{"id":1639,"date":"2020-03-19T18:35:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T18:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi-new\/?page_id=1639"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:50:26","slug":"research-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research\/research-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What we Think and Do drives innovation in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/plant-improvement\/\">plant improvement<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/data-driven-plant-science\/\">data-driven plant science<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/resilient-agricultural-systems\/\">resilient agricultural systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about our interdisciplinary research teams and their extraordinary impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-ncst-link-list ncst-link-list layout-two-column\"><h2 class=\"link-list-section__heading\">N.C. PSI RESEARCH PROGRAMS<\/h2><div class=\"link-list__container\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-ncst-bold-link ncst-component__bold-link-container\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#PSB-centers\" class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\" data-ua-cat=\"Bold Link Block\" data-ua-action=\"Bold Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#PSB-centers\"><span class=\"text\">PSI-Hosted Centers and Consortiums<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ncst-bold-link ncst-component__bold-link-container\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#PSI-other\" class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\" data-ua-cat=\"Bold Link Block\" data-ua-action=\"Bold Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#PSI-other\"><span class=\"text\">Multi-Institutional PSI Research Programs<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ncst-bold-link ncst-component__bold-link-container\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#PSB-labs\" class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\" data-ua-cat=\"Bold Link Block\" data-ua-action=\"Bold Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#PSB-labs\"><span class=\"text\">Labs in the Plant Sciences Building<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ncst-bold-link ncst-component__bold-link-container\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#grip4psi\" class=\"ncst-component__bold-link text-link\" data-ua-cat=\"Bold Link Block\" data-ua-action=\"Bold Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/research-programs\/#grip4psi\"><span class=\"text\">Seed-funding Projects (GRIP4PSI)<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg><\/span><\/a> <\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"PSB-centers\">PSI-Hosted Centers and Consortiums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CEFS\">Center for Environmental Farming Systems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Creating a future of vibrant farms, resilient ecosystems and strong communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Director, NC&#160;State: Michelle Schroeder-Moreno<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CEFS is one of the nation\u2019s most important centers for research, extension and education in sustainable agriculture and community-based food systems. As a longstanding partnership among NC&#160;State and NC A&amp;T State universities and the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, it is recognized as a national and international leader in the local foods movement and celebrated for its work in building consensus around policies, multidisciplinary and systems-based research, and innovative Extension and outreach programs. CEFS\u2019 Field Research, Education and Outreach Facility at Cherry Research Farm in Goldsboro is one of the nation\u2019s leading research and demonstration sites for large-scale sustainable agriculture research across commodity, specialty crops and pasture-based livestock systems. It includes six research units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cefs.ncsu.edu\/field-research\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cefs.ncsu.edu\/field-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Center Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CEA\">Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science in Agriculture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Advancing knowledge, transparency, and public acceptance of regulatory science in agriculture<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Director: Danesha Seth Carley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CERSA collaborates with state and federal agencies, private industry, commodity groups, growers and producers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and academics to advance regulatory science in agriculture through education, research and engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It provides an undergraduate minor and graduate certificate, continuing education training and internships in regulatory science and research for the advancement of regulatory science in agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>CERSA is co-led by NC&#160;State and Louisiana State University.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cersa.cals.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cersa.cals.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"CEA\">Controlled Environment Agriculture Coalition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Industry-focused, cost-effective and sustainable solutions to plant production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Director: Ricardo Hernandez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comprised of research scientists, engineers and in close partnership with industry, the CEA Coalition aims to develop controlled environment agriculture (CEA) as an economically and&nbsp;environmentally sustainable option for agricultural practices by performing evidence-based, transformative research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-0-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-0\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/people\/rhernan4\/\">Ricardo Hernandez, Department of Horticultural Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/people\/james-braun\/\">James Braun<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mae.ncsu.edu\/\">Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/people\/mhoffma3\/\">Mark Hoffmann, Department of Horticultural Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plantbreeding.ncsu.edu\/people\/caiglesi\/\">Carlos Iglesias<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/\">Department of