor

dxie@ncsu.edu

Jeff Yoder

Professor

jayoder@ncsu.edu

919-515-7406

Christina Zakas

Assistant Professor

czakas@ncsu.edu

919.515.2744

Shaobang Zeng

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor

szeng@ncsu.edu

919-515-1942

Yihui Zhou

Assoc Professor

yzhou19@ncsu.edu

919-515-8966