Plant Biology contacts

233 Emerson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-5459

Chair: Jian Hua
jh299 [at] cornell.edu (jh299[at]cornell[dot]edu)
Phone: 607-255-5554

Chair's Assistant: Karin Jantz
kpg2 [at] cornell.edu (kpg2[at]cornell[dot]edu)
Phone: 607-255-4075

Director of Graduate Studies: mjs298 [at] cornell.edu (Michael Scanlon)
Phone: 607- 254-1156

Graduate Field Assistant: kpg2 [at] cornell.edu (Karin Jantz)
Phone: 607-255-4075

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Faculty & Senior Academics

Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty, Senior Research Associates, Senior Extension Associates, and Senior Lecturers

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Adjunct & Courtesy Faculty

These faculty have primary affiliations with other SIPS sections and Cornell units or with USDA-ARS

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Faculty Emeriti

Faculty emeriti and other retired academics

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Graduate Students

Graduate students in the Field of Plant Biology

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Academic Staff

Post-doctoral associates, research associates, extension associates, and lecturers

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Technical & Support Staff

Staff members support research scientists, maintain greenhouses and research fields, and manage administrative functions

Plant Biology News

Pink petunias in bloom during summer.

News

Flowers unfold with surprising precision, despite unruly genes

Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new Cornell study shows that even in this precise, patterned formation in plants, gene activity inside individual cells is far more chaotic than it appears.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Melanie Lyons, M.Eng ’22, biomedical engineer at Llume; Roy Cohen, co-founder of TETmedical; and Ricardo Garcia de Alba, CEO of Meiogenix, show the certificates and mugs they received at the April 15 incubator graduation ceremony at Weill Hall.

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Cornell’s incubator Class of 2025, composed of startups Llume, Meiogenix and TETmedical, is advancing innovations in human performance monitoring, non-GMO plant breeding and neurological critical care.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Agriculture
Vesna Bacheva, a postdoctoral associate in CROPPS, tests part of a prototype system designed to detect a stress response in a gene-encoded reporter plant.

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Researchers at the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems have taken a major step toward advancing two-way communication with plants.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Communication