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Julie Campbell
Assistant Professor; Emphasis: Consumer Horticulture & Consumer Behavior
Horticulture

Timothy Coolong
Interim ANR Leader, Assistant Dean for Extension | Professor, Extension Specialist, Emphasis: Vegetable
Horticulture

Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi
Associate Professor; Emphasis: Controlled environment horticulture
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture

Heather Kirk Ballard
Assistant Professor - Sustainable Urban Landscapes
Horticulture

Sarah Lowder
Assistant Professor, Viticulture Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Viticulture
Horticulture

Anish Malladi
Professor; Emphasis: Pomology, fruit growth & developmental physiology
Horticulture

Cecilia E. McGregor
Professor; Emphasis: Cucurbit breeding, genetics & genomics
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Savithri Nambeesan
Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Ripening & post-harvest physiology
Horticulture

John M. Ruter
Allan M. Armitage Professor & UGA Trial Gardens Director; Emphasis: Ornamental breeding & production
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Esther van der Knaap
Professor; Emphasis: Tomatoes, plant development, genetics & genomics
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Dayton Wilde
Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of ornamental plants
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Donglin Zhang
Professor; Emphasis: Ornamental breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Dario Chavez
Associate Professor - Peach and Citrus Breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture

Sheri Dorn
Senior Public Service Associate & State Master Gardener Coordinator
Horticulture

Rachel Itle
Assistant Research Scientist; Emphasis: Fruit production & genetics
Horticulture

Andrew Ogden
Assistant Professor
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Bodie V. Pennisi
Vincent J. Dooley Professorship in Horticulture; Emphasis: Commercial & sustainable landscape; pollinators
Horticulture

Lav Kumar Yadav
Assistant Professor: Ornamental Horticulture and Bioinformatics
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Akshaya Biswal
Assistant Research Scientist; Emphasis: Peanut Genetics, Breeding, Genomics, Genetic Engineering & Genome Editing
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Ye (Juliet) Chu
Assistant Professor, Emphasis: Blueberry breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Joann Conner
Associate Research Scientist; Emphasis: Apomixis, plant reproduction
Horticulture
National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL)
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Patrick J. Conner
Professor & Tifton REI Coordinator; Emphasis: Pecan & muscadine breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Angelos Deltsidis
Assistant Professor & Post-harvest Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Post-harvest fruit & vegetables physiology
Horticulture

Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez
Professor; Emphasis: Vegetable production (conventional, organic & sustainable); plasticulture; environmental physiology
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture

Ted McAvoy
Assistant Professor & Vegetable Production Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Vegetable production
Horticulture

Amol Nankar
Assistant Professor; Emphasis: vegetable breeding
Horticulture
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Peggy Ozias-Akins
Distinguished Research Professor; Emphasis: Molecular genetics of plant development, peanuts
Horticulture
National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL)
Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG)

Luan Oliveira
Assistant Professor and Precision Ag Extension Specialist
Horticulture
Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture

Zilfina Rubio Ames
Assistant Professor and Small Fruit Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Blueberry, small fruits
Horticulture

Mary Sutton
Assistant Professor & Citrus Extension Specialist; Emphasis: Citrus production
Horticulture
Wayne E. Mitchem
Extension Associate; Areas of Interest: Regional Orchard and Vineyard Floor Vegetation Management Specialist
wayne_mitchem@ncsu.edu
828-684-3562

Jim M. Affolter
Professor Emeritus; Emphasis: Plant conservation & native plant production
Horticulture

David Berle
Professor Emeritus and retired rehire; Emphasis: Urban & small farm organics, medicinal herbs
Horticulture

Tim Smalley
Professor Emeritus; Emphasis: Landscape, plant identification, historic gardens
Horticulture