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Administrative Faculty
Appointment & Areas of Expertise
Dr. Sylvia M. Blankenship CALS Associate Dean for Administration; Professor; Postharvest physiology
Dr. Wayne G. Buhler Professor; Assistant Department Head; Extension Specialist; Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator; Director of the Southern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center
Dr. John M. Dole Professor; Interim Department Head; Floricultural crops research
Dr. Julia L. Kornegay Professor; Director of Graduate Programs; Breeding and selection of annual and herbaceous perennials
Mr. Bryce H. Lane Lecturer; Undergraduate Coordinator; Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor
Dr. David W. Monks Professor; Assistant Director of Research; NCARS Weed management in vegetable and small fruit crops
Dr. Jonathan R. Schultheis Professor; Departmental Extension Leader; Vegetable crops
Dr. William R. Woodson North Carolina State University Chancellor
Dr. Eric Young Executive Director  SAAESD; Professor; Apple Production, Apple Rootstocks
Horticultural Science Faculty
Dr. George C. Allen Research Associate Professor; Director Plant Transformation Laboratory; Plant molecular biology applied and basic research
Dr. James R. Ballington, Jr. Professor; Breeding, genetics, and taxonomy in small fruit
Dr. Ted E. Bilderback Professor; Director of the JC Raulston Arboretum; Nursery crops
Mr. Roger B. Batts Researcher; Field Research Director at the NC State IR-4 Field Research Center
Dr. Frank A. Blazich Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor; Plant propagation
Dr. Lucy K. Bradley Assistant Professor; Urban horticulture
Dr. Allan F. Brown Assistant Professor; Molecular research for fruit and vegetable crops
Dr. James D. Burton Associate Professor; Herbicide and growth regulator research
Mr. Mark E. Clough Researcher; Potato breeding and genetics
Dr. Steve D. Clouse Professor; Plant molecular biology and biochemistry for horticultural crops
Dr. Nancy G. Creamer

Professor; Director of Center for Environmental Farming Systems; Vegetable crops
Dr. Jeanine M. Davis Associate Professor & Extension Specialist; Organic agriculture in western North Carolina, culinary and medicinal herbs, non-timber forest products, mushrooms, and specialty crops
Ms. Nancy S. Doubrava Interpretive Specialist; JC Raulston Arboretum
Ms. Liz A. Driscoll Extension Associate; Extension youth programs
Dr. Barbara A. Fair Assistant Professor; Landscape Extension Specialist
Dr. Gina E. Fernandez Professor; Small Fruit Extension Specialist; Rubus breeding program
Dr. William C. Fonteno Professor; Floriculture, Soil and Water Relations, Soil Substrate Laboratory
Ms. Lisa M. Forehand Extension Associate; Extension/Outreach Coordinator for Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Dr. Christopher C. Gunter Assistant Professor; Vegetable Production Specialist for the commercial vegetable industry
Mr. Will E. Hooker Professor; Teaching responsibilities include Landscape Design and Permaculture
Dr. Brian E. Jackson Assistant Professor; Ornamental Horticulture
Dr. Katie M. Jennings Research Assistant Professor; Weed management in small fruits and vegetables
Dr. Helen T. Kraus Assistant Professor; Ornamentals research; Teaching: Nursery Management and Production, Plant Nutrition and Principles of Horticulture
Dr. Sergei F. Krasnyanski. Senior Researcher; Plant Transformation Laboratory
Dr. Anthony V. LeBude Associate Professor; Production, culture and use of ornamental nursery crops
Dr. Steven J. McArtney Associate Professor; Pomology research and extension for the Southeast U.S.
Mr. Wayne E. Mitchem Researcher and Extension Associate; Weed management in tree fruit and vine crops
Dr. Joseph C. Neal Professor; Research and extension education for weed management systems in nursery crops, landscapes and Christmas trees
Dr. Dilip R. Panthee Assistant Professor; Breeding and development of tomato lines and cultivars
Dr. Michael L. Parker Associate Professor; Extension and research responsibilities for tree fruit
Dr. Jeremy A. Pattison Assistant Professor; Small fruit breeding and genetics
Dr. Kenneth V. Pecota Researcher; Research responsibilities in sweetpotato breeding and genetics.
Dr. Penelope M. Perkins-Veazie Professor; Postharvest Physiology / Fruit and vegetable crops
Dr. Thomas G. Ranney Professor; Woody ornamentals - genetics and breeding
Ms. Julieta T. Sherk Assistant Professor; Landscape horticulture
Dr. Bryon R. Sosinski Associate Professor; Genetics and genomics of horticulturally important traits
Ms. Anne M. Spafford Associate Professor; Landscape design; Certified rain garden professional; Adjunct Faculty Member, Department of Landscape Architecture
Dr. Sara E. Spayd Professor; Bunch grape and wine industry
Mr. Allan C. Thornton Extension Associate; Vegetable education programs
Mr. Mark Weathington Assistant Director; JC Raulston Arboretum
Dr. Todd C. Wehner Professor; Cucurbit breeding and genetics
Dr. Dennis J. Werner JC Raulston Distinguished Professor; Ornamental breeding and genetics
Dr. Brian E. Whipker Professor; Culture and economics of floricultural crops
Dr. John D. Williamson Associate Professor; Molecular biology
Dr. L. George Wilson Professor; Postharvest physiology; USAID Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program
Dr. G. Craig Yencho Professor; Sweetpotato and potato breeding and genetics

Adjunct Faculty - Alphabetic listing

  • Niedziela, C.E.
  • Sawyer, R.L.
  • Walls, F.R.
  • Wise, F.C.
  • Zorner, P.S.

Associate Faculty - Alphabetic listing