Health & Well-Being

• Michael Mazourek’s program is focused in part on development of specialty vegetables such as small, extra sweet squash and peppers with altered taste profiles for enhancement of the aesthetic and culinary appeal of New York produce.
• Michael Gore’s research group engages in genetic dissection of metabolic seed traits to increase content of nutrients such as vitamin A and  provitamin A carotenoids
• Courtney Weber develops improved berry varieties with emphasis on disease and insect resistance, fruit quality, and beneficial phytochemicals (Weber news)

• Ashley Helmholdt works with CCE educators and Master Gardener Volunteers to promote successful gardening experiences for NYS households
• Sonja Skelly, is Director of Education at Cornell Botanic Gardens. Her academic work focuses on public garden management, particularly plants and human well being, climate change education and the use of plants to improve schools and communities.

• Neil Mattson directs the Controlled Environment Agriculture group, researching advances in lighting and greenhouse technologies that can reduce the carbon footprint of local greenhouse-grown produce (Mattson news)
• Aaron Sexton's Urban Plant Ecology Lab seeks to understand how urban ecosystem management influences biodiversity patterns and processes. Topics include how urban community gardens affect pollinators and natural enemies of pests, restoration of plant-pollinator communites, urban heat island effects on timing of flowering, and impacts of urban wildfires. 
• Dan Katz's research focuses on modeling airborne pollen concentrations, quantifying the cooling effects of urban trees, and applying ecological concepts to more effectively use remote sensing for urban tree identification.

• Mark Bridgen, Director of the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, focuses on new plant development, breeding, and propagation of herbaceous ornamentals and flowers
• Bill Miller researches floricultural crop production and postharvest physiology, with a focus on growth control, ethylene effects on plants, carbohydrate metabolism in bulbous plants, and physiological disorders.
• Frank Rossi addresses practical problems in turfgrass management with emphasis on environmental compatibility and economic feasibility (Rossi news)

Mark Bridgen - Michael Mazourek - Bill Miller - Frank Rossi - Anu Rangarajan - Dan Katz - Aaron Sexton - Sonja Skelly - Ashley Helmholdt