Khara Grieger, Deputy Director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at NC State University

Leading GES into the Future: A Conversation with Khara Grieger

November 3, 2025 | Patti Mulligan

For Khara Grieger, leadership is about teamwork, collaboration, and a shared vision. Now, as she steps into the role of Deputy Director and prepares to lead the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center in 2026, she is focused on guiding the Center into its next phase—strengthening partnerships, broadening impact, and embracing the challenges of a rapidly changing world....

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Khara Grieger, Deputy Director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at NC State University

Small-scale Science with Big Results: Using Nanotechnology to Improve Agricultural Sustainability

July 18, 2024 | newswire

Khara Grieger and her team at NC State are leveraging nanotechnology to enhance agricultural sustainability, aiming to boost crop resilience and minimize environmental impact....

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NSF News: Is our phosphorus use sustainable?

August 23, 2023 | Guest Author

A U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study finds that most phosphorus stakeholders — representing a wide swath of industry, agriculture, environmental and policy interests — have significant doubts about the long-term sustainability of existing phosphorus management systems....

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Is Our Phosphorus Use Sustainable? Most Stakeholders Doubt It

July 6, 2023 | Khara Grieger

Matt Shipman and Khara Grieger | A new study finds that most phosphorus stakeholders – representing a wide swath of industry, agriculture, environmental and policy interests – have significant doubts about the long-term sustainability of existing phosphorus management systems. The study underscores the complex challenges facing policymakers and other decision-makers as they attempt to ensure our continued access to a critical resource that is finite and largely non-renewable....

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Khara Grieger, Deputy Director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center at NC State University

NC State receives USDA/NIFA grant to evaluate societal impacts and foster sustainability of GE and nanotech in agriculture

February 11, 2022 | Patti Mulligan

February 10, 2022 | Khara Grieger, together with GES Co-director Jennifer Kuzma, will lead a $650,000 project that will support the responsible development of novel agrifood technologies to contribute to more sustainable food and ag systems. ...

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Khara Grieger to Co-lead Knowledge Transfer Efforts for New $25 million Phosphorus Research Center

October 8, 2021 | Guest Author

October 8, 2021 | Khara Grieger will co-lead Knowledge Transfer efforts between researchers and stakeholders for NC State’s new $25 million NSF STEPS Center....

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Khara Grieger

June 4, 2020 | Patti Mulligan

Khara Grieger Director of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center, Assistant Professor in Environmental Health & Risk Assessment; University Faculty Scholar Department of Applied Ecology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Contact Email: kdgriege@ncsu.edu |...

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GES Center awarded half-million dollar grant to study responsible innovation of food nanotechnology

July 25, 2019 | Patti Mulligan

July 25, 2019 | Khara Grieger and Jennifer Kuzma will lead a two-year, USDA-funded study of responsible innovation of food nanotechnology....

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Faculty Spotlight: Khara Grieger

July 15, 2019 | Patti Mulligan

Patti Mulligan, July 15, 2019 | INTERVIEW: We sat down with the GES Center's newest Senior Research Scholar, Khara Grieger. She joined our team in the spring of 2019, but has already given a colloquium and is working on several nanotechnology-related research projects....

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