Cranos Williams

Bio

Dr. Cranos Williams is the Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Analytics at NC State University with primary and secondary appointments in the electrical and computer engineering and plant and microbial biology departments, respectively. He also serves as the Platform Director of the Data-Driven Plant Sciences research platform of the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative (https://cals.ncsu.edu/psi/) and is the head of the EnBiSys Research Laboratory. Dr. Williams’ research lab develops methodologies familiar to other areas of electrical and computer engineering to model and predict the impact that genetic and environmental perturbations have on overall plant response. The results from these works will have direct implications on key challenges associated with engineering plants for efficient biofuel production, increased adaptability to changing environments, and improved defense to biotic and abiotic stresses.