Dr. Bybee-Finley leads the Agroecology Program, directs the Agroecology Education Farm at North Carolina State University, and teaches CS 230 and CS 430. Before joining NC State, Dr. Bybee-Finley worked as a Research Agroecologist for the Agricultural Research Service at the United States Department of Agriculture.

Her work focuses on crop diversification practices as an adaptation strategy to climate change. Her research interests include intercropping, cover cropping, and assessing the multifunctionality of cropping systems. Dr. Bybee-Finley engages with statistical modeling, field experiments, and integrating human dimensions into research about farming practices.

Dr. Bybee-Finley manages the Diverse Rotations Improve Ecosystem Services (DRIVES) Projects which networks long-term experiments that have crop rotation treatments across North America. Long-term data across a broad range of growing conditions is critical to assessing the role of crop diversity under erratic conditions (droughts) or on slow-moving variables (soil characteristics). Using multiple metrics, like productivity, economic performance, or nutrient composition, can reveal the benefits and tradeoffs of more diverse cropping systems.

Education:

Ph.D., Agroecology with an emphasis in Human Dimensions, Cornell University (2020)

M.S., Agronomy, Cornell University (2016)

B.S., Biochemistry, West Virginia University (2011)

B.A., International Studies with an emphasis in Development, West Virginia University (2011