Faculty: Soil & Crop Sciences

Faculty, Senior Research Associates, and Senior Extension Associates in the Soil & Crop Sciences Section

Deborah Aller

Senior Extension Associate and Executive Director - New York Center for Organics Recycling and Education (NYCORE)

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Deborah Aller

da352 [at] cornell.edu

Soil health

Organics management and biochar

Agricultural stewardship

Joseph Amsili

Senior Extension Associate, Soil Health Program

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Joseph Amsili

jpa28 [at] cornell.edu

Soil health

Soil carbon dynamics

Sustainable soil management and cover crops

Jean Bonhotal

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Graduate Student (Buckley Lab)

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Jean Bonhotal

(607) 255-1187
jb29 [at] cornell.edu

Compost quality and use

Degradation of pharmaceuticals

Beneficial uses for organic residuals

Dan Buckley

Soil and Crop Sciences Section Head and Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Professor

Microbiology

Dan Buckley

(607) 255-1716
dhb28 [at] cornell.edu

Plant & soil microbiomes

Soil health

Soil C & N cycling

Jerome Cherney

E.V. Baker Professor of Agriculture

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Jerome Cherney

(607) 255-0945
jhc5 [at] cornell.edu

Profitable management of forage crops

Environmental sustainability

Grass bioenergy

Antonio (Toni) DiTommaso

Associate Dean and Director

Cornell AES

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Antonio (Toni) DiTommaso

(607) 254-4702
ad97 [at] cornell.edu

Weed ecology and biological weed management

Invasive plant species

Climate change impacts on weed performance and distributions

Lifen Jiang

Senior Research Associate (Luo Lab)

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Lifen Jiang

lj289 [at] cornell.edu

Ecosystem ecology

Global change ecology

Land carbon cycle

Bosen Jin

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Bosen Jin

bj322 [at] cornell.edu

Analytical chemistry

Emerging organic contaminants (EOCs)

Soil health and sustainable agriculture

Daniel Katz

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Daniel Katz

(510) 207-9928
dsk273 [at] cornell.edu

Plant ecology

Ecosystem services and disservices

Aerobiology

Vipan Kumar

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Vipan Kumar

(607) 255-2212
vk364 [at] cornell.edu

Integrated weed management, including weed biology and ecology, crop-weed competition and cover crops

Herbicide-resistant weeds and herbicide-based weed control

Artificial intelligence and precision weed control

Magdeline Laba

Senior Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Magdeline Laba

(607) 255-0841
ml49 [at] cornell.edu

Johannes Lehmann

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Professor

Global Development Section

Johannes Lehmann

(607) 254-1236
cl273 [at] cornell.edu

Soil biogeochemistry, fertility, organic matter

Carbon cycling and sequestration

Biochar systems and nutrient cycling from wastes

Louis Longchamps

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Louis Longchamps

ll928 [at] cornell.edu

Farmer-centric on-farm experimentation

Farm data management

Precision agriculture

Yiqi Luo

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Yiqi Luo

yl2735 [at] cornell.edu

Predictive understanding of land ecosystem dynamics

Global change impacts on ecosystem structure and functions

Climate mitigation via carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies

Carmen Enid Martínez

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Carmen Enid Martínez

(607) 255-0895
cem20 [at] cornell.edu

Reactions at soil interfaces

Soil biogeochemistry at the molecular-scale

Soil carbon, nitrogen and metal cycling

Andrew McDonald

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Associate Professor

Global Development Section

Andrew McDonald

ajm9 [at] cornell.edu

Cropping systems ecology

Climate change adaptation and mitigation

Agricultural sustainability, food security, water resources, international agriculture, policy, and applied social sciences

Varsha Pathare

she/hers

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Varsha Pathare

vsp29 [at] cornell.edu

Plant-atmosphere CO2-water fluxes

Climate change

Resource-use efficiency

Jonathan Russell-Anelli

Senior Lecturer / Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Jonathan Russell-Anelli

(607) 255-2485
jmr5 [at] cornell.edu

Urban Soils: Dynamic Soil Properties, Soil Survey & Soil Inventory

Circular Economies: Carbon, Bionutrient & Waste Cycling

Soil Healthy: Contaminants & Sustainable Food Production

Matt Ryan

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Matt Ryan

(607) 255-4964
mrr232 [at] cornell.edu

Sustainable cropping systems and agroecology

Cover crops and ecological weed management

Organic production

Balasaheb Sonawane

he/him/his

Assistant Research Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Balasaheb Sonawane

bs894 [at] cornell.edu

Thermotolerant enzymes and plant temperature adaptations (high and low)

Leaf and whole-plant water use efficiency

Orphan crop improvement

Ying Sun

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Ying Sun

(607) 255-4255
ys776 [at] cornell.edu

Geospatial analysis and big data synthesis

Remote sensing

Canopy- to global-scale modeling

Janice Thies

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Janice Thies

(607) 255-5099
jet25 [at] cornell.edu

Soil ecology

Soil biology quality assessment and remediation

International agriculture

Harold van Es

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Harold van Es

(607) 255-5629
hmv1 [at] cornell.edu

Soil health

Precision nitrogen management (Adapt-N)

Digital agriculture

Jenifer Wightman

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Jenifer Wightman

jw93 [at] cornell.edu

Peter Woodbury

Senior Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Peter Woodbury

(607) 255-1448
pbw1 [at] cornell.edu

Agricultural and forest ecosystems

Greenhouse gas emissions

Geospatial modeling, land use and environmental quality

Dominic Woolf

Senior Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Dominic Woolf

dw433 [at] cornell.edu

Soil carbon sequestration and climate-smart agriculture

Sustainable landscape management, agroforestry reforestration and restoration of degraded land

Biochar

Yun Yang

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Yun Yang

yy2356 [at] cornell.edu

Remote sensing retrieved ET modeling

Operational ET data production through cloud computing

Land use impacts on sustainable water use