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Ithaca campus Department of Horticulture Cornell University 134A Plant Sciences Building Ithaca, NY 14853 USA Phone: 607-255-4568/1789 Fax: 607-255-0599 More info on Ithaca campus View profiles of Ithaca faculty	Geneva campus Department of Horticulture New York State Agricultural Experiment Station 630 West North Street Geneva, New York 14456 Phone: 315-787-2394 Fax: 315-787-2216 More info on Geneva campus View profiles of Geneva faculty
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Faculty
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office (PS=Plant Science Bldg., Ithaca)
Nina Bassuk	Prof	nlb2@cornell.edu 607-255-4586	33 PS
Terence R. Bates	Sr. Res Assoc	trb7@cornell.edu 716-792-2800 x202	Lake Erie Lab
Taryn Bauerle	Assist Prof	bauerle@cornell.edu 607-254-4867/7427	168 PS 109 PS
Robin Bellinder	Prof	rrb3@cornell.edu 607-255-7890/9085	164 PS
Elizabeth Bihn	Sr Ext Assoc	eab38@cornell.edu 315-787-2625	Hedrick 105 Geneva
Thomas Björkman	Assoc Prof	tnb1@cornell.edu 315-787-2218	Hedrick 205 Geneva
Lori Brewer	Sr Ext Assoc	ljb7@cornell.edu 607-255-5918	167 PS
Mark Bridgen	Prof & Dir	mpb27@cornell.edu 631-727-3595	LIHREC
Susan Brown	Prof & Assoc. Chair	skb3@cornell.edu 315-787-2224	Hedrick 120, Geneva 135 PS Ithaca
Lailiang Cheng	Assoc Prof	lc89@cornell.edu 607-255-1779/7669	120 PS, 144 PS
Peter Davies	Prof/Jt Fac	pjd2@cornell.edu 607-255-8237	255 PS, 253 PS
Laurie Drinkwater	Assoc Prof	led24@cornell.edu 607-255-9408/6503	166 PS, 147 PS
Marcia Eames-Sheavly	Sr Ext Assoc	me14@cornell.edu 607-255-1781	169 PS
Susheng Gan	Assoc Prof	sg288@cornell.edu 607-255-6381/6088	119 PS, 51 Emerson
Phillip Griffiths	Assoc Prof	pdg8@cornell.edu 315-787-2222/2493	Hedrick 314 Geneva
Donald Halseth	Assoc Prof	deh3@cornell.edu 607-255-5460	15D PS
Gary E. Harman	Prof	geh3@cornell.edu 315-787-2452	Sturtevant 221 Geneva
Stephen A. Hoying	Sr Ext Assoc	sah19@cornell.edu 845-691-6787	Hudson Valley Lab
Jenny Kao-Kniffin	Assist Prof	jtk57@cornell.edu 607-255-8886	165 PS
Alan N. Lakso	Prof	anl2@cornell.edu 315-787-2399	Hedrick 221 Geneva
Tim Martinson	Sr Ext Assoc	tem2@cornell.edu 315-787-2448	29A PS Ithaca Hedrick 106 Geneva
Neil Mattson	Assist. Prof	nsm47@cornell.edu 607-255-0621/1798	49D PS, 40/45/46 PS
Ian Merwin	Prof	im13@cornell.edu 607-255-1777/1774	118 PS
William Miller	Prof	wbm8@cornell.edu 607-255-1799/4421	28 PS, B-1 KPL Lab
Jane Mt. Pleasant	Assoc Prof	jm21@cornell.edu 607-255-4670	15 G PS
Kenneth Mudge	Assoc Prof	kwm2@cornell.edu 607-255-1794	13 PS, KPL Lab
Travis Park	Assoc Prof	tdp9@cornell.edu 607-255-8122	110 PS
Scott Peters	Assoc Prof	sp236@cornell.edu 607-255-9713	149 PS
Marty Petrovic	Prof	amp4@cornell.edu 607-255-1796	27 PS,9-I PS
Marvin Pritts	Prof & Chair	mpp3@cornell.edu 607-255-1778	134A PS Ithaca Hedrick 103 Geneva
Donald Rakow	Dir Plantations/ Assoc Prof	dr14@cornell.edu 607-255-6139	Cornell Plantantions
