Staff Directory

Cornell AES Administration

Headshot of Margaret Smith
Margaret Smith

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Professor

Department of Global Development

Associate Dean and Director

Cornell AES

Margaret Smith
Maize breeding and genomics
Abiotic stress tolerance
Insect and disease resistance
Toni Ditommaso headshot
Antonio (Toni) DiTommaso

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Associate Director

Cornell AES

Antonio (Toni) DiTommaso
Weed ecology and biological weed management
Invasive plant species
Climate change impacts on weed performance and distributions
Mark Schrader, portrait
Mark Schrader

Associate Director for Sustainability and Business Operations

Cornell AES

Mark Schrader
  • mhs26 [at] cornell.edu
As a landscape architect, my interest is pragmatic design at the nexus of agriculture, climate change and ecology—reimagining working landscapes to weave watershed management, ecologic connectivity and carbon management into the fabric of research farms.
Shawn Bossard
Shawn Bossard

Director of Agricultural Operations

Cornell AES

Shawn Bossard
Crystal Clark
Crystal Clark

Project Administrator and Finance Specialist

Cornell AES

Crystal Clark
Bonnie Ferguson
Bonnie Ferguson

Assistant to the Director

Cornell AES

Bonnie Ferguson
Portrait of Anja Timm
Anja Timm

Assistant to the Director of Agricultural Operations, and Communications Coordinator

Cornell AES

Anja Timm