Tree Improvement Program

Faculty
Staff
Graduate Students
Cooperative Members
Adjuvant Faculty

Faculty
Steve McKeand, Ph.D. Director, Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources	Phone: 919-515-6073 Fax: 919-515-3169 steve_mckeand@ncsu.edu
Fikret Isik, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Quantitative Forest Genetics	Phone: 919-513-8099 Fax: 919-515-3169 fikret_isik@ncsu.edu
Ross Whetten, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Phone: 919-515-7578 Fax: 919-515-8149 ross_whetten@ncsu.edu
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Staff
Tori Batista-Brooks Assistant Director of Administration	Phone: 919-515-2407 Fax: 919-515-3169 tori_batista@ncsu.edu
Patrick Cumbie Research Assistant and Field Manager	Phone: 919-515-6845 Fax: 919-515-3169 patrick_cumbie@ncsu.edu
Saul Garcia Research Assistant and Lab Manager	Phone: 919-515-6070 Fax: 919-515-3169 saul_garcia@ncsu.edu
James Grissom, Ph.D. Tree Improvement Analyst	Phone: 919-515-5453 Fax: 919-515-3169 jim_grissom@ncsu.edu
Josh J. Steiger Research Assistant	Phone: 919-515-6070 Fax: 919-515-3169 jjsteige@unity.ncsu.edu
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Graduate Students
Mike Aspinwall	mjaspinw@ncsu.edu
David Barker	dkbarker@unity.ncsu.edu
Aaron Chamblee	akchambl@unity.ncsu.edu
Patrick Cumbie	patrick_cumbie@ncsu.edu
Daniel Gräns	oagrans@unity.ncsu.edu
George Khan	g.f.khan@unity.ncsu.edu
Funda Ogüt	fogut@ncsu.edu
Ben Smith	bcsmith6@unity.ncsu.edu
Jin Sherry Xiong	jxiong@ncsu.edu
Jaime Zapata	jazapata@ncsu.edu
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Cooperative Members
Full Members:
Arborgen
CellFor, Inc.
Georgia Forestry Commission
Hancock Timber Resource Group
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
Plum Creek Timber Company
Rayonier, Inc.
Smurfit - Stone Container Corporation
Tennessee Forestry Division
Virginia Department of Forestry
The Westervelt Company
Weyerhaeuser Company
Contributing Members:
Biofuels Center of North Carolina
Dougherty & Dougherty Forestry Services, Inc
International Forest Company
Jordan Lumber & Supply
Joshua Management (Molpus Woodlands Group)
NC Natural Resources Foundation
Pacolet Milliken Enterprises
ProFor (Lee Allen, consultant)
Resource Management Service, LLC(RMS)
Scotch Lumber Company
South Carolina Forestry Commission
Z. V. Pate, Inc.
Research Associate Members:
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Adjuvant faculty
Dr. J. B. Jett Associate Dean Emeritus 1015 Biltmore Hall	Phone: 919-513-8099 Fax: 919-515-3169 jb_jett@ncsu.edu
Dr. Bailian Li Vice Provost for International Affairs Office of International Affairs (OIA)	Phone: 919-515-3201 Fax: 919-515-6835 Bailian_Li@ncsu.edu
Bruce Zobel, Ph.D. (Retired) Founder and Professor Emeritus	Phone: 919-515-3410 Fax: 919-515-3169 bruce_zobel@ncsu.edu
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Faculty

Staff

Tori Batista-Brooks

Patrick Cumbie

Saul Garcia

Josh J. Steiger

Graduate Students

Mike Aspinwall

David Barker

Aaron Chamblee

George Khan

Funda Ogüt

Ben Smith

Jin Sherry Xiong

Jaime Zapata

Cooperative Members

Pacolet Milliken Enterprises

ProFor (Lee Allen, consultant)

Z. V. Pate, Inc.

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Adjuvant faculty