About
Faculty & Staff
Plants for Human Health Institute Program Directors
Institute Director/Research
Mary Ann Lila
Cooperative Extension
Jonathan Baros (interim)
Business Operations
Tara Vogelien
| NAME | TITLE | EXTENSION/ RESEARCH | PHONE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Bame | Greenhouse Operations Technician | Research | 704-250-5461 | mweddin@ncsu.edu |
| Jonathan Baros | Farm & Agribusiness Management, Fruits & Vegetables | Extension | 704-250-5458 | jrbaros@ncsu.edu |
| Christine Bradish | Graduate Student | Research | 919-515-1220 | cmbradis@ncsu.edu |
| Blake Brown | Hugh C. Kiger Professor, Agricultural Economics | Extension | 704-250-5404 | abbrown@ncsu.edu |
| Allan Brown | Applied Molecular Geneticist, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5417 | afbrown2@ncsu.edu |
| Robert Byrd | Lab Technician | Research | 704-250-5442 | rjbyrd@ncsu.edu |
| Kranthi Chebrolu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Research | 704-250-5447 | kkchebro@ncsu.edu |
| Leah Chester-Davis | Coordinator, Communications and Community Outreach | Extension, Research | 704-250-5406 | lrcheste@ncsu.edu |
| Elizabeth Clevinger | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5439 | emclevin@ncsu.edu |
| Diane Ducharme | GAPs Program Coordinator, Extension Associate | Extension | 704-250-5402 | dduchar@ncsu.edu |
| Debora Esposito | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5465 | daesposi@ncsu.edu |
| Mary Grace | Senior Researcher | Research | 704-250-5418 | mhgrace@ncsu.edu |
| Ivette Guzman | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Research | 704-250-5448 | iguzman@ncsu.edu |
| Tzung-Fu Hsieh | Systems Biologist, Epigenetics, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5467 | thsieh3@ncsu.edu |
| Ray Jacobs | Graduate Student | Research | 843-599-1478 | rljacobs@ncsu.edu |
| Randy Keller | Facilities Maintenance Supervisor | Extension, Research | 704-250-5420 | rgkeller@ncsu.edu |
| Josh Kellogg | Graduate Student | Research | 704-250-5413 | jjkellog@ncsu.edu |
| Moo Jung Kim | Graduate Student | Research | 919-515-3178 | mkim10@ncsu.edu |
| Slavko Komarnytsky | Metabolic Biology and Pharmacogenomics, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5459 | komarnytsky@ncsu.edu |
| Xu "Sirius" Li | Plant Metabolic Pathway Engineer, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5460 | xli24@ncsu.edu |
| Mary Ann Lila | Director, Plants for Human Health Institute; David H. Murdock Distinguished Professor | Research | 704-250-5407 | mlila@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 | slommel@ncsu.edu |
| Guoying Ma | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5445 | gma@ncsu.edu |
| Dona Miller | Office Assistant | Extension, Research | 704-250-5449 | dkmille2@ncsu.edu |
| Justin Moore | Extension Communications (Media Contact) | Extension, Research | 704-250-5433 | tjmoore3@ncsu.edu |
| Susan Nealey | Office Manager | Extension, Research | 704-250-5400 | sadotson@ncsu.edu |
| Scott Neff | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Research | 704-250-5446 | saneff@ncsu.edu |
| Joyce O'Neal | Lab Assistant | Research | 704-250-5443 | jloneal3@ncsu.edu |
| Jeremy Pattison | Strawberry Breeder, Assistant Professor | Research | 704-250-5410 | japattis@ncsu.edu |
| Penelope Perkins-Veazie | Postharvest Physiologist, Professor | Research | 704-250-5419 | pmperkin@ncsu.edu |
| Nathalie Plundrich | Visiting Scholar, Graduate Student | Research | 704-250-5441 | njplundr@ncsu.edu |
| Rennetta Roberts | Laboratory Research Technician | Research | 704-250-5441 | rarober4@ncsu.edu |
| Maggie Schneider | Graduate Student | Research | 704-250-5400 | meschne3@ncsu.edu |
| Jonathan Shea | Graduate Student | Research | 704-999-1572 | jshea8@uncc.edu |
| Lorie Solomon-Beale | Laboratory Research Technician | Research | 704-250-5453 | lasolomo@ncsu.edu |
| Susan Stirewalt | Bookkeeper | Extension, Research | 704-250-5403 | ssstirew@ncsu.edu |
| Renee Strauch | Research Specialist | Research | 704-250-5464 | rcstrauc@ncsu.edu |
| Tara Vogelien | Director, Business & Research Administration | Extension, Research | 704-250-5401 | tlalmeki@ncsu.edu |
| Brittany Whitmire | N.C. Value-Added Cost Share Program Coordinator | Extension | 828-577-8598 | bfwhitmi@ncsu.edu |
| Mickey Wilson | Lab Technician | Research | mlwilso8@ncsu.edu | |
| Louis Wojciechowski | Lab Technician | Research | 704-250-5430 | ljwojcie@ncsu.edu |
| Gad Yousef | Senior Researcher | Research | 704-250-5431 | ggyousef@ncsu.edu |
