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Joint Appointment - College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Adjunct Appointment - College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences Areas of Interest Genetic Improvement of Animal Health and Performance; Genetic Evaluations; Population Structure, Adaptation, and Evolution; Genomic Tool Development; and...

Rhonda Todd began in CALS on January 3, 2022, as the inaugural Director of Inclusive Academic Advising (IAA) and as of February 1, 2025, she is now the inaugural Director of Student Success Navigators and Pathway Development Programs. Rhonda’s career has been in education where she began as an elementary school teacher and spent six years at the...

Martin T. Wells, Ph.D., joined the Cornell faculty in 1987 and is the Charles A. Alexander Professor of Statistical Sciences, Professor and Chair of both the Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology and the Department of Statistical Sciences at Cornell University. He is also a Professor of Social Statistics, Professor of...

Summary I am a biogeochemist and ecosystem scientist, an active research scientist who also enjoys teaching and is deeply involved in the environmental management and policy communities in the State, nationally, and internationally. My training was in oceanography, and much of my research still focuses on coastal marine ecosystems. However, I also...

Professor Quirk is a reproductive biologist with a concentration in ovarian physiology. A recent focus of her lab was to determine the mechanism of ovulation using novel in vivo imaging techniques. Other areas of research interest were determining the role of the hedgehog signaling pathway in ovarian function and the role of the vasculature in...

C. Timothy Baird, FASLA, PLA is a Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Cornell University with over four decades of academic and practice experience at seven universities, including Penn, Harvard, LSU, Texas Tech, Penn State, Ohio State, and Cornell, and a variety of firms including Collins DuTot, Hanna/Olin, Ltd., Anthony...

My mission – as a researcher and educator – is to contribute to solving social and environmental problems through sustainability education and civic engagement among youth in urban communities, organizations, and schools. I worked in environmental education since 1996, first in a Siberian nonprofit and then in the U.S. and internationally. After...

Hamidullah Nikzad is an advocate and researcher in the fields of climate change, sustainability, and food security, with a particular focus on advancing climate justice and sustainability in fragile contexts. Born in Afghanistan—a country that contributes minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions yet suffers disproportionately from the impacts...

Peter Hess is a Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering. His research interests focus on understanding atmospheric chemistry within the context of the earth’s climate system. His work will advance understanding of how the chemistry and composition of the atmosphere may change over the 21st Century and help to prepare...

Additional Affiliations Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Nutrition, American Society for Nutrition Fellow, National Academy of Inventors President and Parent Committee Chair, International Trace Elements and Mineral Association (TEMA) Areas of Expertise Alternative feed and food proteins Animal, mineral, human health, functional genomics Hydrolytic...