Sep 15, 2026

Jillian De Gezelle

Ethnobotany is the interdisciplinary study of the relationship between plants and people. One of our primary research interests is the study of medicinal plants and traditional medical systems. We use…

Sep 15, 2026

Jose Bruno-Barcena

Dr. Bruno-Barcena is a translational industrial microbiologist with an effective research program, which includes strong collaborative relationships within the biotechnology industry, and a passion for bioprocess workforce training. As example,…

Jan 23, 2026

Orlando Arguello-Miranda

Bio Cell Biology Through Data Science Our laboratory wants to understand how cells divide. We want to discover new biochemical mechanisms that help cells divide when needed. In the same…

Jan 12, 2026

Heike Sederoff

Metabolic Engineering to Improve Sustainability of Agriculture Agricultural crop production is facing many challenges – now and in the future. An anticipated increase in the demand for food and feed…

Jan 12, 2026

Amy Grunden

My research program is focused on the study of microorganisms called extremophiles, which are capable of thriving in diverse extreme environmental conditions such as high or low temperatures, high salinity,…

Dec 2, 2025

Richard Blanton

My general area of research interest is cellular and developmental biology, particularly the role of the extracellular matrix in development and the mechanism of cellulose biogenesis. My research organism is…

Jan 8, 2024

Kasie Raymann

Oct 10, 2023

Mallory Choudoir

Agroecosystems harbor microbial communities with immense diversity, and these microbiomes link soils to food systems. Our group focuses on the ecological and evolutionary processes driving plant-soil-microbe interactions in North Carolina…

Oct 10, 2023

Eric Miller

Our interests include the molecular biology and genomics of bacteriophages and bacteria. Bacteriophages are the single most abundant biological entities on earth, with estimates of over 1031 in number. Over several…

Oct 10, 2023

Bill Thompson

My two main research projects at present involve DNA replication and epigenetics. One is a large collaboration involving colleagues at three major institutions that seeks to characterize DNA replication programs…

Oct 10, 2023

Candace Haigler

The research in my laboratory centers on cellulose synthesis and the assembly of plant cell walls, particularly the secondary walls of cotton fibers and tracheary elements. Knowledge gained from these…

Oct 3, 2023

Terri Long

Anemia induced by iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent nutritional disorders in the world. Most people obtain nutritional iron predominantly from plants. Our research focuses on understanding the…