Ross Sozzani

Ross Sozzani is a Professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She joined NC State in 2013 as part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program cluster hire in Synthetic and Systems Biology.

• Affiliation: North Carolina State University
• Academic Rank: Professor

Her research focuses on molecular mechanisms regulating stem cell fate specification and maintenance in Arabidopsis roots, integrating synthetic biology to engineer plants with enhanced agronomic functions. This work aims to provide system-level insights into stem cell dynamics across biological kingdoms.

Scientific Awards:

• Armenise-Harvard Career Developmental Award

Sozzani's work bridges imaging tools, genome-wide approaches, and regulatory network modeling to monitor biological circuits at cellular resolution, with applications in sustainable energy and food systems.