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Academic focus: Field crops pathology Research summary: We study diseases of major field crops in New York state with one goal: better decisions for growers. We ask how pathogen populations change under selection from host resistance, fungicides...
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Academic focus: I will be the lecturer for Genetics BIOMG 2800, which introduces students to basic principles in genetics and genomics, and provides an in-depth presentation of both classic and modern genetics mechanisms. I strive to inspire...
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Academic focus: Environmental anthropology; ocean and environmental justice Research summary: Situated at the intersection of the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities, I am a holistic scholar focusing on research, pedagogy and...
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Academic focus: Physical oceanography, air-sea interaction Research summary: I am an oceanographer who uses observational data to study the physical processes that drive fluxes of heat, momentum and biogeochemical tracers in the ocean. My work...
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Academic focus: Environmental change in terrestrial and aquatic systems Research summary: My research integrates geophysical methods with computational approaches to study environmental and ecological change across terrestrial and aquatic...
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Academic focus: Forest governance and livelihoods, community-based natural resource management, social-ecological systems, conservation social science, environmental justice Research summary: I lead the Forests, Livelihoods, Institutions and...
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Academic focus: Regulation and function of transposable elements, small RNA biology, chromatin biology Research summary: My research focuses on how transposons – genetic elements that are able to jump around and propagate in our genome and...
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Academic focus: Sustainability of livestock and food production systems Research summary: I study the role of animals in sustainable food systems at the farm, ranch, region, landscape and supply chain scale. My lab combines modeling and field...
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Academic focus: Seed pathology, integrated pest management and seed microbiomes Research summary: My research bridges science and practice in crop production, with a focus on seed germination, disease diagnostics and management, seed microbiome...
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Academic focus: Causality and robustness in statistics and data science Research summary: I study how we can make statistical and machine learning methods more reliable for understanding cause-and-effect relationships in the real world. My work...
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Academic focus: Evolutionary ecology Research summary: Our research group seeks to understand the interplay between evolutionary processes and ecological patterns. We mainly work with plants and insects but dabble in microbes, too. Our interests...
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Academic focus: Plant microbiomes Research summary: Plants coexist with dynamic and complex microbial communities. I study how host genetics and environmental stressors collectively influence microbiome composition and function. By studying crop...
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Academic focus: Vegetable physiology and climate resilience Research summary: I conduct research in vegetable physiology with a strong focus on enhancing climate resilience. My research centers on understanding how environmental stressors such...
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Academic focus: Bacterial signal transduction and biofilm formation Research summary: I study how a group of critically understudied bacteria, non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), produce biofilms. Biofilms occur when bacteria attach to surfaces...
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Since 1978, Margery Daughtrey has been an ornamental crop disease management problem-solver, serving the greenhouse, nursery and floriculture industries from her base at the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center. “Some of her...
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Climate change and global market instability are threatening the livelihoods of Mongolia’s herding families—people who have long lived in harmony with nature and their animals. As the founder of Global Nomadic Products LLC and a 2024-25 Hubert H...
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Major: Food science Hometown: Katonah, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? I chose Cornell CALS because of the hands-on experience and opportunities within the college. There are endless opportunities within CALS and the food science...
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Major: Animal science Hometown: Schuylerville, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? I chose to be part of Cornell CALS not only to further my education but also to take advantage of the plethora of other opportunities this college offers...
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Major: Food science Hometown: White Plains, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? I chose Cornell CALS for its food science program and the tight-knit community. I loved that students really get to know their professors and work closely with...
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