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 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 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 919-515-3544 2111 Gardner 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 919-513-3874	boston@unity.ncsu.edu
Dr. Christopher Brown Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development, Professor & Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development 400 Venture Center II Box 7570 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 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 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 Box 7612 919-515-2222	chad_jordan@ncsu.edu
Dr. Alexander Krings Assistant Professor Director of the Herbarium, Plant Systematics 2106 Gardner Box 7612 919-515-2700	alexander_krings@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. 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. James Mickle Associate Professor Palebotany 2714 Bostian Box 7612 919-515-9050	james_mickle@ncsu.edu
Dr. Imara Perera Research Associate Professor Plant Stress Responses 205B Partners III Box 7612 919-515-3544	imara_perera@ncsu.edu
Dr. Dominique "Niki" Robertson Professor Gene Silencing embryolethal genes 362 B Partners III Box 7612 919-515-6319	niki_robertson@ncsu.edu
Dr. Marcela Rojas-Pierce Assistant Professor Cell Biology 4106 Gardner Box 7612 919-513-1901	mrojasp@ncsu.edu
Dr. Jon Stucky Professor Wetland Plant Biology 3203 Gardner Box 7612 919-515-2227	jon_stucky@ncsu.edu
Dr. Carole Saravitz Director of the Phytotron Research Assistant Professor 2003 Gardner Box 7618 919-515-2778	carole_saravitz@ncsu.edu
Dr. William Thompson University Research Prof. of Plant Biology, Genetics, & Crop Science Transgene regulation 1203 Partners II Box 7550 919-515-7164	bill_thompson@ncsu.edu
Dr. Thomas R. Wentworth Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Plant Community Ecology 4105 Gardner Box 7612 919-515-2168	tom_wentworth@ncsu.edu
Dr. Heike Winter - Sederoff Associate Research Professor Plant Gravitational Genomics 4213 C Gardner Box 7612 919-513-0076	heike_winter@ncsu.edu
Donna Wright Teaching Technician 2214-A Gardner Box 7612 919-515-7113	donna_wright@ncsu.edu
Dr. Jenny Xiang Associate Professor Molecular Plant Systematics 4209 Gardner Box 7612 919-515-2728	jenny_xiang@ncsu.edu
Dr. Deyu Xie Associate Professor Phytochemistry, Metabolic Engineering 4219 Gardner 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 Associate Professor Crop Science, NCSU USDA Plant Sciences Res.8, Box 7631 919-515-1620 Fax: 919-856-4598	Kent.Burkey@ars.usda.gov
Dr. Ralph E Dewey Crop Science Philip Morris Professor of Crop Science, Plant Molecular Biology specialty 21Partners III , Box 8009 NCSU Campus Raleigh, NC 27695 919-515-2705 Fax: 919-515-7959	ralph_dewey@ncsu.ed
Dr. Robert Franks Assistant Professor Genetics, NCSU 2548 Gardner 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 Associate Professor William Neal Reynolds Professor Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Partners III 360C, Box 7651 919-515-6663 Fax: 919-513-1209	linda_.Hanley-Bowdoin@ncsu.edu
Dr.Shuijin Hu Assistant Professor Plant Pathology 2518 Gardner Box 7616 919-515-2097 Fax: 919-515-7716	shuijin_hu@ncsu.edu
Dr. Dale Karlson Monsanto
Dr. Susanne E. Kjemtrup Monsanto	susanne.kjemtrup@monsanto.com
Dr. Susan A. MacIsaac Monsanto Company NCRC Site Lead 600 Laureate Way Suite 4228 Kannapolis, NC 28081 704-250-5711	Susan.A.MacIsaac@.monsanto.com
Dr. Gloria Muday Adjunct Associate Professor Wake Forest University	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 NCSU Campus 919-515-7616 Fax: 919-515-7618	rongda_qu@ncsu.edu
Dr Tom Rufty Professor USDA 4415 Williams Box 7620 919-515-3660 Fax: 919-515-5315	tom_rufty@ncsu.edu
Dr. Edward Sisler Professor of Biochemistry 30 Polk Box 7622 919-515-5761 Fax: 919-515-2047	ed_sisler@ncsu.edu
Dr. Ross Whetten Associate Professor Dept of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NCSU 5231 Jordan 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