Horticultural Science<\/a><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/people\/bejacks2\/\">Brian Jackson, Department of Horticultural Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/people\/mjknuth\/\">Melinda Knuth, Department of Horticultural Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/people\/wliu25\/\">Wusheng Liu, Department of Horticultural Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/people\/ejlobato\/\">Edgar Lobaton, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mae.ncsu.edu\/people\/btoconno\/\">Brendan O&#8217;Connor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/carole\/\">Carole Saravitz, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ne.ncsu.edu\/people\/kstapel\/\">Katharina Stapelmann, Department of Nuclear Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/agricultural-and-resource-economics\/people\/dtregea\/\">Daniel Tregeagle, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/people\/qwei3\/\">Qingshan Wei<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/people\/qwei3\/\">Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/people\/cmwilli5\/\">Cranos Williams, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/cea\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/cea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" 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By developing new plant genome-editing tools, the center accelerates the path from scientific discovery to farm-ready innovation, while actively spinning out new companies to ensure these technologies reach the growers who need them most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/genome-editing-center\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/genome-editing-center\/\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button 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institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-1-2\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-2\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-1-2\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-1-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">NC&#160;State Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-1-2\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-2\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-1\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/chris-reberg-horton\/\">Chris Reberg-Horton, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/robert-austin\/\">Rob Austin, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/ramon-leon\/\">Ramon Leon Gonzalez, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ece.ncsu.edu\/people\/ejlobato\/\">Edgar Lobaton, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/agricultural-and-resource-economics\/people\/rmrejesu\/\">Roderick Rejesus, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/alwoodle\/\">Alex Woodley, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/news\/10m-grant-to-nc-state-usda-ars-to-advance-cover-crops-transform-agriculture\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/news\/10m-grant-to-nc-state-usda-ars-to-advance-cover-crops-transform-agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">LEARN MORE<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.precisionsustainableag.org\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" 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Sustainability (STEPS) Center<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interdisciplinary research community focused on phosphorus sustainability&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Director: Jacob Jones<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funded by the National Science Foundation, the STEPS Center is a convergent research group addressing the complex challenges in phosphorus sustainability by integrating disciplinary contributions across the physical, life, social, and economic sciences. Although headquartered in the new Plant Sciences Building, the center includes researchers from 11 institutions across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/national-science-foundation-renews-support-for-steps-center\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/national-science-foundation-renews-support-for-steps-center\/\"><span class=\"text\">Learn More<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steps-center.org\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/steps-center.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Center Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"PSI-other\">Multi-Institutional PSI Research Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AgNUE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Agricultural Nitrogen Use Efficiency Platform<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AgNUE is an international research platform focused on improving how nitrogen dynamics are measured, modelled and managed in agricultural systems. The overarching goal is to enhance nutrient use efficiency in agricultural systems and determine the extent to which this can reduce environmental N losses \u2014 particularly N\u2082O emissions and nitrate leaching. The platform brings together expertise across field experimentation, data science and modelling. With funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, this five-year project began in 2026 and has sites in North Carolina, Illinois and eight European countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-2-14\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-14\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-2-14\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-2-14\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">NC&#160;State Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-2-14\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-14\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-2\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/alwoodle\/\">Alex Woodley, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/screberg\/\">Chris Reberg-Horton, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/lcolpog\/\">Luke Gatiboni, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/enlooper\/\">Erin Rivers, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/debjani-sihi\/\">Debjani Sihi, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meas.sciences.ncsu.edu\/people\/areysan\/\">Camilo Rey-Sanchez, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agnue.com\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/agnue.