Research Expertise
The N.C. Plant Science Initiative (N.C. PSI) brings together researchers from across multiple colleges at NC State to address the most pressing issues in agriculture. Through their research and expertise, they are increasing crop yields, creating new varieties, extending growing seasons, enhancing agricultural and environmental sustainability, and producing new and improved technology.
Areas of Expertise
Explore our faculty by their areas of expertise below.
Agricultural & Resource Economics
Agronomy & Crop Production
Research Geneticist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology)
919-515-3516 pjbalint@ncsu.edu
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
919-513-2598 michelle_schroeder@ncsu.edu
AI & Machine Learning
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
oargell@ncsu.edu
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
aligurbuz@ncsu.edu
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
919-515-5151 edgar.lobaton@ncsu.edu
Professor, Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management Department
919-515-6514 kathoney@ncsu.edu
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
919-513-2624 yara_yingling@ncsu.edu
Bioinformatics
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
Gina.Brown-Guedira@usda.gov
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 ralph_dean@ncsu.edu
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2037 amanda.hulse-kemp@ncsu.edu
Climate Change & Carbon Sequestration
Controlled Environment Agriculture
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
919-515-5236 jamesbraun@ncsu.edu
Professor, Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management Department
919-515-6514 kathoney@ncsu.edu
Data Analytics & Management
Assistant Professor, Departments of Plant and Microbial Biology and Crop and Soil Sciences
919-513-2465 dsihi@ncsu.edu
Extension & Stakeholder Engagement
Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences
919-515-1758 joseph_donaldson@ncsu.edu
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
919-513-2598 michelle_schroeder@ncsu.edu
Field-based Research & Trials
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Resource Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-515-6996 Anna.Locke@usda.gov
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
Genomics
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
(919) 515-1021 mbradshaw@ncsu.edu
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
Gina.Brown-Guedira@usda.gov
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
919-513-4866 icarbon@ncsu.edu
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 ralph_dean@ncsu.edu
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2162 Jim.Holland@usda.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2037 amanda.hulse-kemp@ncsu.edu
Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing and Professor, Departments of Entomology and Plant Pathology and Horticultural Science
tjkellih@ncsu.edu
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
High Throughput Phenotyping
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
Gina.Brown-Guedira@usda.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2162 Jim.Holland@usda.gov
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
919-515-5151 edgar.lobaton@ncsu.edu
Imaging Systems
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
oargell@ncsu.edu
NC State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and UNC-Chapel Hill / NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
(919) 513-2654 mdaniel6@ncsu.edu
Material Sciences & Nanomaterials
INVISTA Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
919-515-4519 kahn@ncsu.edu
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
919-513-2624 yara_yingling@ncsu.eduMolecular Biology
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 ralph_dean@ncsu.edu
Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing and Professor, Departments of Entomology and Plant Pathology and Horticultural Science
tjkellih@ncsu.edu
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
Multi-scale Modeling
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
919-513-2624 yara_yingling@ncsu.eduPest Resilience & Management
Research Geneticist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology)
919-515-3516 pjbalint@ncsu.edu
Assistant Extension Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
954-529-9042 llopezq@ncsu.edu
Plant Breeding
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2162 Jim.Holland@usda.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2037 amanda.hulse-kemp@ncsu.edu
Plant Pathology
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
(919) 515-1021 mbradshaw@ncsu.edu
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 ralph_dean@ncsu.edu
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
Plant Physiology
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Resource Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-515-6996 Anna.Locke@usda.gov
Proteomics & Metabolomics
Assistant Director, the Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), and Research Professor (Chemistry)
919-513-7791 Taufika_Williams@ncsu.eduRegulatory Sciences
Risk Sciences
Goodnight-NCGSK Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
jkuzma@ncsu.eduSensor Development
Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(919) 515-7349 aybozkur@ncsu.edu
NC State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and UNC-Chapel Hill / NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
(919) 513-2654 mdaniel6@ncsu.edu
Systems Biology
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
oargell@ncsu.edu
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
(919) 515-1021 mbradshaw@ncsu.edu
