 Dr. Guochen Yang
Associate Professor
School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Greensboro, NC 27411
Phone: (336) 334-7779
Fax: (336) 336-7844
yangg@ncat.edu
Education:
Ph.D.: Horticulture & Forestry (plant biotechnology), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), 1993.
M.S.: Horticulture (plant biotechnology), UNL, 1989.
B.S.: Horticulture (vegetable crops), Jilin Agricultural University, P. R. China, 1982.
Research Interests:
- Micropropagation/tissue culture.
- Rescue of endangered species.
- Mass production of rare species.
- Rapid multiplication of those plant species with high economic value.
- Antimicrobial studies of phytomedicine through tissue culture.
- Bio-pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical production through tissue culture.
- Genetic modification for bio-fuel production, biosensing, bioremediation and phytoremediation, and value-added crops.
Professional Societies Associated:
- American Society for Horticultural Sciences (ASHS).
- International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISHS).
- Plant Growth Regulation Society of America (PGRSA).
- International Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (IAPTC&B).
- Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB).
- North Carolina Agromedicine Institute.
Research Projects:
- Micropropagation Protocol Development to Enhance Production of Economically Important Plant Species, USDA/CSREES.
- Enhancing the Protocol Development Process of Recalcitrant Plant Species, USDA/CSREES (pending)
Selected Most Recent Publications:
Yang G and PE Read 2008 Expediting Propagation through Additions of Plant Growth Regulators in the Forcing Solution. 2008 Proceedings of Plant Growth Regulation Society of America (in press).
Yang G, SA Ibrahim and Z Lu 2008 Antimicrobial effect of guava products against foodborne pathogen, E. coli O157:H7. Acta Horticulturae (in press).
Yang G, Z Lu, T Asante, and PE Read 2008 In Vitro Callus Induction and Shoot Initiation of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata). Journal of Jilin Agricultural University, Vol. 30(4):466-471.
Yang G and Z Lu 2007 In Vitro Callus Initiation of Guava. Acta Horticulture, Vol. 738:501-506.
Yang G and PE Read 2004 Protein expression of forced softwood growth in relation to plant growth regulators in forcing solution. 2004 Proceedings of Plant Growth Regulation Society of America, p123-129.
Selected Most Recent Presentations:
Yang G and Z Lu 2008 Expediting Production of Alexandrian Laurel through Micropropagation, HortScience, Vol. 43(4), p1213, abstract #318.
Yang G and Z Lu 2008 In Vitro Factors Affecting Galax Seed Germination, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists – American Society for Horticultural Sciences, February 2-5, 2008, Dallas, TX.
Yang G, SA Ibrahim, and Z Lu 2007 Antimicrobial Activities of Guava Products against Foodborne Pathogen, E. coli O157:H7, FAV Health 2007, The 2nd International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables, October 9-13, 2007, Houston, TX, abstract # 107-P, page 103.
Yang G, Z Lu and C Niedziela 2007 Galax seed germination under different in vitro conditions. HortScience, Vol. 42(4), July 16-19, 2007, abstract # 084, p929.
Collaborations:
- BASF Corporation.
- Purdue University.
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Forsyth Community College.
- Wilkes Community College.
- North Stokes County High School.
- Central Cabarrus High School.
Inspiration/Motivation:
From elementary school to graduate school, I was inspired to become a teacher and a scientist by all my teachers and professors. My teachers and professors provided the science ladder for me. Now it is my turn to be the ladder for my students. I have been very fortunate to have had the opportunity to be a part of this great institution, North Carolina A&T State University, to fulfill my life goal, and as a faculty member to teach and train young people for the society. I chose to work in the applied plant biotechnology area because I believe biotechnology is our future, as demonstrated by the growth of North Carolina biotech industry!
Vision:
In addition to further developing my research laboratory to provide training and mentoring for summer internships for high school students, undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows, I envision development of following programs and will work diligently to bring them online:
- MS Biotechnology degree program (in process).
- Ph.D. Biotechnology degree program.
- Center of Excellence in Biotechnology to host the academic programs (MS and PhD) and the research program for undergraduate, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows.
Intellectual Property/Patent: two invention disclosures filed.
- Case No. AG00170905.
- Case No. AG00180905.
Selected Honors/Awards:
- 2006 Aggie Star Certificate of Collaboration Award from the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (SAES), for contributions to establishing the North Carolina Research Campus.
- 2005 Aggie Star Certificate of Collaboration Award from the SAES, for contributions to the Golden LEAF Project Team.
- 2001 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from North Carolina A&T State University.
- 1999 USDA Secretary’s Honor Awards for Personal and Professional Excellence.
International Activities: served as liaison, assisting the Dean of the SAES and the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development in negotiations for Memorandums of Understanding between NCA&T and four Chinese institutions.
- Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
- China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
- Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), Gong Zhu Ling, Jilin Province, China (JAAS is very interested in a formal MOU, but did not have time to formalize the MOU).
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