Adjunct/Courtesy Faculty: PPPMB
Adjunct and Courtesy Faculty have primary affiliations with other sections in the School of Integrative Plant Science, other departments at Cornell, USDA-ARS, or at The Boyce Thompson Institute. These faculty are members of the Graduate Field of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (PPPMB) and as such can advise graduate students and serve on graduate student committees.
Research Professor
Department of Global Development
Co-director of MPS in Global Development
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
- keb45 [at] cornell.edu
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
Adjunct Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Candace Collmer
- cwc6 [at] cornell.edu
Microbial genome annotation
Adjunct Associate 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
Courtesy Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Stewart Gray
- smg3 [at] cornell.edu
Plant virus-insect vector interactions
Virus diseases of potato and grain crops
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
Adjunct Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Daniel Klessig
- dfk8 [at] cornell.edu
Mechanisms of plant immunity
Systemic acquired resistance
Salicylic acid signaling
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Geneva Plant Pathology
Patricia Mowery
- (315) 787-2328
- pm465 [at] cornell.edu
Xylella fastidiosa, the bacterial plant pathogen that causes Pierce's disease in grapes
Adjunct Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Peter Palukaitis
- pfp1 [at] cornell.edu
Molecular analysis of resistance mechanisms elicited by tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
Courtesy Assistant Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Paul Stodghill
- paul.stodghill [at] ars.usda.gov
Computational methods for analyzing large datasets from high-throughput biological experiments
Courtesy Assistant 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
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