Faculty: PPPMB

Adam Bogdanove

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

Clare Casteel

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Clare Casteel

clc269 [at] cornell.edu

Plant-virus-vector and plant-insect interactions

Molecular & chemical ecology and soil microbiomes

Healthy agroecosystems, climate resilience and organic farming

Kerik Cox

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Kerik Cox

(315) 787-2401
kdc33 [at] cornell.edu

Orchard fungal ecology

Fungicide resistance

Pesticide stewardship, fruit pathology

Margery Daughtrey

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Margery Daughtrey

(631) 727-3595
mld9 [at] cornell.edu

Ornamental crop disease management

Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture crops

A man in the greenhouse examines grape plants

Marc Fuchs

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Marc Fuchs

(315) 787-2487
mf13 [at] cornell.edu

Virus diseases of fruit and vegetable crops

Grape viruses

Plant virus-insect vector interactions

Katie Gold

Assistant Professor and Susan Eckert Lynch Faculty Fellow

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Katie Gold

(315) 787-2447
kg557 [at] cornell.edu

Plant disease detection and epidemiology

Grape pathology

Remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy

Frank Hay

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Frank Hay

(315) 787-2411
fsh32 [at] cornell.edu

Fusarium basal rot of garlic

Root knot and lesion nematode of potato

Stemphylium leaf blight of onion

Daniel Heck

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Daniel Heck

(315) 878-1314
dwh237 [at] cornell.edu

Vegetable crop disease management

Kathie Hodge

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Kathie Hodge

(607) 255-5356
kh11 [at] cornell.edu

Fungal systematics

Fungal pathogens of plants and insects

Lori Huberman

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Lori Huberman

huberman [at] cornell.edu

How fungi interact with the environment

Nutrient sensing in filamentous fungi

High-throughput functional genomics

Awais Khan

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Awais Khan

(315) 787-2446
mak427 [at] cornell.edu

Mechanisms of host disease resistance in apples; particularly to fire blight and apple scab

Quantitative genetics, genomics, genetic diversity, and pre-breeding

Rapid disease detection, pathogen identification, and high-throughput phenotyping tools

Rebecca Nelson

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Professor

Department of Global Development

Rebecca Nelson

(607) 280-0062
rjn7 [at] cornell.edu

Circular bionutrient economy and enhancing wellbeing in peri-urban areas through waste valorization

Agroecology and supporting student leadership toward sustainability

Participatory research and extension

Teresa Pawlowska

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Teresa Pawlowska

(607) 342-3866
tep8 [at] cornell.edu

Evolutionary and population genomics

Innate immunity in fungi and fungal-bacterial interactions

Arbuscular mycorrhizae

Sarah Pethybridge

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Sarah Pethybridge

(315) 787-2417
sjp277 [at] cornell.edu

Diseases of vegetables

Sclerotinia

Epidemiology and fungicide resistance

Christine Smart

Goichman Family Director

Cornell AgriTech

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Christine Smart

(315) 787-2441
cds14 [at] cornell.edu

Biology and management of vegetable diseases

Host-pathogen interactions

Karen Snover-Clift

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Karen Snover-Clift

(607) 255-7860
kls13 [at] cornell.edu

Plant disease diagnosis

Plant pathology training of Master Gardeners, Extension Educators, and green industry members

B. Gillian Turgeon

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section Head and Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

B. Gillian Turgeon

(607) 254-7458
bgt1 [at] cornell.edu

Fungal pathogens of cereals

Fungal genomics

Secondary metabolites