Anu Rangarajan	Sr Ext Assoc	ar47@cornell.edu 607-255-1780 607-844-9022	121 PS, 112 Guterman
Stephen Reiners	Assoc Prof	sr43@cornell.edu 315-787-2311	Hedrick 109 Geneva
Bruce Reisch	Prof	bir1@cornell.edu 315/787-2239	Hedrick 204 Geneva
Terence Robinson	Prof	tlr1@cornell.edu 315-787-2227	Hedrick 118 Geneva
Frank Rossi	Assoc Prof	fsr3@cornell.edu 607-255-1629	47 PS
Marty Sailus	Sr Ext Assoc Director, NRAES	mas10@cornell.edu 607-255-2472	135 C PS
Sonja Skelly	Visiting Lecturer	sms92@cornell.edu 607-255-2406	1 Plantations Rd
Lawrence B. Smart	Assoc Prof	lbs33@cornell.edu 315-787-2490	Hedrick 211, Surge 111 &116 Geneva
Alan Taylor	Prof	agt1@cornell.edu 315-787-2243	Sturtevant 113A Geneva
Justine Vanden Heuvel	Assist. Prof	jev32@cornell.edu 607-255-2522 315-945-7022	14 PS, Hedrick 201
Chris Watkins	Prof & Dir	cbw3@cornell.edu 607-255-1784/8546	127 PS, 365 Roberts
Courtney Weber	Assoc. Prof	caw34@cornell.edu 315-787-2395	Hedrick 226 Geneva
Thomas Whitlow	Assoc Prof	thw2@cornell.edu 607-255-1793	23 PS
H. Chris Wien	Prof	hcw2@cornell.edu 607-255-4570	156 PS
David Wolfe	Prof	dww5@cornell.edu 607-255-7888	117 PS
Kenong Xu	Assist Prof	kx27@cornell.edu 315-398-4669	Surge109B Geneva
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Adjunct and courtesy faculty
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office
Angela M. Baldo	Adjunct Prof	angela.baldo@ars.usda.gov	GGRU Geneva
Peter S Cousins	Adjunct Prof	peter.cousins@ars.usda.gov 315-787-2340	GGRU Geneva
Gennaro Fazio	Adjunct Assist Prof	gennaro.fazio@ars.usda.gov 315-787-2480	PGRU Geneva
Joanne A. Labate	Adjunct Prof	joanne.labate@ars.usda.gov 315-787-2438	PGRU Geneva
Larry D. Robertson	Adjunct Prof	larry.robertson@ars.usda.gov 315-787-2356	PGRU Geneva
John C. Sanford	Courtesy Assoc Professor	jcs21@cornell.edu 315-787-2395	Geneva
Gan-Yuan Zhong	Adjunct Prof	GanYuan.Zhong@ars.usda.gov 315-787-2482	GGRU Geneva
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Emeritus Faculty
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office (PS=Plant Science Bldg., Ithaca)
Robert L. Andersen	Emeritus Faculty	rla2@cornell.edu	Geneva
James Boodley	Emeritus Faculty
Leroy Creasy	Emeritus Faculty	llc10@cornell.edu 607-255-1776	17 PS
Michael H. Dickson	Emeritus Faculty	mhdl@cornell.edu	Geneva
Roy Ellerbrock	Emeritus Faculty	lae6@cornell.edu 607-255-6553	17 PS
Elmer Ewing	Emeritus Faculty	eee1@cornell.edu 607-255-7887	17 PS
Raymond Fox	Emeritus Faculty		20 PS
Martin C. Goffinet	Sr Res Assoc (Retired)	mcg2@cornell.edu 315-787-2392	Hedrick 301 Geneva
Carl Gortzig	Emeritus Faculty	cgortzig@twcny.rr.com	20 PS
Joann Gruttadaurio	Sr Res Assoc (Retired)	jg17@cornell.edu 607-255-1791	15F PS
James Hicks	Emeritus Faculty
Jack Lambert	Emeritus Faculty	rjlambert103@gmail.com 607-255-7628	125 PS
Robert Langhans	Emeritus Faculty	rwl2@cornell.edu 607-255-5113	KPL-A1
Donald Lisk	Emeritus Faculty	djl22@cornell.edu 607-255-7628	125 PS
