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The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences welcomed 10 new faculty members this fall, advancing the college’s commitment to pursuing purpose-driven science and improving the lives of people across New York state and around the world.

Confronting complex challenges and pioneering new solutions are key facets of the college’s mission. Learn more about all our new faculty members in the profiles below.
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Daniel Anstett

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science

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Andrew Bell

Schleifer Family Associate Professor of Sustainability, Department of Global Development

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Aaron Benanav

Assistant professor, Department of Global Development

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Jacqueline Gerson

Assistant professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering

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Dan Kowal

Associate professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science

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Jonathan Lin

Assistant professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

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Wunpini Mohammed

Assistant professor, Department of Communication

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Madeline Oravec

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science

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Claire Wardle

Associate professor, Department of Communication

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Yun Yang

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science

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Students from Buffalo's McKinley High School — home to one of the few high-school horticulture programs in New York state — visited Cornell May 19 to view the work of the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS).

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Plants
Lirong Xiang/Provided Cornell researchers stand with an autonomous biosecurity system in a tomato greenhouse. With support from a 2026 Academic Venture Fund, they will develop robotic and diagnostic technologies to improve early detection of plant diseases and strengthen climate-resilient greenhouse agriculture.

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Cornell Atkinson has awarded $900k to support six new research projects that seek to protect coral reefs, improve greenhouse agriculture and understand whether wildfires affect disease spread.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering