Mallory Choudoir, Ph.D.

Mallory Choudoir, Ph.D.

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North Carolina State University

Mallory Choudoir, Ph.D., is an assistant professor and extension specialist in the North Carolina State University Plant and Microbial Biology Department. She earned her Ph.D. in microbiology from Cornell University and her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Choudoir's research interests include microbial ecology and evolution, soil microbiology, agroecosystems, microbes and climate change. The Choudoir lab focuses on the ecological and evolutionary processes driving plant-soil-microbe interactions in agroecosystems to inform decisions about land management, cropping systems and nutrient inputs to prioritize soil microbiome resilience and stability to maximize crop productivity.