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I am a professor of dairy nutrition and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow. I have a dual appointment in teaching and research. I initially was hired to conduct research in dairy nutrition and to help grow the Cornell Dairy Fellows Program. I teach multiple courses, and since 1995, I have advised hundreds of undergraduate students and been the...

My doctoral research examined the endocrine regulation of appetite and growth in fish, with applied work on developing aquaculture feeding protocols and testing sustainable sources of protein for fish feeds. Before joining Cornell, I worked in the aquaculture industry for a number of years on sturgeon and striped bass production, as well as on...

I am a scientist and a teacher: an amateur, in that I do what I love and a dilettante in that I do what I find delight in. I am less of a professional in that a professional may be assessed more by his/her short term career accomplishments than by the long term results that come from his/her calling. My research has focused on questioning the...

About Margaret Smith came to Cornell University in 1987 as a faculty member in the College of Agriculture and Life Science’s Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, focusing on corn breeding. Margaret’s research is primarily on field corn, but also includes a small amount of work on sweet corn. Her research program emphasizes breeding for...

My research focuses on the impact of pathogens and the microbiota on body homeostasis. We use systemic infection as a model for septicemia, and the gut response to infection as a model for mucosal immunity. Genomic and genetic approaches allow us to characterize new pathways involved in both resistance and tolerance to infection. Specifically, we...

Chang Yong (Cy) Lee has been working on biochemical aspects of plant foods. He has been teaching food chemistry-related undergraduate and graduate courses. His recent research focuses on nutraceutical roles of fruits, vegetables, cereals and herbal beverages that relate to antioxidant activity and bioavailability of bioactive phenolic compounds...

My research focuses on molecular regulatory mechanisms of plant senescence and dimensional control of gene expression in plants. This research has implications on the yields of certain crops and their storage after harvest.

Chris Fromme is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology. After graduating from Cornell with a B.A. in Biology in 1999, Chris carried out his graduate studies with Greg Verdine at Harvard University, receiving a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 2004. He then received postdoctoral...

Biography Peter Hitchcock joined the faculty in 2018. Born and raised in Hamilton, Canada, Hitchcock received a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2012 where he worked with Ted Shepherd. He spent four years as a postdoc with Peter Haynes at the University of Cambridge, another year as a postdoc with Bill Randel at NCAR and Thomas Birner at CSU...

Areas of Interest Livestock production systems Regenerative agriculture Food systems Food is medicine Life cycle assessment System dynamics modeling Environmental biophysics Planetary health Agroecology Grazing management Research Focus Our group investigates the connection between farm/ranch management and public policy on the environmental...