Meet The Team

Carol Griffin

Lab manager, research technician, and building liaison.

cgriffin@ncsu.edu

BS: Meredith College

Carol, more than anyone else, keeps the lab running smoothly.

Dr. Jianli Lu

Research Associate

jlu6@ncsu.edu

BS and MS: Agricultural University of Hebei, China
PhD: North Carolina State University

Jianli spearheads projects designed to reduce the levels of carcinogenic TSNAs in tobacco

Will Smith

Research Technician

wasmith2@ncsu.edu

BS: North Carolina State University

Dr. Devarshi Selote

Postdoctoral Research Associate

dselote@ncsu.edu

BS: DAVV, Indore, and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
MS and PhD: Nagpur University, India

Dev's projects involve the application of genome editing and transformation technologies to introduce harm reduction traits into tobacco.

Dr. Xiaoyan Sheng

Research Technician

Xsheng3@ncsu.edu

BS: University of Guangxi, China

MS: Agricultural University of Hunan, China

MS: University of Saskatchewan, Canada
PhD: Virginia Tech

Xiaoyan's projects mainly focus on development of Cis-genic tobacco plants that are resistant to tobacco mosaic virus through protoplast transformation.

Niharika N Chandrakanth

Graduate Student

nnonavi@ncsu.edu

BE: BVB College of Engg and Tech, India
MS: North Carolin State University

Niharika's project aims at maximizing alkaloid levels in Nicotiana tabacum.