MBTP Training Faculty
The NIH/NCSU Molecular Biotechnology Training Program (MBTP) involves 40 training faculty, representing four colleges and 12 departments across the NC State University campus: engineering (chemical and biomolecular engineering and civil engineering); life sciences (molecular and structural biochemistry; plant biology; entomology; food, bioprocessing and nutritional sciences; genetics; microbiology; plant pathology; and poultry science); veterinary medicine (molecular biomedical sciences); physical and mathematical sciences (chemistry). For more information about these faculty and their research, please see the Biotechnology Home Page.
| Faculty Member | Department | Research Focus |
| Chris Ashwell | Poultry Science | Genes of economic importance in poultry |
| Wendy Boss | Plant Biology | Plant lipid-mediated signal transduction |
| Becky Boston | Plant Biology | Plant molecular biology |
| Ignazio Carbone | Plant Pathology | Fungal evolutionary biology, genetics and genomics |
| Ruben Carbonell | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Bio-separations and diagnostics |
| Clay Clark | Molecular and Structural Biochemistry | Protein folding |
| Margo Daub | Plant Biology | Plant-microbe interactions |
| Francis de los Reyes | Civil Engineering | Microbial ecology and environmental engineering |
| Gregg Dean | Molecular Biomedical Sciences | Viral immunology |
| Ralph Dean | Plant Pathology | Fungal genomics |
| Alex Deiters | Chemistry | Novel chemical tools to elucidate gene function |
| Michael Flickinger | Microbiology & Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | High intensity thin-coat biocatalysts |
| Stefan Franzen | Chemistry | Biomolecular spectroscopy |
| Reza Ghiladi | Chemistry | Metal ions in biology and medicine |
| Amy Grunden | Microbiology | Functional genomics of hyperthermophiles |
| Carol Hall | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Molecular modeling of protein folding |
| Linda Hanley-Bowdoin | Molecular and Structural Biochemistry | Plant DNA replication and transcription |
| Jason Haugh | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Mammalian cell engineering |
| Jon Horowitz | Molecular Biomedical Sciences | Cell cycle control |
| Mike Hyman | Microbiology | Microbial bioremediation |
| Lee-Ann Jaykus | Food, Bioprocessing & Nutritional Sciences | Food biotechnology |
| Sofia Kathariou | Food, Bioprocessing & Nutritional Sciences | Bacterial foodborne pathogens |
| Bob Kelly | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Microbial physiology, biocatalysis |
| Todd Klaenhammer | Food, Bioprocessing & Nutritional Sciences | Lactic acid bacteria biotechnology |
| Steve Lommel | Plant Pathology | Plant molecular virology |
| Carla Mattos | Molecular and Structural Biochemistry | Recognition and assembly of macromolecular complexes |
| Owen McMillan | Genetics | Population genetics, evolution, & conservation biology |
| David Muddiman | Chemistry | Biological mass spectrometry for genomics and proteomics |
| Nanette Nascone-Yoder | Molecular Biomedical Sciences | Cellular and molecular mechanisms of gut morphogenesis |
| Gary Payne | Plant Pathology | Fungal genomics |
| Trevor Phister | Food, Bioprocessing & Nutritional Sciences | Fermentation and food safety |
| Jorge Piedrahita | Molecular Biomedical Sciences | Imprinted genes in embryo development |
| Bala Rao | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Stem cell bioengineering |
| Mike Roe | Entomology | Insecticide detoxification |
| Robert Rose | Molecular and Structural Biochemistry | Cell-specific transcription regulation |
| Heike Sederoff | Plant Biology | Regulation and integration of abiotic stimuli |
| Barb Sherry | Molecular Biomedical Sciences | Molecular viral pathogenesis |
| David Threadgill | Genetics | Murine genetic model for health and disease |
| Orlin Velev | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Self-assembly of colloidal particles |
| Jeffrey Yoder | Molecular Biomedical Sciences | Genetics of disease susceptibility and resistance |