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This fall, 20 new faculty members were welcomed to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, strengthening the college’s commitment to pursue purpose-driven science that improves the lives of people across New York state and around the world.

Learn more about our newest faculty and how their research is helping the college tackle complex challenges and pioneer life-changing solutions.
Casey Barickman
Casey Barickman

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section

Lindsey Becker
Lindsey Becker

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

John Benning
John Benning

Assistant professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

danah boyd
danah boyd

Geri Gay Professor, Department of Communication

Jelena Bradic
Jelena Bradic

Professor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, fellow at the Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society

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Collins Bugingo

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section, Cornell AgriTech

Courtney Davis
Courtney Davis

Assistant professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Jasmine Dillon
Jasmine Dillon

Assistant professor, Department of Animal Science

 Katalin Fejes Toth
Katalin Fejes Toth

Associate professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Reem Hajjar
Reem Hajjar

Associate professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Kade Keranen
Kade Keranen

Associate professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Una Miller
Una Miller

Assistant professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Amelia Moore
Amelia Moore

Associate professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy

Associate professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Lisa-Marie Nisbett
Lisa-Marie Nisbett

Assistant professor, Department of Microbiology

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Camilo H. Parada-Rojas

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Varsha Pathare
Varsha Pathare

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Science Section

Ruben Portugues
Ruben Portugues

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

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Aaron Sexton

Assistant professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section

Lirong Xiang
Lirong Xiang

Assistant professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering

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The Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) has been selected to help shape a new international effort to reimagine the future of food systems through the CIFAR Arrell Future of Food Initiative.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
Yicong Fu, mechanical engineering doctoral student, injects dye into his custom-built, bio-inspired thermal dispenser to observe how particles disperse.

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Researchers have developed a bio-inspired approach to mixing heat and molecules in fluids – findings that could inform future biomedical devices, heat exchangers and soft robotics.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering