Back

Discover CALS

See how our current work and research is bringing new thinking and new solutions to some of today's biggest challenges.

Search for People

terry bates in vineyard
Terry Bates

Senior Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Director

Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Lab

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Interest

  • Viticulture
  • Digital agriculture
  • Concord (juice grape) production
A smiling woman holds an apple next to more apples piled on a table
Susan Brown

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Interest

  • Plant breeding (apples)
  • Marker-assisted breeding
Collins Bugingo headshot
Collins Bugingo

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • cb883 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Seed pathology & microbiomes
  • Advanced diagnostic technologies
  • Next-generation seed enhancement
A mans smiles in front of a brick wall
Lance Cadle-Davidson

Adjunct Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Interest

  • Sustainable management of grapevine fungal and oomycete diseases
  • Host-pathogen co-evolution and disease resistance
  • Enhanced breeding using genomic tools
man in blue button up shirt with arms crossed
Chang Chen

Assistant Professor

Food Science

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

A man stands smiling in a fruit orchard
Kerik Cox

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Interest

  • Fruit pathology
  • Antimicrobial resistance and disease forecasting
  • Biological control and germicidal light
Laura Dougherty headshot
Laura Dougherty

Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • led88 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Apple Genomics
Sara head shot blue shirt
Sara Emery

Assistant Professor

Department of Entomology

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • see68 [at] cornell.edu
Gennaro Fazio
Gennaro Fazio

Adjunct Associate Professor (USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit)

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • gennaro.fazio [at] ars.usda.gov

Interest

  • Plant breeding
  • Apple rootstocks
A man in the greenhouse examines grape plants
Marc Fuchs

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Interest

  • Virus diseases of fruit and vegetable crops
  • Grape viruses
  • Plant virus-insect vector interactions
erin with grapes
Erin Galarneau

Adjunct Assistant Professor (USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit)

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • erg65 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Grape genetic diversity
  • Molecular techniques and phenology
  • Fruit aromas, cold-hardiness, and disease resistance
woman in a white v-neck shirt
Laurie George

PSA Midwest Regional Extension Associate

Food Science

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Kaitlin Gold
Katie Gold

Assistant Professor and Susan Eckert Lynch Faculty Fellow

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Interest

  • Plant disease detection and epidemiology
  • Grape pathology
  • Remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy
Phillip Griffiths
Phillip Griffiths

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

Interest

  • Vegetable breeding (brassicas, tomatoes, beans)
  • International agriculture
  • Molecular breeding and diagnostics
Benjamin Gutierrez headshot
Benjamin Gutierrez

Adjunct Assistant Professor (USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit)

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • blg82 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Apple and tart cherry genetics
  • Metabolite diversity
  • Aerial phenotyping