Faculty Index

Plant Biology and Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Margaret Daub Professor and Department Head William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Fungal - Plant Interactions 227 Partners III 919-515-6986 2124 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-513-3807	Margaret_Daub@ncsu.edu
Dr. Robert Beckmann Associate Professor Ethnobotany 2706 Bostian Hall Box 7612 919-515-5024	Robert_Beckmann@ncsu.edu
Dr. Richard L. (Larry) Blanton Plant Biology Graduate Program Director Director of University Honors Program & Professor of Plant Biology Cell Biology 204 Clark Hall Box 8610 919-513-4074	Larry_Blanton@ncsu.edu
Dr. Wendy Boss William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Plant membranes & Signal Transduction 205 B Partners III Box 7612, Centennial Campus 919-515-3544 2111 Gardner Hall 919-513-8043	Wendy_Boss@ncsu.edu
Dr. Rebecca Boston Interim Assistant Director - CALS William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Plant Molecular & Development Biology 202 Patterson Hall 919-513-3874	Boston@unity.ncsu.edu
Dr. Christopher Brown Professor & Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development 400 Venture Center II Box 7570, Centennial Campus 919-513-2457 919-515-4240	cbrown@ncsu.edu
Dr. JoAnn Burkholder Professor & Director CAAE William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology 620 Hutton St Box 7510 919-515-2726	Joann_Burkholder@ncsu.edu
Dr. Susan Carson Biotechnology Academic Coordinator/Teaching Associate Professor Biotechnology Teaching Program 6104 Jordan Hall Box 7512 919-513-0330	Sue_Carson@ncsu.edu
Dr. Candace H. Haigler Professor of Crop Science and Plant Biology Cellulose Biology and Biotechnology 4405 Williams Hall Box 7620 919-515-5645	Candace_Haigler@ncsu.edu
Dr. William A. Hoffmann Associate Professor Tropical Ecology, Ecophysiology & Global Change 4208 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-513-7668	William_Hoffmann@ncsu.edu
Dr. Chad V. Jordan Teaching Assistant Professor Undergraduate Coordinator and Advisor Teaching Coordinator Plant Development 2214-A Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-515-2222	Chad_Jordan@ncsu.edu
Dr. Alexander Krings Assistant Professor Director of the Herbarium, Plant Systematics 2106 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-515-2700	Alexander_Krings@ncsu.edu
Dr. Xu "Sirius" Li Assistant Professor Plants for Human Health Institute North Carolina State University 600 Laureate Way, Room 3227 Kannapolis, NC 28081 704-250-5460 (phone) 704-250-5409 (fax)	xli24@ncsu.edu
Dr. Terri L. Lomax Dean of the Graduate School & Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies 103 Holladay Hall Box 7003 919-515-2117	Terri_Lomax@ncsu.edu
Dr. Terri Long Assistant Professor 4206 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919- 515-0478	Terri_Long@ncsu.edu
Dr. James Mickle Associate Professor Palebotany 2714 Bostian Hall Box 7612 919-515-9050	James_Mickle@ncsu.edu
Dr. Imara Perera Research Associate Professor Plant Stress Responses 205B Partners III Box 7612, Centennial Campus 919-515-3544	Imara_Perera@ncsu.edu
Dr. Dominique "Niki" Robertson Professor Gene Silencing, Geminivirus Resistance 362 B Partners III Box 7612, Centennial Campus 919-515-6319	Niki_Robertson@ncsu.edu
Dr. Marcela Rojas-Pierce Assistant Professor Cell Biology 4106 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-513-1901	mrojasp@ncsu.edu
Dr. Jon Stucky Professor Wetland Plant Biology 3203 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-515-2227	Jon_Stucky@ncsu.edu
Dr. Carole Saravitz Director of the Phytotron Research Assistant Professor 2003 Gardner Hall Box 7618 919-515-2778	Carole_Saravitz@ncsu.edu
Dr. William Thompson University Research Prof. of Plant Biology, Genetics, & Crop Science Transgene Regulation, DNA Replication 1203 Partners II Box 7550, Centennial Campus 919-515-7164	Bill_Thompson@ncsu.edu
Dr. Thomas R. Wentworth Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Plant Community Ecology 4105 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-515-2168	Tom_Wentworth@ncsu.edu
Dr. Heike Winter - Sederoff Associate Research Professor Plant Gravitational Genomics, Biofuels 205 Partners III Box 7612, Centennial Campus 919-513-0076	Heike_Winter@ncsu.edu
Donna Wright Teaching Technician 2214-A Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-515-7113	Donna_Wright@ncsu.edu
Dr. Jenny Xiang Professor Molecular Plant Systematics 4209 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-515-2728	Jenny_Xiang@ncsu.edu
Dr. Deyu Xie Associate Professor Phytochemistry, Metabolic Engineering 4219 Gardner Hall Box 7612 919-515-2129	Deyu_Xie@ncsu.edu

