Meet the Team
Learn more about the SweetARMOR team below!
 Dr. Jonathan Schultheis PI, NCSU Cultural Management Practices [email protected] |  Dr. Michael Kudenov PI, NCSU Imaging Analysis and Remote Sensing [email protected] |  Dr. Daniel Tregeagle PI, NCSU Economic Analysis [email protected] |
 Dr. Niranjan Baisakh PI, LSU Plant Abiotic Stress and Genomics [email protected] |  Dr. Phillip Wadl PI, USDA ARS Genetics [email protected] |  Dr. William Rutter PI, Kansas State Nematology [email protected] |
 Dr. Craig Yencho Project Director, North Carolina State University Sweetpotato Breeding [email protected] |  Dr. Adrienne Gorny Co-PD, NCSU Nematode Management [email protected] |  Dr. Katie Jennings Principal Investigator, NCSU Weed Management [email protected] 919-740-4500 |
 Dr. Imana Power PI, LSU Diseases of Sweetpotato [email protected] |  Dr. Lorin Harvey PI, MSU Agronomy [email protected] |  Mr. Scott Stoddard PI, University of California Cooperative Extension Soil Fertility and Soil Conservation [email protected] |
 Dr. Bode Olukolu PI, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Genomics and Bioinformatics [email protected] |  Dr. Tristan Watson PI, Louisiana State University Nematode Management [email protected] |  Dr. Tara Smith PI, LSU Sweetpotato Production and Pest Management [email protected] |
 Dr. Don La Bonte PI, LSU Sweetpotato Breeding [email protected] |  Dr. Arthur Villordon PI, LSU Sweetpotato Production [email protected] |
Meet the Advisory Board
 Kay Rentzel Executive Director US Sweet Potato Council |  Michelle Grainger Executive Director NC Sweet Potato Commission |  Rene Simon Executive Director LA Sweet Potato Commission |
 Caleb Englert President MS Sweet Potato Council - Grower |  Jamie Earp Vice President MS Sweet Potato Council – Grower & Packer |  Matt Garber Garber Farms Grower & Packer |
Jerry Lee McCalls Farms Director of Agriculture - Product Procurement Canning & Frozen foods |  Hunter Fife Lamb Weston Manager Ag Operations; Frozen foods | Jim Jones Jones Family Farms Seed producer |
 Josh Barnes Barnes Farming FarmPak Grower & Packer; Seed producer | Matt Alvernaz President of SP Council of CA, and Grower | Kim LeQuire Kornegay Family Farms & Produce Grower & Packer |
 Jennifer Corbin Senior Project Manager – Clemson based USDA NIFA SCRI Nematode grant |