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.
Dan Buckley
- (607) 255-1716
- dhb28 [at] cornell.edu
Microbial diversity
Bacterial population structure in soils
E.V. Baker Professor of Agriculture
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Jerome Cherney
- (607) 255-0945
- jhc5 [at] cornell.edu
Profitable management of forage crops
Environmental sustainability
Grass bioenergy
Professor and Chair
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Antonio (Toni) DiTommaso
- (607) 254-4702
- ad97 [at] cornell.edu
Weed ecology and biological weed management
Invasive plant species
Climate change impacts on weed performance and distributions
Laurie Drinkwater
- (607) 255-9408
- led24 [at] cornell.edu
Agroecology
Soil quality
Nutrient cycling
Timothy Fahey
- (607) 255-5470
- tjf5 [at] cornell.edu
Christine Goodale
Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Christine Goodale
- (607) 254-4211
- CLG33 [at] cornell.edu
Anthony Hay
- (607) 255-3086
- agh5 [at] cornell.edu
David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Robert Howarth
- howarth [at] cornell.edu
Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Science
Sustainability, Environment and Conservation
Professor
Department of Global Development
Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Field of Development Studies
Department of Global Development
Rachel Bezner Kerr
- (607) 255-3213
- rbeznerkerr [at] cornell.edu
Agroecology
Food And Agriculture
Gender
Quirine Ketterings
- (607) 255-3061
- qmk2 [at] cornell.edu
Vipan Kumar
- (607) 255-2212
- vk364 [at] cornell.edu
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Professor
Department of Global Development
Johannes Lehmann
- (607) 254-1236
- cl273 [at] cornell.edu
Soil biogeochemistry, fertility management, organic matter, and carbon and nutrient cycling from wastes
Soil carbon sequestration and biochar systems
Sustainable agriculture in the tropics
Assistant Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Louis Longchamps
- ll928 [at] cornell.edu
Farm data management
Farmer-centric on-farm experimentation
Precision agriculture
Carmen Enid Martinez
- (607) 255-0895
- cem20 [at] cornell.edu
Soil biogeochemistry
Nutrient and mineral cycling
Soil organic matter
Murray McBride
- (607) 255-1728
- mbm7 [at] cornell.edu
Toxic and trace metal bioavailability
Contaminated soil remediation
Soil health
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Associate Professor
Department of Global Development
Andrew McDonald
- ajm9 [at] cornell.edu
Cropping systems ecology
Climate change adaptation and mitigation
Agricultural sustainability, food security, water resources, international agriculture, policy, and applied social sciences
Assistant Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Virginia Moore
- vm377 [at] cornell.edu
Breeding for sustainable cropping systems
Cover crops, intercropping, polycultures, organic farming systems
Legumes, forages, alfalfa, hemp
David Rossiter
- dgr2 [at] cornell.edu
Soil Survey
Geostatistics
Spatial modeling of the environment
Senior Lecturer / Senior Extension Associate
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Jonathan Russell-Anelli
- (607) 255-2485
- jmr5 [at] cornell.edu
Urban soils
Soil surveys
Spatial arrangement and characterization of soil properties, nutrient and contaminant distribution
Matt Ryan
- (607) 255-4964
- mrr232 [at] cornell.edu
Sustainable cropping systems and agroecology
Cover crops and ecological weed management
Organic production
Retired Faculty
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Tim Setter
- (607) 255-1701
- tls1 [at] cornell.edu
Maize, wheat and cassava breeding and genomics
Drought and environmental stress physiology
International agriculture
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Diana Sinton
- dss326 [at] cornell.edu
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
Tammo Steenhuis
- (607) 255-2489
- tss1 [at] cornell.edu
Ying Sun
- (607) 255-4255
- ys776 [at] cornell.edu
Geospatial analysis and big data synthesis
Remote sensing
Canopy- to global-scale modeling
Alan Taylor
- (315) 787-2243
- agt1 [at] cornell.edu
Seed science and technology
Seed quality
Coatings, treatments and biostimulants
Janice Thies
- (607) 255-5099
- jet25 [at] cornell.edu
Soil ecology
Soil biology quality assessment and remediation
International agriculture
Harold van Es
- (607) 255-5629
- hmv1 [at] cornell.edu
Soil health
Precision nitrogen management (Adapt-N)
Digital agriculture
Olena Vatamaniuk
- (607) 255-8049
- okv2 [at] cornell.edu
Functional genomics of mineral nutrient homeostasis
Toxic metal detoxification and phytoremediation
Biofortification
Senior Research Associate
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Peter Woodbury
- (607) 255-1448
- pbw1 [at] cornell.edu
Agricultural and forest ecosystems
Greenhouse gas emissions
Geospatial modeling, land use and environmental quality
Senior Research Associate
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Dominic Woolf
- dw433 [at] cornell.edu
Soil carbon sequestration and climate-smart agriculture
Sustainable landscape management, agroforestry reforestration and restoration of degraded land
Biochar