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 [email protected]
AI & Machine Learning
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
[email protected]
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
919-515-5151 [email protected]
Professor, Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management Department
919-515-6514 [email protected]
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
919-513-2624 [email protected]
Bioinformatics
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
[email protected]
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 [email protected]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2037 [email protected]
Climate Change & Carbon Sequestration
Controlled Environment Agriculture
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
919-515-5236 [email protected]
Professor, Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management Department
919-515-6514 [email protected]
Data Analytics & Management
Assistant Professor, Departments of Plant and Microbial Biology and Crop and Soil Sciences
919-513-2465 [email protected]
Extension & Stakeholder Engagement
Field-based Research & Trials
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Resource Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-515-6996 [email protected]
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
Genomics
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
(919) 515-1021 [email protected]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
[email protected]
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
919-513-4866 [email protected]
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 [email protected]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2162 [email protected]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2037 [email protected]
Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing and Professor, Departments of Entomology and Plant Pathology and Horticultural Science
[email protected]
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
High Throughput Phenotyping
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
[email protected]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2162 [email protected]
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
919-515-5151 [email protected]
Imaging Systems
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
[email protected]
NC State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and UNC-Chapel Hill / NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
(919) 513-2654 [email protected]
Material Sciences & Nanomaterials
INVISTA Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
919-515-4519 [email protected]
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
919-513-2624 [email protected]Molecular Biology
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 [email protected]
Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing and Professor, Departments of Entomology and Plant Pathology and Horticultural Science
[email protected]
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project
Multi-scale Modeling
Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
919-513-2624 [email protected]Pest Resilience & Management
Research Geneticist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology)
919-515-3516 [email protected]
Associate, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-515-0776 [email protected]
Assistant Extension Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
954-529-9042 [email protected]
Plant Breeding
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2162 [email protected]
U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
919-513-2037 [email protected]
Plant Pathology
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
(919) 515-1021 [email protected]
Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
919-513-0020 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Proteomics & Metabolomics
Assistant Director, the Molecular Education, Technology and Research Innovation Center (METRIC), and Research Professor (Chemistry)
919-513-7791 [email protected]Regulatory Sciences
Risk Sciences
Goodnight-NCGSK Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
[email protected]Sensor Development
Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(919) 515-7349 [email protected]
NC State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and UNC-Chapel Hill / NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
(919) 513-2654 [email protected]
Systems Biology
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
[email protected]
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
(919) 515-1021 [email protected]
