Graduate Fields are composed of faculty members with research interests related to the field of study. Most members of a given Graduate Field are faculty in the corresponding SIPS Section, but some have appointments within other SIPS Sections, other departments at Cornell, or are affiliated with USDA or the Boyce Thompson Institute.
Research Professor
Department of Global Development
International Research Professor (Joint)
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Maricelis Acevedo
- (607) 255-1455
- ma934 [at] cornell.edu
Courtesy Assistant Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Kathryn Bushley
- Kathryn.Bushley [at] usda.gov
Microbial ecology of emerald ash borer and other invasive woodboring insects
Nematophagous fungi for biocontrol of cyst nematodes
Host-Microbe interactions, endophytic fungi, and secondary metabolism and chemical ecology of fungi
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Adam Bogdanove
- (607) 255-7831
- ajb7 [at] cornell.edu
Bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak of rice
Transcription activator-like (TAL) effector proteins
Genome editing and custom gene regulation
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Lance Cadle-Davidson
- (315) 787-2442
- lance.cadledavidson [at] ars.usda.gov
Sustainable management of grapevine fungal and oomycete diseases
Host-pathogen co-evolution and disease resistance
Enhanced breeding using genomic tools
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Clare Casteel
- clc269 [at] cornell.edu
Viral plant pathogens
Plant-virus-vector interactions
Molecular basis of plant virus defenses
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Kerik Cox
- (315) 787-2401
- kdc33 [at] cornell.edu
Orchard fungal ecology
Fungicide resistance
Pesticide stewardship, fruit pathology
Adjunct Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Zhangjun Fei
- zf25 [at] cornell.edu
Computational analysis of large datasets
Modeling regulatory networks
Courtesy Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Melanie Filiatrault
- mjf66 [at] cornell.edu
Bacterial plant pathogens
Small non-coding RNAs and RNA binding proteins
Pseudomonas syringae
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Marc Fuchs
- (315) 787-2487
- mf13 [at] cornell.edu
Virus diseases of fruit and vegetable crops
Grape viruses
Plant virus-insect vector interactions
Senior Research Associate (retired)
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
David Gadoury
- (315) 787-2614
- dmg4 [at] cornell.edu
Diseases of grapevine, apple, and strawberry
Powdery mildew
Downy mildew
Adjunct Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Maria Harrison
- (607) 254-6472
- mjh78 [at] cornell.edu
Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis
Phosphate acquisition
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Michelle Heck
- mlc68 [at] cornell.edu
Molecular interactions among plant pathogens, insect vectors, and plant hosts
Jian Hua
- (607) 255-5554
- jh299 [at] cornell.edu
Environmental responses; Adaptation; temperature; immunity; plants
Assistant Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Lori Huberman
- huberman [at] cornell.edu
How fungi interact with the environment
Nutrient sensing in filamentous fungi
High-throughput functional genomics
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Awais Khan
- (315) 787-2446
- mak427 [at] cornell.edu
Mechanisms of host disease resistance in apples; particularly to fire blight and apple scab
Quantitative genetics, genomics, genetic diversity, and pre-breeding
Rapid disease detection, pathogen identification, and high-throughput phenotyping tools
Magdalen Lindeberg
- (607) 280-9058
- ml16 [at] cornell.edu
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Gregory Martin
- (607) 254-1208
- gbm7 [at] cornell.edu
Molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis
Molecular basis of plant immunity
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Professor
Department of Global Development
Rebecca Nelson
- (607) 280-0062
- rjn7 [at] cornell.edu
Circular bionutrient economy and enhancing wellbeing in peri-urban areas through waste valorization
Agroecology and supporting student leadership toward sustainability
Participatory research and extension
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Teresa Pawlowska
- (607) 342-3866
- tep8 [at] cornell.edu
Evolutionary and population genomics
Innate immunity in fungi and fungal-bacterial interactions
Arbuscular mycorrhizae
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Sarah Pethybridge
- (315) 787-2417
- sjp277 [at] cornell.edu
Diseases of vegetables
Sclerotinia
Epidemiology and fungicide resistance
Director
School of Integrative Plant Science
Barbara McClintock Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Jocelyn Rose
- (607) 255-4781
- jr286 [at] cornell.edu
Plant structural polymers, cell wall structure and function
Cuticles and plant surfaces
Fruit biology
Goichman Family Director
Cornell AgriTech
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Christine Smart
- (315) 787-2441
- cds14 [at] cornell.edu
Biology and management of vegetable diseases
Host-pathogen interactions
Courtesy Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Bryan Swingle
- bms45 [at] cornell.edu
Regulation of bacterial stress tolerance
Genetic recombination
Pseudomonas syringae
Professor and Section Head
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
B. Gillian Turgeon
- (607) 254-7458
- bgt1 [at] cornell.edu
Fungal pathogens of cereals
Fungal genomics
Secondary metabolites
Courtesy Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Xiaohong Wang
- (607) 255-7845
- xw57 [at] cornell.edu
Plant-nematode interactions
Potato cyst nematodes
Nematode effector function
Stephen Winans
- (607) 279-3886
- scw2 [at] cornell.edu