LIHREC Staff Directory & Contact Information

Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center

Mark Bridgen
Mark Bridgen

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Director, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center

Cornell AES

Mark Bridgen
Ornamental plant breeding
Cell and tissue culture
Greenhouse floriculture
Karen Levasseur

Administrative Assistant, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center

Cornell AES

Karen Levasseur
Wayne Lindsay

Farm and Greenhouse Supervisor, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center

Cornell AES

Wayne Lindsay
Rod Zeltmann

Field Assistant, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center

Cornell AES

Rod Zeltmann

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County

Entomology

  • Dan Gilrein
    Associate Agricultural Program Director
    dog1 [at] cornell.edu
  • Faruque Zaman
    fz88 [at] cornell.edu
  • Kelly Jackson
    kaj99 [at] cornell.edu

Weed Science

  • Andrew Senesac
    afs2 [at] cornell.edu
  • Irene Bradley
    it21 [at] cornell.edu

Viticulture

  • Alice Wise
    avw1 [at] cornell.edu
  • Amanda Gardner
    alg275 [at] cornell.edu
  • Bill McGrath
    wjm247 [at] cornell.edu

Other CCE Professional Staff

  • Nora Catlin
    Floriculture Specialist/Agricultural Program Director
    nora.catlin [at] cornell.edu
     
  • Sandra Menasha
    Vegetable/Potato Specialist
    srm45 [at] cornell.edu 
     
  • Mina Vescera
    Nursery & Landscape Specialist
    mv365 [at] cornell.edu

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture & Plant Breeding

  • Mark Bridgen
    mpb27 [at] cornell.edu
  • Georgia Neighley
    gn86 [at] cornell.edu

Ornamental Pathology

  • Margery Daughtrey​
    mld9 [at] cornell.edu
  • Paulina Rychlik
    pr393 [at] cornell.edu

Vegetable Pathology

  • Meg McGrath
    mtm3 [at] cornell.edu
  • Collin Downing
    cd568 [at] cornell.edu