About
Faculty & Staff
Plants for Human Health Institute Program Coordinators
Institute Director/Research
Mary Ann Lila
Extension (N.C. MarketReady)
Rod Gurganus
Business Operations
Tara Vogelien
Communications
Leah Chester-Davis
| NAME | TITLE | EXTENSION/ RESEARCH | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Bame | Communications Assistant | Extension | 704-250-5432 | megan_bame@ncsu.edu |
| Jonathan Baros | Farm & Agribusiness Management, Fruits & Vegetables | Extension | 704-250-5458 | jonathan_baros@ncsu.edu |
| Blake Brown | Hugh C. Kiger Professor, Agricultural Economics | Extension | 704-250-5404 | blake_brown@ncsu.edu |
| Allan Brown | Applied Molecular Geneticist, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5417 | allan_brown@ncsu.edu |
| Robert Byrd | Lab Technician | Research | ||
| Franco Canales | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5463 | fecanale@ncsu.edu |
| Leah Chester-Davis | Coordinator, Communications and Community Outreach | Extension, Research | 704-250-5406 | leah_chester-davis@ncsu.edu |
| Elizabeth Clevinger | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5439 | elizabeth_clevinger@ncsu.edu |
| Diane Ducharme | GAPs Program Coordinator, Extension Associate | Extension | 704-250-5402 | diane_ducharme@ncsu.edu |
| Mary Grace | Senior Researcher | Research | 704-250-5418 | mary_grace@ncsu.edu |
| Rod Gurganus | N.C. MarketReady Director | Extension | 252-943-5832 | rod_gurganus@ncsu.edu |
| Ivette Guzman | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Research | 704-250-5448 | iguzman@ncsu.edu |
| Randy Keller | Facilities Maintenance Supervisor | Extension, Research | 704-250-5420 | randall_keller@ncsu.edu |
| Josh Kellogg | Graduate Student | Research | jjkellog@ncsu.edu | |
| Slavko Komarnytsky | Plant Biologist, Pharmacogenomics, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5459 | komarnytsky@ncsu.edu |
| Aleksandr Kornev | Desktop/IT Support Technician | Extension, Research | 704-250-5456 | aakornev@ncsu.edu |
| Xu "Sirius" Li | Plant Metabolic Pathway Engineer, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5460 | sirius_li@ncsu.edu |
| Mary Ann Lila | Director, Plants for Human Health Institute; David H. Murdock Distinguished Professor | Research | 704-250-5407 | maryann_lila@ncsu.edu |
| Steve Lommel | Associate Director of N.C. Agricultural Research Service; Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research; William Neal Reynolds Professor | Research | 919-515-6990 | steve_lommel@ncsu.edu |
| Guoying Ma | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5445 | guoying_ma@ncsu.edu |
| Flaubert Mbeunkui | Research Associate | Research | 704-250-5446 | flaubert_mbeunkui@ncsu.edu |
| Dona Miller | Office Assistant | Extension, Research | 704-250-5449 | dona_miller@ncsu.edu |
| Justin Moore | Communications Assistant | Extension, Research | 704-250-5433 | justin_moore@ncsu.edu |
| Susan Nealey | Office Manager | Extension, Research | 704-250-5400 | susan_nealey@ncsu.edu |
| Joyce O'Neal | Lab Assistant | Research | 704-250-5443 | |
| Jeremy Pattison | Strawberry Breeder, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5410 | jeremy_pattison@ncsu.edu |
| Penelope Perkins-Veazie | Postharvest Physiologist, Professor | Research | 704-250-5419 | penelope_perkins@ncsu.edu |
| William Pressel | Lab Technician | Research | ||
| Rennetta Roberts | Laboratory Research Technician | Research | ||
| Lorie Solomon | Laboratory Research Technician | Research | ||
| Susan Stirewalt | Bookkeeper | Extension, Research | 704-250-5403 | susan_stirewalt@ncsu.edu |
| Renee Strauch | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5464 | renee_strauch@ncsu.edu |
| Tara Vogelien | Director, Business & Research Administration | Extension, Research | 704-250-5401 | tara_vogelien@ncsu.edu |
| Brittany Whitmire | N.C. Value-Added Cost Share Coordinator | Extension | 919-830-9557 | brittany_whitmire@ncsu.edu |
| Louis Wojciechowski | Lab Technician | Research | 704-250-5430 | ljwojcie@ncsu.edu |
| Gad Yousef | Senior Researcher | Research | 704-250-5431 | ggyousef@ncsu.edu |