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"AI2EAR\">AI2EAR<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International Collaboration to Accelerate Integration of Engineering, Plant Sciences and Agricultural Research using Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This diverse collaboration seeks to support the successful integration of agriculture, life sciences and engineering to resolve scientific and technical gaps as well as social barriers with the overarching goal of ensuring global food security. The three research objectives include: sensor science, engineering and integration; data mining, machine learning, multi-scale modeling and AI models; and open-source data and network cyberinfrastructures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-3-1\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-3-1\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-3-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">NC&#160;State Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-3-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-3\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/talong\/\">Terri Long, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/ross-sozzani\/\">Ross Sozzani, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ece.ncsu.edu\/people\/cmwilli5\/\">Cranos Williams, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/people\/mlrowlan\/\">Maude Cuchiara<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/\">Department of Materials Science and Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/agricultural-and-human-sciences\/people\/joseph-donaldson\/\">Joseph Donaldson, Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/amy-grunden\/\">Amy Grunden, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/lkhanley\/\">Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mse.ncsu.edu\/people\/jljone21\/\">Jacob Jones, Department of Materials Science and Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/food-bioprocessing-and-nutrition-sciences\/people\/mlila\/\">Mary Ann Lila, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/amlocke2\/\">Anna Locke, USDA, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/ross-meentemeyer\/\">Ross&nbsp;Meentemeyer, College of Natural Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"BIG-collaboration\">Biocatalyst Interactions with Gases (BIG) Collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Uncovering new methods for CO<sub>2<\/sub> management and sustainable fertilizer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reducing carbon emissions and developing alternative routes for fertilizer production are increasingly urgent challenges facing our world. This interdisciplinary research collaboration between North Carolina State University (NC&#160;State) and the Technical University of Denmark (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DTU) is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) and will receive 50 million Danish Kroner (DKK), approximately $6.5 million, in funding over five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-4-0\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-0\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-4-0\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-4-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-4-0\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-0\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-4\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/sisalmon\/\">Sonja Salmon, Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/igor-bolotnov\/\">Igor Bolotnov, Department of Nuclear Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/doug-call\/\">Doug Call, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/nathan-crook\/\">Nathan Crook, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/amy-grunden\/\">Amy Grunden, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/fanxing-li\/\">Fanxing Li, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/flora-meilleur\/\">Flora Meilleur, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/william-joe-sagues\/\">Joe Sagues, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/people\/jshen3\/\">Jialong Shen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/ai-at-the-n-c-psi\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"80958\">Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.textiles.ncsu.edu\/big\/people\/yaroslava-yingling\/\">Yaroslava Yingling, Department of Materials Science and Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dtu.dk\/english\/person\/cwis?id=151931&amp;%3Bentity=profile&amp;entity=profile\">Stig Helveg, Department of Physics, DTU<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.dtu.dk\/en\/persons\/peter-westh\">Peter Westh, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, DTU<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biocat.ncsu.edu\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/biocat.ncsu.edu\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"collaborative-crop-resilience-program\">Collaborative Crop Resilience Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interdisciplinary research program targets wheat microbes for resiliency<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amy Grunden is leading a six-year, $30 million study on the wheat microbiome to make the staple crop more resilient against environmental stresses while reducing the need for chemical treatments and irrigation. The project is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.dk\/english\/\">University of Copenhagen<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/international.au.dk\/\">Aarhus University<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dtu.dk\/english\">Technical University of Denmark<\/a>&nbsp;will collaborate on the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-5-2\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-2\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-5-2\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-5-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-5-2\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-2\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-5\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/amgrunde\/\">Amy Grunden, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/southeast-area\/raleigh-nc\/plant-science-research\/docs\/research-spotlight\/gina-brown-guedira\/\">Gina Brown-Guedira, USDA-ARS, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/entomology-and-plant-pathology\/people\/icarbon\/\">Ignazio Carbone, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/entomology-and-plant-pathology\/people\/macubeta\/\">Marc Cubeta, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/chawkes\/\">Christine Hawkes, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/mkleine\/\">Manuel Kleiner, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/hwsedero\/\">Heike Sederoff, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/ross-sozzani\/\">Ross Sozzani, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccrp.vcl.