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Orlando Arguello-Miranda

Assistant Professor

oargell@ncsu.edu

Rodolphe Barrangou ☑️

Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Professor

rbarran@ncsu.edu

Louis-Marie Bobay ☑️

Assistant Professor

ljbobay@ncsu.edu

Michael Bradshaw ☑️

Assistant Professor

mbradshaw@ncsu.edu

Dennis Brown

Professor

dennis_brown@ncsu.edu

Phillip Brown

Asst. Teaching Professor

919-513-0309 pebrown4@ncsu.edu

José M. Bruno-Bárcena

Professor of Microbiology

jbbarcen@ncsu.edu

Nicolas Buchler

Associate Professor

919-515-1057 nebuchle@ncsu.edu

Douglas Call

Associate Professor

dfcall@ncsu.edu

Benjamin Callahan

Associate Professor

bcallah@ncsu.edu

Sue Carson

Professor

sdcarson@ncsu.edu

Wei-Chen Chang ☑️

Assistant Professor

919-513-7351 wchang6@ncsu.edu

Stefanie Chen

Assistant Teaching Professor

slchen2@ncsu.edu

Mallory Choudoir

Assistant Professor

mchoudo@ncsu.edu

Nathan Crook

Assistant Professor

919-513-2429 nccrook@ncsu.edu

Marc Cubeta

Professor and Associate Director, Center for Integrated Fungal Research

919-513-1227 macubeta@ncsu.edu

Francis de los Reyes

Professor, University Faculty Scholar

919-515-7416 fldelosr@ncsu.edu

Rob Dunn

Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs

rrdunn@ncsu.edu

Mary Elting

Associate Professor

mmwillia@ncsu.edu

Ayse Ercumen

Associate Professor

919-515-7051 aercume@ncsu.edu

Robert Franks

Professor

919-513-3807 bob_franks@ncsu.edu

Kevin Garcia

Associate Professor

919-515-2040 kgarcia2@ncsu.edu

Michaela Gazdik Stofer

Associate Teaching Professor

magazdik@ncsu.edu

Reza Ghiladi

Associate Professor, University Faculty Scholar

919-513-0680 raghilad@ncsu.edu

Carlos Goller

Teaching Professor

ccgoller@ncsu.edu

Amy Grunden

Assistant Director, NCARS

amgrunde@ncsu.edu

Angela Harris

Associate Professor

aharris5@ncsu.edu

Christine Hawkes

Professor, Director of Microbiology Graduate Program

chawkes@ncsu.edu

Alejandra Huerta Vazquez ahuerta@ncsu.edu

Bonnie Hurwitz

Associate Professor

blhurwit@ncsu.edu

Michael Hyman

Professor, Associate Director of Microbiology Graduate Program

mrhyman@ncsu.edu

Megan Jacob

Professor, Director of Diagnostic Laboratories

919-513-6236 mejacob@ncsu.edu

Robert Kelly

Professor, Director of NCSU Biotechnology Program

rmkelly@ncsu.edu

Manuel Kleiner

Assoc Professor

mkleine@ncsu.edu

Matthew Koci

Professor

919-515-5388 matt_koci@ncsu.edu

Stephanie Lambeth Mathews

Assistant Teaching Professor

sklambet@ncsu.edu

Cristina Lanzas

Professor

clanzas@ncsu.edu

Sharonda LeBlanc

Assistant Professor

919-515-7342 sleblan@ncsu.edu

Alice Lee

Associate Teaching Professor

amlee3@ncsu.edu

Hsiao-Ching Liu

Professor

919-515-8057 hc_liu@ncsu.edu

Reid Longley ☑️

Assistant Professor

rwlongle@ncsu.edu

Zhe Lyu

Assistant Professor

919-513-3456 zlyu3@ncsu.edu

Erin McKenney

Assistant Professor

919-515-5089 eamckenn@ncsu.edu

Aram Mikaelyan

Assistant Professor

amikael@ncsu.edu

Jonathan Olson

Associate Professor

919-515-7860 jonathan_olson@ncsu.edu

Ryan Paerl

Associate Professor

rpaerl@ncsu.edu

Imara Perera

Research Professor

iperera@ncsu.edu

Will Petry

Assistant Professor

wpetry@ncsu.edu

Ian T. Petty

Associate Vice Provost, Online and Distance Education

919-515-2393 itpetty@ncsu.edu

Joshua Pierce

Associate Professor, University Faculty Scholar

919-513-1489 jgpierce@ncsu.edu

Michael Rahe

Assistant Professor

mrahe@ncsu.edu

Melissa Ramirez

Associate Teaching Professor

mvramire@ncsu.edu

David Rasmussen

Associate Professor

919-515-5198 drasmus@ncsu.edu

Blake Rasor

Assistant Professor

919-513-2262 bjrasor@ncsu.edu

Kasie Raymann

Assistant Professor

ktrayman@ncsu.edu

Dorith Rotenberg

Professor and Director of Graduate Programs - Plant Pathology

919-515-5869 drotenb@ncsu.edu

Saini Saini

Professor of Immunology and Toxicology, University Faculty Scholar

ysaini@ncsu.edu

Frank Scholle

Professor

frank_scholle@ncsu.edu

Amit Sharma ☑️

Associate Professor

919-513-7049 asharm66@ncsu.edu

Debjani Sihi

Assistant Professor

919-513-2465 dsihi@ncsu.edu

Michael Sikes

Associate Professor

919-513-0528 mlsikes@ncsu.edu

Amol Suryawanshi ☑️

Associate Professor

assuryaw@ncsu.edu

Michael Taveirne

Associate Teaching Professor

919-513-3228 michael_taveirne@ncsu.edu

Siddhartha Thakur

Professor

sthakur@ncsu.edu

Casey Theriot

Professor

cmtherio@ncsu.edu

Acer VanWallendael

Assistant Professor

avanwal@ncsu.edu

Lin Walker

Assistant Professor

919.513.3385 lwalker3@ncsu.edu

Anna Whitfield

Director of Emerging Plant Disease and Global Food Security Cluster

919-515-5861 awhitfi@ncsu.edu

Gavin Williams ☑️

Professor

gjwillia@ncsu.edu

Jeffrey Yoder

Professor

919-515-7406 jayoder@ncsu.edu