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.
Stephane Bentolila
- sb46 [at] cornell.edu
Organelle genetics
RNA editing
Cytoplasmic male sterility
Professor Emeritus
School of Integrative Plant Science
Horticulture Section
Cornell AgriTech
Thomas Björkman
- tnb1 [at] cornell.edu
Vegetable crop physiology
Cover crops
Establishing year-round Eastern broccoli industry
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
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
Joyce Gloria Onyenedum
- jgc235 [at] cornell.edu
Plant systematics and phylogeny
Evolution of development of plant anatomy and morphology
Plant vasculature
William Crepet
- (607) 255-4075
- wlc1 [at] cornell.edu
Plant systematics and phylogeny
Flowering plants
Paleobotany
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Jeffrey Doyle
- (607) 255-7972
- jjd5 [at] cornell.edu
Genome duplication
Comparative genomics
Legume systematics and origin of nodulation
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
Margaret Frank
- mhf47 [at] cornell.edu
Grafting
Genomics and phenomics tools for trait analysis
Susheng Gan
- (607) 255-6381
- sg288 [at] cornell.edu
Plant senescence
Dimensional control of gene expression
James Giovannoni
- jjg33 [at] cornell.edu
Genetic regulation of fruit ripening
Fruit quality and nutritional composition.
Tomatoes
Laura Gunn
- lhg42 [at] cornell.edu
Carbon fixation Synthetic biology
Structural biology
Synthetic biology
Maureen Hanson
- (607) 254-4833
- mrh5 [at] cornell.edu
Gene expression in plant organelles
Photosynthetic enhancement
Molecular basis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
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
Jian Hua
- (607) 255-5554
- jh299 [at] cornell.edu
Environmental responses; Adaptation; temperature; immunity; plants
Georg Jander
- (607) 254-1365
- gj32 [at] cornell.edu
Plant-insect interactions
Plant amino acid metabolism
Arabidopsis
Andre Kessler
- (607) 254-4219
- AK357 [at] cornell.edu
Leon Kochian
- leon.kochian [at] gifs.ca
Molecular biology, physiology, and genetics of mineral ion transport.
Root biology and architecture roles in nutrient acquisition.
Abiotic environmental stresses.
Fay-Wei Li
- (607) 254-1244
- fl329 [at] cornell.edu
Li Li
- (607) 255-5708
- ll37 [at] cornell.edu
Crop nutritional quality improvement
Chromoplast and chloroplast biology
Plant secondary metabolism, micronutrient nutrition, and metabolic engineering
Jiping Liu
- (607) 255-6296
- jl233 [at] cornell.edu
Plant resistance to soil-based abiotic stresses, focusing on low-pH (acidic), aluminum, and heavy-metal stresses
Plant mineral nutrition with an emphasis on mineral transport and allocation
Root development under abiotic stresses
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 Breeding and Genetics Section
Professor
Computational Biology
Susan McCouch
- (607) 255-4585
- srm4 [at] cornell.edu
Complex trait variation in rice
Enhancing the performance of modern rice cultivars
Gaurav Moghe
- (607) 255-5714
- gdm67 [at] cornell.edu
Evolution of plant specialized metabolism
plant natural variation; genomics
metabolomics
Professor Emeritus
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Martha Mutschler-Chu
- (607) 255-1660
- mam13 [at] cornell.edu
Tomato and onion breeding and genomics
Disease and insect resistance
Intellectual property
June Nasrallah
- (607) 255-8189
- jbn2 [at] cornell.edu
Plant reproduction
Self-incompatibility
Receptor-ligand interactions and cell-cell signaling
Karl Niklas
- kjn2 [at] cornell.edu
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Maria Alejandra Gandolfo Nixon
- (607) 255-3273
- mag4 [at] cornell.edu
Paleobotany
Diversification and evolution of angiosperms
Plant anatomy
Kevin Nixon
- kcn2 [at] cornell.edu
Theory and methodology of phylogenetic analysis
Angiosperm phylogeny
Systematics and taxonomy of the oak family
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Biology Section
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Wojtek Pawlowski
- (607) 254-8745
- wp45 [at] cornell.edu
Meiotic recombination
Advanced microscopy methods
Recombination and genome rearrangements in new polyploids
Miguel Pineros
- map25 [at] cornell.edu
Crop adaptation to soil abiotic stresses
Bioavailability of iron, zinc and phytochemicals
Robert Raguso
- (607) 339-8003
- rar229 [at] cornell.edu
Eric Richards
- ejr77 [at] cornell.edu
Epigenetics
Nuclear cell biology
Adrienne Roeder
- (607) 255-4467
- ahr75 [at] cornell.edu
Development and patterning of specialized cell types
Plant cell imaging
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
Mike Scanlon
- (607) 254-1156
- mjs298 [at] cornell.edu
Mechanisms of meristem and leaf development
Evolution of plant morphology
Arabidopsis, tomato, Selaginella, and Physcomitrella
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
Jed Sparks
Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jed Sparks
- (607) 254-4270
- jps66 [at] cornell.edu
Chelsea Specht
- (607) 255-9293
- cds266 [at] cornell.edu
Plant diversity
Comparative genomics
Evolutionary biology
David Stern
- (607) 254-1300
- ds28 [at] cornell.edu
Chloroplast biology
Bioenergy
Nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions
Dennis Stevenson
- ds384 [at] cornell.edu
Cycads
Monocots
Genomics
Robert Turgeon
- (607) 255-8395
- ert2 [at] cornell.edu
Leaf development
Plasmodesmata structure and function
Phloem transport and virus movement
Klaas van Wijk
- (607) 255-3664
- kv35 [at] cornell.edu
Molecular genetics and protein biochemistry
Mass-spectrometry-driven proteomics and metabolomics
Chloroplast biogenesis and protein homeostasis in Arabidopsis and differentiation in maize
Olena Vatamaniuk
- (607) 255-8049
- okv2 [at] cornell.edu
Functional genomics of mineral nutrient homeostasis
Toxic metal detoxification and phytoremediation
Biofortification
Randy Wayne
- (607) 255-8904
- row1 [at] cornell.edu
Biophysics of plant cell biology
Biological instruction