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/ccrp.vcl.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REFRAME<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Resource Engineering Framework for Responsible, Augmented Modeling Engagement <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Daniela Jones&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The REFRAME project is building a modular, AI-enabled, open-source platform that connects legacy scientific models, novel AI surrogate models and large language model tools to evaluate agricultural and food-processing biomass \u2014 starting with cotton residue and expanding to streams like sweetpotato tops and swine and poultry manure \u2014 for their potential as biofuel or bioproduct feedstocks. The platform gives researchers, industry, farmers and policymakers a shared, feedstock-agnostic tool for identifying which underused residues are worth investing in, and where. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With funding from Schmidt Sciences through the Virtual Institute on Feedstocks of the Future (VIFF), this four-year project began in 2026 and collaborates with&nbsp;Idaho National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-6\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-6-17\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-17\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-6-17\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-6-17\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">NC&#160;State Research Team<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-6-17\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-17\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-6\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/people\/dsjones5\/\">Daniela Jones<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/\">Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/people\/wjsagues\/\">Joe Sagues<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/\">Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/debjani-sihi\/\">Debjani Sihi<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/\">Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/people\/cmwilli5\/\">Cranos Williams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ece.ncsu.edu\/\">Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/people\/sharara\/\">Mahmoud Sharara<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/\">Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/screberg\/\">Chris Reberg-Horton<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/\">Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/people\/brad-lewis\/\">Brad Lewis<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"\/\/www.cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\">N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/people\/skharri6\/\">Sarah Harris<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bae.ncsu.edu\/\">Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/reframe\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/units.cals.ncsu.edu\/reframe\/\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"talking-the-plant-talk\">SAPLINGS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>System Approach to Promote Learning and Innovation for the Next Generations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NC&#160;State is co-leading a 5-year, $18 million USDA grant alongside fellow land-grant university N.C. A&amp;T and six other 1890s universities, various national organizations, USDA and private companies. The program aims to grow the number of underrepresented minority students in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. NC&#160;State&#8217;s portion, co-led by Cranos Williams and Jon Allen, will create a fellowship program for two graduate students, four undergraduate students and two high school interns. The PSI extension agent network will also receive significant funding to train agents in AI tools..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-7\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-7-2\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-2\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-7-2\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-7-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-7-2\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-2\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-7\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/people\/cmwilli5\/\">Cranos Williams, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/food-bioprocessing-and-nutrition-sciences\/people\/jallen\/\">Jon Allen, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncat.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/saplings-usda-nextgen-grant.php\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/www.ncat.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/saplings-usda-nextgen-grant.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">LEARN MORE<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"PSB-labs\">Labs in the Plant Sciences Building<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enbisys-lab\">EnBiSys Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Driving the next revolution in plant science and agriculture data analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Director: Cranos Williams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EnBiSys Lab is a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary research laboratory, focused on the development of targeted computational and analytical solutions for modeling and controlling biological systems. The solutions we develop are used to build and strengthen the transition from large-scale high-throughput \u2013omics data to highly connected kinetic models in the post-genomic era; models that can be used to attain the depth, understanding, and comprehension needed to manipulate and control biological systems for a defined purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/enbisys\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/enbisys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"forest-biotech-group\">Forest Biotech Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>34 years of research innovation in forest biotechnology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded in 1988, the Forest Biotech Group (FBG) is dedicated to research innovations in forest biotechnology and molecular genetics of tree metabolism to improve growth, development and defense against biotic and abiotic stresses. Their research goal is the domestication of forest trees for conservation and productivity through a systems-level approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-8-0\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-0\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-8-0\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-8-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-8-0\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-0\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-8\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/vincent-chiang\/\">Vincent Chiang, College of Natural Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/fikret-isik\/\">Fikret Isik, College of Natural Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/ronald-sederoff\/\">Ron Sederoff, College of Natural Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/jack-wang\/\">Jack Wang, College of Natural Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/directory\/justin-whitehill\/\">Justin Whitehill, College of Natural Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestbiotechgroup.org\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/www.forestbiotechgroup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"long-lab\">Gage Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Improving crop varieties through genomics and high throughput phenotyping<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Joe Gage<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Gage\u2019s research program is focused on linking crop genomic and phenomics to understand how to develop more resilient and productive crop varieties. Current projects include studying how sequence variation controls gene regulation; how gene regulation contributes to genotype-by-environment interactions; and novel methods for processing and interpreting high throughput phenotyping data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gagelab.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/gagelab.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vegetable-pathology-lab\">Genetics, Evolution and Metabolism of Maize Adaptation (GEMMA) Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Understanding plants have developed to adapt to soils with low nutrient availability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Rub\u00e9n Rell\u00e1n-\u00c1lvarez<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GEMMA lab works on the genetics, evolution and metabolism of maize adaptation to different environments with the ultimate goal of discovering beneficial genetic variation that can be used to help develop more efficient, resilient and sustainable corn varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gemmalab.org\/index.html\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/www.gemmalab.org\/index.html\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"long-lab\">Interdisciplinary Risk Sciences Research Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Understanding, managing and communicating complex environmental health risks in a post-2020 world<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: <\/em>Khara Grieger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reduce risks and better align benefits with societal values, needs, and expectations, new approaches are urgently needed. Scientists, researchers, industry, government, and other actors will naturally turn towards the development of new technological solutions and products of innovation to secure safe and sustainable futures. At the same time, new innovations and novel technologies can also present unknown risks as well as controversies in society. Well-known examples include first generation of genetically-modified organisms, nanotechnology, geoengineering, new materials for environmental remediation, and even new vaccines. Working interdisciplinarily within science, technology, social sciences, and governance, the Risk Sciences Research Group aims to strategically incorporate practices that foster responsible and sustainable innovation in order to ultimately solve our grand challenges without creating additional challenges themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/ges\/2021\/10\/khara-grieger-to-co-lead-knowledge-transfer-efforts-for-new-25-million-phosphorus-research-center\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/ges\/2021\/10\/khara-grieger-to-co-lead-knowledge-transfer-efforts-for-new-25-million-phosphorus-research-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">LEARN MORE<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"long-lab\">Long Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Understanding plant iron deprivation to address global nutritional outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Terri Long<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anemia induced by iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent nutritional disorders in the world. Their research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms that plants use to uptake, transport, and utilize iron, and respond to low iron conditions. Using genomics, molecular biology and genetics, their work is focused on identifying iron deficiency response regulators and their corresponding gene targets, with the long-term goal of elucidating gene regulatory networks involved in plant iron homeostasis. Ultimately, this information may lead to the generation of crops with increased nutritional content and increased yield when grown in poor soils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/longlab.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/longlab.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"maize-breeding-genetics-collaboration\">Maize Breeding and Genetics Collaboration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Corn breeding and genetics project of the USDA-Agricultural Research Service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Jim Holland<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This collaborative team aims to characterize the genes underlying important agricultural traits in maize (corn) to develop new breeding lines. Two specific research foci are to improve resistance to Fusarium ear rot in corn and to develop new specialty food corn varieties, including improved heirloom food corns and low protein grain corns for patients with metabolic disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion ncst-accordion\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"ncst-accordion-9\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-accordion-item ncst-accordion-item panel\"><a class=\"accordion-item__header collapsed\" href=\"#ncst-accordion-item-9-1\" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#ncst-accordion-item-9-1\" aria-controls=\"ncst-accordion-item-9-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"accordion-item__expansion-indicator\"><span