Consortium Faculty

The Plant Soil Microbial Community Consortium brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers spanning plant pathology, microbiology, soil science, ecology, engineering, mathematics, and quantitative biology. Faculty from across NC State University and partners in USDA ARS collaborate to advance understanding of the plant–soil–microbe interface and to develop sustainable strategies for enhancing crop resilience, productivity, and microbiome-assisted agriculture.

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ignazio Carbone
Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Director, CIFR
Marc Cubeta
Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Associate Director, CIFR; Director, Larry F. Grand Mycological Herbarium
Amy M. Grunden
Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Peter Ojiambo
Associate Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Owen Duckworth
Associate Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences
Shuijin Hu
Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Ralph Dean
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Margaret Daub
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Oliver Baars
Assistant Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Wei Shi
Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences
Kevin Garcia
Assistant Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences
Christine Hawkes
Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Peter Balint Kurti
USDA ARS Research Geneticist
Jim Holland
USDA Professor of Maize Breeding and Genetics
Manuel Kleiner
Assistant Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Rob Dunn
Professor of Applied Ecology

College of Sciences
Alun Lloyd
Professor of Mathematics; Director, Biomathematics Program

College of Engineering
Francis de los Reyes
Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Nathan Crook
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

College of Veterinary Medicine
Benjamin Callahan
Assistant Professor in Microbiomes and Complex Microbial Communities