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Andrew McDonald

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Associate Professor

Global Development Section

Contact

  • ajm9 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Cropping systems ecology
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation
  • Agricultural sustainability, food security, water resources, international agriculture, policy, and applied social sciences
Hannah McMillan

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Contact

  • hannah.mcmillan [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Plant-microbiome-environment interactions
  • Extracellular vesicle-mediated communication
  • Plant health and resilience in a changing climate
Bill Miller

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Contact

Interest

  • Flower bulbs and floriculture
  • Greenhouse and nursery crops
  • Physiology and post-harvest management
Gaurav Moghe

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Contact

Interest

  • Evolution of plant specialized metabolism
  • Use of AI in plant biochemistry and genomics in crop stress resilience
  • Synthetic biology for engineering novel metabolic pathways
Virginia Moore

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Contact

  • vm377 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Breeding for sustainable cropping systems
  • Cover crops, intercropping, polycultures, organic farming systems
  • Legumes, forages, alfalfa, hemp
Lukas Mueller

Adjunct Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Contact

  • lam87 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Genetics and genomics of solanaceous plants
  • SOL Genomics Network
June Nasrallah

Professor Emeritus

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Contact

Interest

  • Plant reproduction
  • Self-incompatibility
  • Receptor-ligand interactions and cell-cell signaling
Rebecca Nelson

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Professor

Global Development Section

Contact

Interest

  • Circular bionutrient economy and enhancing wellbeing in peri-urban areas through waste valorization
  • Agroecology and supporting student leadership toward sustainability
  • Participatory research and extension
Andrew Nelson

Adjunct Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Contact

  • an425 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Comparative and high-throughput bioinformatics approaches to plant transcriptome research.
Daniel Nickrent

Adjunct Faculty

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Contact

  • dn277 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Plant evolutionary biology
  • Genomics, phylogenetics, systematics, population genetics, and taxonomy
  • Parasitic flowering plants (Santalales in particular)
Kevin Nixon

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Contact

  • kcn2 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Theory and methodology of phylogenetic analysis
  • Angiosperm phylogeny
  • Systematics and taxonomy of the oak family
Ralph Obendorf

Emeritus

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences

Contact

Madeline (Maddy) Oravec
She/her/hers

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • mwo23 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Grapevine breeding, genetics, and genomics
  • Fruit quality and wine-making characteristics
  • Disease resistance and environmental resilience
Camilo Parada-Rojas

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Contact

  • cp738 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Pathogen population genomics
  • Resistance evolution and monitoring
  • Biosurveillance and early disease detection
Varsha Pathare
she/hers

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Contact

  • vsp29 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Plant-atmosphere CO2-water fluxes
  • Climate change
  • Resource-use efficiency