Active Instructors

Jose Alonso

William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology

jmalonso@ncsu.edu

• BIT 495/595: Synthetic Biology

Christopher M. Ashwell

Director, Office of Undergraduate Research

Professor of Animal Genomics

cmashwel@ncsu.edu

• BIT 465/565: Real-time PCR
• BIT 495/595: Developmental Biotechnology: Embryogenesis

Stefanie Chen

Assistant Teaching Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

slchen2@ncsu.edu

• BIT 100: Current Topics in Biotechnology
• BIT 402/502: Networking and Professional Development
• BIT 410/510: Manipulation of Recombinant DNA: Core Technologies in Molecular Biology
• BIT 473/573: Protein Interactions
• BIT 495/595: Directed Evolution
• BIT 495/595: Virus Biotechnology: Pathogens to Therapeutics
• BIT 501: Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

Carlos C. Goller

Associate Teaching Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

ccgoller@ncsu.edu

• BIT 410/510: Manipulation of Recombinant DNA
• BIT 477/577: Metagenomics
• BIT 479/579: High-throughput Discovery
• BIT 480/580: Yeast Metabolic Engineering
• BIT 501: Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

Robert M. Kelly

Director, NCSU Biotechnology Program

rmkelly@ncsu.edu

• BIT 464/564: Protein Purification
• BIT 815: Professional Development
• BIT 815: Research Ethics

Kelly A. Meiklejohn

Assistant Professor, Forensic Science

kameikle@ncsu.edu

• BIT 495: Next-Gen Forensic DNA Analysis

Paul E. Mozdziak

Professor, Prestage Poultry Science

pemozdzi@ncsu.edu

• BIT 466/566: Animal Cell Culture Techniques

David C. Muddiman

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

david_muddiman@ncsu.edu

• BIT 572: Proteomics
• BIT 595 : Metabolomics and Fluxomics

James M. Petitte

Professor, Prestage Poultry Science

j_petitte@ncsu.edu

• BIT 466/566: Animal Cell Culture Techniques

Antonio Planchart

Associate Professor, Biological Sciences

ajplanch@ncsu.edu

• BIT 495/595: Gene Manipulation in Zebrafish

Jacob Dums

Teaching Postdoctoral Scholar, Biotechnology Teaching Program (BIT)

jtdums@ncsu.edu

• BIT 410/510: Manipulation of Recombinant DNA: Core Technologies in Molecular Biology
• BIT 100: Current Topics in Biotechnology

Arnab Sengupta

Teaching Postdoctoral Scholar, Biotechnology Teaching Program (BIT)

asengup4@ncsu.edu

• BIT 410/510: Manipulation of Recombinant DNA: Core Technologies in Molecular Biology
• BIT 495/595: RNA World
• BIT 495/595: Genome Engineering: CRISPR Technology

Melissa Srougi

Assistant Teaching Professor, Department Molecular and Biomedical Sciences

mcsrougi@ncsu.edu

• BIT 100: Current Topics in Biotechnology
• BIT 410/510: Manipulation of Recombinant DNA: Core Technologies in Molecular Biology
• BIT 471/571: RNA interference & Model Organisms

Anna Stepanova

Associate Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology

atstepan@ncsu.edu

• BIT 4IT 495/595: Synthetic Biology

Ross Wheten

Professor, Forestry and Environmental Resources

ross_whetten@ncsu.edu

• BIT 815: Deep Sequencing Analysis