The NPSEC Team

Dr. Wayne Buhler is a Professor and Pesticide Safety Extension Specialist in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University, Raleigh, NC. He is the statewide coordinator of the North Carolina Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), and develops the educational materials that are used for the certification and re-certification of private applicators, commercial applicators, and dealers of restricted-use pesticides. In addition to direct participation in certification education training sessions, he instructs Extension Agents on methods for delivering recertification programs at the county level. Wayne has an M.S. and Ph.D. in Entomology from Purdue University.