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Frank Rossi

Associate Professor and Richard C. Call Director of the Agricultural Sciences Major

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

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Interest

  • Lawn, golf and sports turf
  • Urban grasslands management
David Rossiter

Adjunct Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Contact

  • dgr2 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Soil Survey
  • Geostatistics
  • Spatial modeling of the environment
Jonathan Russell-Anelli

Senior Lecturer / Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

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Interest

  • Urban Soils: Dynamic Soil Properties, Soil Survey & Soil Inventory
  • Circular Economies: Carbon, Bionutrient & Waste Cycling
  • Soil Healthy: Contaminants & Sustainable Food Production
Matt Ryan

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

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Interest

  • Sustainable cropping systems and agroecology
  • Cover crops and ecological weed management
  • Organic production
Mike Scanlon

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

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Interest

  • Mechanisms of meristem and leaf development
  • Evolution of plant morphology
  • Maize, Brachypodium, Arabidopsis, and Physcomitrium
Emily Sessa

Adjunct Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Contact

  • esessa [at] nybg.org

Interest

  • Ferns
  • Lycophytes
  • Systematics
Aaron Sexton

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Contact

  • ans273 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Urban ecosystems
  • Biodiversity patterns and processes
  • Human-nature relationships
Yosef Al Shoffe

Senior Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

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Interest

  • Storage systems and postharvest physiology of fruit and vegetables
  • Reducing postharvest loss and waste of horticultural crops
  • Safety and sustainability
Thomas Silva

Senior Lecturer

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Contact

  • ts21 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Botany, plant physiology and diversity
  • Educating non-majors about basic biology
Diana Sinton

Adjunct Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Contact

  • dss326 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Geographic information science and systems and natural resources management
  • Integration of in social and cultural data in GIS and humanitarian mapping projects
  • Geospatial literacy and spatial thinking, GIS in Higher Education
Sonja Skelly

Director of Education, Cornell Botanic Gardens and Adjunct Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Contact

  • sms92 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Public garden leadership
  • Plants and human well being
  • School & youth gardening, adult education, climate change education
Christine Smart

Goichman Family Director

Cornell AgriTech

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

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Interest

  • Biology and management of vegetable diseases
  • Host-pathogen interactions
Larry Smart

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Interest

  • Breeding and genomics
  • Industrial hemp
  • Willow bioenergy crops
Margaret Smith

Professor Emerita

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Professor Emerita

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Maize breeding and genomics
  • Abiotic stress tolerance
  • Insect and disease resistance
Karen Snover-Clift

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

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Interest

  • Plant disease diagnosis
  • Plant pathology training of Master Gardeners, Extension Educators, and green industry members