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 wpcumbie@unity.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
Patrick Cumbie	wpcumbie@unity.ncsu.edu
Jesus Espinoza	jaespino@unity.ncsu.edu
Daniel Gräns	oagrans@unity.ncsu.edu
George Khan	g.f.khan@unity.ncsu.edu
Ben Smith	bcsmith6@unity.ncsu.edu
Jin Sherry Xiong	jxiong@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:
Dougherty & Dougherty Forestry Services, Inc
Jordan Lumber & Supply
Joshua Management (Molpus Woodlands Group)
NC Natural Resources Foundation
Resource Management Service, LLC(RMS)
South Carolina Forestry Commission
Research Associate Members:
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Adjuvant faculty
Dr. J. B. Jett Assoc. Dean for Research and Extension College Of Natural Resources-Deans Office	Phone: 919-515-2890 Fax: 919-515-7231 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

Jesus Espinoza

George Khan

Ben Smith

Jin Sherry Xiong

Cooperative Members

NC Natural Resources Foundation

Adjuvant faculty