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Professor
Virus Structure and Assembly; Insect response to Alphavirus Infection
dennis_brown@ncsu.edu
Asst. Teaching Professor
B.S. Biological Sciences, Biotechnology Minor from North Carolina State University
919-513-0309 pebrown4@ncsu.edu
Professor and Associate Director, Center for Integrated Fungal Research
919-513-1227 macubeta@ncsu.edu
Professor
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS, GLOBAL HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASES
clanzas@ncsu.edu
Assistant Professor
Biodiversity, population dynamics, species interactions
wpetry@ncsu.edu
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs - Plant Pathology
919-515-5869 drotenb@ncsu.edu
Professor of Immunology and Toxicology, University Faculty Scholar
Lung Inflammation, Macrophage Biology, Inhalation Toxicology, Hepatotoxicity
ysaini@ncsu.edu
Associate Professor
Immunology, Cancer Biology, Epigenetics
919-513-0528 mlsikes@ncsu.edu
Director of Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster
919-515-5861 awhitfi@ncsu.edu