Plant Biology Adjunct and Associate Faculty

Dr. Jose Alonso Associate Professor Genetics 2548 Thomas Hall Box 7614 919-515-5729	jmalonso@ncsu.edu
Dr. Kent O. Burkey Professor Crop Science USDA Plant Sciences Res.8, Box 7631 919-515-1620 Fax: 919-856-4598	Kent.Burkey@ars.usda.gov
Dr. Ralph E Dewey Philip Morris Professor of Crop Science Crop Science 205 Partners III , Box 8009 Centennial Campus 919-515-2705 Fax: 919-515-7959	Ralph_Dewey@ncsu.ed
Dr. Robert Franks Associate Professor Genetics 2548 Gardner Hall Box 7614 Phone: 919-513-7705 Fax: 919-515-3355	Bob_Franks@ncsu.edu
Dr. Amy Grunden Associate Professor Microbiology 4550A Thomas Hall Box 7615 919.513.4295 Fax: 919.515.7867	Amy_Grunden@ncsu.edu
Dr. Linda Hanley-Bowdoin William Neal Reynolds Professor Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Partners III 360C, Box 7651, Centennial Campus 919-515-6663 Fax: 919-513-1209	Linda_Hanley-Bowdoin@ncsu.edu
Dr.Shuijin Hu Associate Professor Plant Pathology 2518 Gardner Hall Box 7616 919-515-2097 Fax: 919-515-7716	Shuijin_Hu@ncsu.edu
Dr. Dale Karlson Monsanto	Dale.Karlson@monsanto.com
Dr. Susanne E. Kjemtrup Monsanto	Susanne.Kjemtrup@monsanto.com
Dr. Susan A. MacIsaac Monsanto 600 Laureate Way Suite 4228 Kannapolis, NC 28081 704-250-5711	Susan.A.MacIsaac@.monsanto.com
Dr. Gloria Muday Professor of Biology Wake Forest University 41 Winston Hall (336) 758-5316	Muday@wfu.edu
Dr. Jean Ristaino Professor Plant Pathology 2419 Gardner Box 7616 919-515-3257 Fax: 919-515-7716	Jean_Ristaino@ncsu.edu
Dr. Ron Qu Professor Crop Science 1200 Partners II Box 7287 Centennial Campus 919-515-7616 Fax: 919-515-7618	Rongda_Qu@ncsu.edu
Dr Tom Rufty Professor USDA 4415 Williams Hall Box 7620 919-515-3660 Fax: 919-515-5315	Tom_Rufty@ncsu.edu
Dr. Edward Sisler Professor of Biochemistry 30 Polk Hall Box 7622 919-515-5761 Fax: 919-515-2047	Ed_Sisler@ncsu.edu
Dr. Ross Whetten Associate Professor Dept of Forestry and Environmental Resources 5231 Jordan Hall Box 8008 919-515-7578 Fax: 919-515-6193	Ross_Whetten@ncsu.edu
Dr. Jun Wen Research Botanist & Curator Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History MRC-166/Botany Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 202-633-4881 Fax: 202-786-2563	wenj@si.edu