class=\"ncst-plus-minus-toggle\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"accordion-item__label h5\">Research Faculty<\/h2><\/a><div class=\"collapse panel-collapse accordion-item__content-container \" id=\"ncst-accordion-item-9-1\" aria-labelledby=\"ncst-accordion-item-heading-1\" data-parent=\"#ncst-accordion-9\"><div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/jholland\/\">Jim Holland, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/molecular-and-structural-biochemistry\/people\/ruben-rellan-alvarez\/\">Rub\u00e9n Rell\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/plant-and-microbial-biology\/people\/pjbalint\/\">Peter Balint-Kurti, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/jlgage\/\">Joe Gage, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/goodman\/\">Major Goodman, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/crop-and-soil-sciences\/people\/mdkrakow\/\">Matt Krakowsky, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/molecular-and-structural-biochemistry\/people\/josh-strable\/\">Josh Strable, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maizegenetics.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/maizegenetics.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vegetable-pathology-lab\">NC&#160;State Vegetable Pathology Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Studying diseases to improve disease management for farmers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: <em><em>Frank J. Louws<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This lab leads interdisciplinary studies of diseases of cucurbit crops and sweetpotatoes to deliver novel and improved disease management strategies to growers in North Carolina and to advance our knowledge in the field of vegetable pathology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/veggiepathology.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/veggiepathology.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"precision-pest-ecology-lab\">Optical Sensing Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Making smaller, faster and more capable optical systems for plant and human health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Mike Kudenov<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lab\u2019s major research area is in spectral and polarimetric imaging as it applies to both remote sensing and biomedical imaging applications. Through incorporating novel Polarization Grating (PG) technologies into spectral and polarimetric sensors, the researchers in OSL are increasing the sensor\u2019s spatial, spectral or radiometric performance, or reducing the sensor\u2019s overall size or cost. An emphasis is given on the development of ultra-compact sensors with novel capabilities. 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They couple data generated from empirical studies and environmental networks with process-based  and machine learning models. They use biogeochemical models to evaluate the fate of soil carbon and other ecosystem nutrients in the face of climate change. 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Their goal is to gain a coherent qualitative and quantitative understanding of stem cell maintenance at the systems-level. Their research leverages techniques derived from molecular, developmental and cell biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science and engineering. Their research will reveal a specific molecular pathway of plant stem cells, and provide broader insights into the fundamental properties of stem cells across the plant and animal kingdoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sustainable-organic-soil-fertility-lab\">Sustainable and Organic Soil Fertility Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Climate change mitigation and adaptation through sustainable agriculture and improved soil health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Alex Woodley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This research program is focused on the mitigation and adaptation to climate change in sustainable&nbsp;agricultural systems&nbsp;through improved soil productivity. Research initiatives include linking soil health indicators to productive&nbsp;agroecosystems, mitigation of soil greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration and nutrient management of&nbsp;fertilizers, organic amendments and cover crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/casm.cals.ncsu.edu\/\">Climate Adaptation Through Agriculture &amp; Soil Management<\/a> (CASM) research initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablesoils.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/sustainablesoils.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wei-group\">Translational Plant Phenomics Lab <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Advancing the application of remote sensing, robotics, and data science in breeding a diversity of horticultural and specialty crops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Jing Zhang<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first aim of the Translational Plant Phenomics Lab is to use advanced imaging technologies and machine learning algorithms to make plant phenotyping more efficient for crop breeding. By integrating high-throughput methods, they aim to accelerate the selection process for desirable traits, ultimately improving crop resilience and yield. The second aim is to develop innovative strategies for precision crop management that optimize inputs and maximize outputs in agricultural production. 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Established in 1956, the program advances tree breeding through innovations in genomics and quantitative genetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treeimprovement.org\/\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/www.treeimprovement.org\/\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.treeimprovement.org\/ \"><span class=\"text\">Program Website<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button is-style-secondary\"><a href=\"#top\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"#top\" rel=\"#top\"><span class=\"text\">Back to top of page<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wei-group\">Wei Research Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Innovating disease diagnostics by developing cost-effective sensing tools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Principal Investigator: Qingshan Wei<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This engineering research group works to understand the fundamentals of optics, chemistry, and molecular biology for rapid and ultrasensitive molecular detection. 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PSI. 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