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Fourteen new faculty members were welcomed to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences this fall, reinforcing our dedication to pursuing purpose-driven science and improving people’s lives across New York state and globally.

Learn more about our newest faculty and how their research and extension work is helping the college tackle complex challenges and pioneer life-changing solutions.
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Emily Bernhardt

The Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and professor in the Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment

Dominic Balog-Way
Dominic Balog-Way

Assistant professor, Department of Communication

Michael Blum
Michael Blum

Professor, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment, Natural Resources and the Environment Section

Liz Derryberry
Liz Derryberry

Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and the Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology and director of the Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library

Marcelo Dimase
Marcelo Dimase

Assistant professor, Department of Entomology

Ben Gramig
Ben Gramig

Associate professor, CALS and Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Olaf Jensen
Olaf Jensen ’98

Associate professor, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment, and director, Cornell Biological Field Station

Matt McMahon
Matt McMahon

Assistant professor, Department of Landscape Architecture

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Danny Parker

Assistant professor, Department of Communication

Katherine Sinacore
Katherine Sinacore

Assistant professor, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment, Natural Resources and the Environment Section

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Ummat Somjee

Assistant professor, Department of Entomology

Mabel Taracena Agarwal
Mabel Taracena Agarwal

Assistant professor, Department of Entomology

Ke Wang Headshot
Ke Wang

Assistant professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell AgriTech

Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb

Executive director, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment

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Conferences Graduate student Nishat Tasnim presented “The Condolence Clause: The Boundaries of Accountability after the San Diego Mosque Shooting” at the conference Confronting the Rising Tide: Islamophobia, White Nationalism, and the Global...
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Ananda Portela Fontoura PhD’22 is a postdoctoral associate working in the lab of Michael Van Amburgh , professor of dairy nutrition. Ananda’s research focuses on maintaining or enhancing dairy cow performance through optimizing nutrient use...
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