Fall 2025 Alumni Newsletter

Message from the Department Head

Welcome and a brief update from Bob Franks, Plant and Microbial Biology’s Department Head.

Read the latest from Dr. Franks

Dean Garey Fox and Terri Long

Long to Lead Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

Terri A. Long, a respected CALS faculty member and platform director for Education and Workforce Development for the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative will take the helm as the head of…

Learn about her work

Fall Ice Cream Social Newsletter

We welcomed new and returning faces with our 25th annual Ice Cream Social! Our newsletter captures the latest lab updates for this fall.

Catch up with the department

A man holds a glass jar of milk in a laboratory.

José M. Bruno-Barcena’s love of cheese, cultivated in his hometown of Cabrales, Spain has grown into a full-fledged fascination with bacteria and the use of fermentation and microbes to support gut health as we age.

Explore his research

A woman smiles through pine needles.

From Pine Cones to Kilns: A Plant Biologist’s Passion for Pottery

A doctoral student in plant biology, Erin Emott has successfully blended her love of art and the natural world, earning two Visual Artist Awards through Arts NC State.

Jump into the studio

Sparking Student Entrepreneurism

An award from the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative is supporting two Ph.D. students, including Harry Ervin from the Hawks lab. His work pursues ways to create a product derived from beneficial fungi that can be applied by farmers in their fields and greenhouses.

Learn about their projects

A-maize-ing Summer Research in St. Louis

Caitlyn Elliott spent her summer in St. Louis at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in the lab of Dr. Katie Murphy.

Explore her summer project

2025 CALS Distinguished and Outstanding Alumni Honored

The CALS Alumni and Friends Society presented the Outstanding Alumni and Outstanding Young Alumni awards, recognizing excellence and achievements of former students in CALS. Two PMB alumni, Catherine Aimone and Lizzie Johnson Harrell were recognized at the ceremony!

Read their stories

Mark Your Calendar for CALS Wolfpack Harvest

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State University is launching a new fall tradition with Wolfpack Harvest, an event designed to bring together alumni, students, faculty and friends of the college to celebrate everything that makes the CALS Pack special.

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