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Grad Student Profile: Echo Pan

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Graduate student Emily Nastase holding a sparrow in the field

Nov 29, 2023

CALS Graduate Student Studies Tiny Bird Species

Emily Nastase, a doctoral student in the Department of Applied Ecology, is uncovering the secret life of Henslow’s Sparrows, a rare, grassland species that only visits two locations in North Carolina every summer.
Micaela Robson wearing a white lab coat looking into a microscope

Oct 30, 2023

Bacteria Could Help Build Structures in Space

CALS graduate student Micaela Robson is studying how to use bacteria to create “bio-bricks” in Outer Space as a research fellow with the NC Space Grant.
drone photo of the Plant Sciences Building

Oct 24, 2023

Four Students Receive First Graduate Student Endowment for N.C. PSI

Four graduate students have been awarded the inaugural Norma L. Trolinder N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Graduate Student Endowment.
Cole Smith in a field holding an irrigation tube

Sep 13, 2023

Field Tested

CALS alumnus Cole Smith brings pest management research to fields across the state as part of his role with the IR-4 Project.
Bethany Wager

Sep 13, 2023

Bethany Wager Awarded Conservation Leadership Grant

Congratulations to applied ecology graduate student, Bethany Wager, for being selected for a Conservation Leadership Grant from the NC Wildlife Federation.
Man with blueberries

Aug 4, 2023

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Berry Breeding

A Ph.D. from North Carolina State University prepared Ray Jacobs for a fruitful career as a subtropical plant breeder with Driscoll’s.
Abby Pleasant holding sunflowers in her graduation gown on a tractor

Jul 25, 2023

Sunflower Season

Graduate student Abby Pleasant is studying organic black oilseed sunflowers, which researchers believe could be a promising — and profitable — crop for North Carolina farmers.
Kaleb Goff taking a selfie at the top of a mountain peak

Jun 15, 2023

Plants in Thin Air

College of agriculture and life sciences doctoral student Kaleb Goff is studying how plant species found on mountain summits are impacted by climate change.
a woman scientist wearing a purple lab coat working in a lab

Jun 9, 2023

The Rise of Antimicrobial Resistance

North Carolina Food Animal Initiative Fellow Jessica Parzygnat is studying antimicrobial resistance on poultry farms, and what we can do to avoid it.
Echo Pan

Jun 1, 2023

Grad Student Profile: Echo Pan

Echo Pan, a Ph.D. candidate in functional genomics and a FFAR fellow, focuses her research on developing CRISPR-based genome editing platforms that can be used in a wide range of organisms for various applications.