Lina Quesada-Ocampo
Executive Director of The IR-4 Project, WNR Distinguished Professor, and University Faculty Scholar
- Role
- Executive Director, Wnr Distinguished Professor, and University Faculty Scholar at The Ir-4 Project
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Lina Quesada-Ocampo
As Executive Director of The IR-4 Project, I lead a national program dedicated to delivering safe and effective disease and pest management solutions for U.S. specialty crop growers. IR-4 bridges science, regulation, and industry to ensure that farmers have access to the tools they need to produce fruits, vegetables, herbs, and ornamentals that sustain our food systems and rural economies.My career has been grounded in building collaborative, science-driven solutions that protect high-value crops and respond to emerging threats. As a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor at NC State, I led interdisciplinary teams integrating genomics, diagnostics, epidemiology, and field research to safeguard specialty crop industries and strengthen export markets. Our work translated discovery into action through resistance monitoring, biosurveillance, and rapid-response strategies adopted nationally and internationally.Throughout my career, I have prioritized partnerships across academia, government, and industry, and invested deeply in developing the next generation of agricultural scientists and leaders.I am committed to advancing U.S. specialty crop agriculture through strategic collaboration, regulatory innovation, and science that delivers measurable impact for growers.
Experience
Executive Director, Wnr Distinguished Professor, and University Faculty Scholar
Mar 2026 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US
Education
Michigan State University
Ph. D., Plant Pathology
2006 — 2010
Universidad de Los Andes
B. Sc., Microbiology
1999 — 2005
Universidad de Los Andes
B. Sc., Biology
1999 — 2005
Skills
- Mycology
- Extension and Outreach
- Qpcr
- Lifesciences
- Life Sciences
- Statistics
- Molecular Genetics
- Functional Genomics
- Population Genetics
- Pcr
- Perl
- Genotyping
- Sequence Analysis
- Genomics
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Disease Management
- Dna Sequencing
- Plant Pathology
- Genetics
- Experimental Design
- Systems Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Transcriptomics
- Grant Writing
- Scientific Writing
- Diagnostics
- R
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