Members
We are a multidisciplinary group of researchers on a mission to develop fungal and microbial bioscience solutions for sustainable agriculture, health management, and environmental stewardship.
Executive Committee
Ignazio Carbone
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology | Director, CIFR
Marc Cubeta
Professor, Soil Mycology and Plant Disease Ecology | Associate Director, CIFR | Director, Larry F. Grand Mycological Herbarium
Christine Hawkes
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor | Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities Cluster | Plant and Microbial Biology
Nathan Crook
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering CIFR Executive Committee
Nicolas Buchler
Associate Professor of Molecular Biomedical Sciences CIFR Executive Committee
Peter Ojiambo
Associate Professor | Director of International Programs | Epidemiology and integrated management of plant diseases
Faculty
Acer VanWallendael
Assistant Professor of Horticultural Science
Alun Lloyd
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Amy M. Grunden
Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service | William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
Caiti Heil
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Daisy Ahumada
Assistant Professor and Extension Field Crop and Strawberry Pathology Specialist | Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
Francis De Los Reyes
Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Associate Faculty of Microbiology, and Training Faculty of Biotechnology’s
Kevin Garcia
Associate Professor | Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Mallory Choudoir
Assistant Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology and Extension Specialist
Manuel Kleiner
Associate Professor | Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities Cluster
Marcela Rojas-Pierce
Professor | Associate Department Head
Mary Anna Carbone
Principal Research Scholar and CIFR Program Manager
Michael Bradshaw
Assistant Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Director, Larry F. Grand Mycological Herbarium
Orlando Arguello-Miranda
Assistant Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Owen Duckworth
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor | Soil Biogeochemistry
Reid Longley
Assistant Professor of Soil Microbial Ecology
Wei Shi
Professor | Associate Department Head
Emeritus Faculty
Gary Payne
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology Emeritus
Margaret Daub
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor & Department Head
Ralph Dean
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Shuijin Hu
Professor, Entomology & Plant Pathology