Frank Liu	Emeritus Faculty		National Taiwan Univ. Taipei, Taiwan
Charlie Mazza	Sr Res Assoc (Retired)	cpm6@cornell.edu 607-592-5544
Peter Minotti	Emeritus Faculty	plm3355@verizon.net
Gene Oberly	Emeritus Faculty
Edwin Oyer	Emeritus Faculty	ebo2@cornell.edu 607-255-3035	15 Warren
Loyd Powell	Emeritus Faculty	lpowell1@twcny.rr.com 607-255-2041	17 PS
Hugh C. Price	Emeritus Faculty	hcp1@cornell.edu 315-787-2231	Geneva
Richard W. Robinson	Emeritus Faculty	rwr1@cornell.edu	Geneva
Joseph Sieczka	Emeritus Faculty	jbs5@cornell.edu 631-727-3595	LIHREC
Warren Stiles	Emeritus Faculty	warren-sally-stiles@verizon.net
Robert Sweet	Emeritus Faculty		17 PS
Leonard Topoleski	Emeritus Faculty	ldt3@cornell.edu 607-255-3031	17 PS
Thomas Weiler	Emeritus Faculty	tcw2@cornell.edu
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Academics
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office (PS=Plant Science Bldg., Ithaca)
Bryan Duff	Lecturer	bpd38@cornell.edu 607-255-8663	108 PS
Matthew Goldfarb	Ext assoc	mg682@cornell.edu	15 A PS
Jeff Perry	Lecturer	jap255@cornell.edu 607-255-1603	108 PS
Robert Portmess	Ext Assoc	rp325@cornell.edu 607-255-1791	15F PS
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Post Docs/Visiting Fellows
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office (PS=Plant Science Bldg., Ithaca)
Ahsan Akram	Visiting fellow	aa695@cornell.edu	163 PS
Li An	Visiting fellow	la237@cornell.edu	Guterman 117
Sean Berthrong	Post doc assoc	stb58@cornell.edu	126 PS
Jianking Cao	Visiting fellow	jc233@cornell.edu	8 PS
Sarah Carver	Post doc assoc	smc395@cornell.edu	126 PS
Michela Centinari	Post doc assoc	mc468@cornell.edu 607-254-7427	111 PS, 109 PS
Jill Eccleston	Post doc assoc	je11@cornell.edu
Fengjuan Feng	Visiting fellow	ff67@cornell.edu 607-255-4294	144 PS, 16 PS
Nigel Gapper	Post doc assoc	neg29@cornell.edu 607-254-1259	144 PS, 16 PS
Kai Hou	Visiting fellow	kh396@cornell.edu
In-Kyu Kang	Visiting fellow	ik235@cornell.edu	111 PS
Atsushi Kono	Visiting fellow	ak875@cornell.edu 315-787-2221	216 Hedrick
Mingjun Li	Visiting fellow	ml778@cornell.edu 607-255-4294	16 PS
Zhenchang Liang	Post doc assoc	zl249@cornell.edu 607-255-4294	144 PS, 16 PS
Xin Liu	Visiting fellow	xl392@cornell.edu	16 PS
Xingwang Liu	Visiting fellow	xl243@cornell.edu	29A PS
Wanxiang Lu	Visiting fellow	wl436@cornell.edu	PS 111
Yanping Ma	Visiting fellow	ym326@cornell.edu
Jim Meyers	Post doc assoc	jmm533@cornell.edu
Michal Moyal Ben-Zvi	Visiting fellow	mm2443@cornell.edu	163 PS
Michelle Serapiglia	Post doc assoc	mjs534@cornell.edu 315-787-2491	Geneva
Jianlei Sun	Visiting fellow	js2669@cornell.edu	8 PS
Beth Takacs	Post doc assoc	emt32@cornell.edu 315-787-2298	202 Hedrick
James Taylor	Post doc assoc	jat333@cornell.edu 716-792-2800	Lake Erie Lab
Amanda Van den Bosch	Research intern	av329@cornell.edu
Marissa Weiss	Post doc assoc	msw27@cornell.edu	111 PS
Ting Wu	Visiting fellow	tw297@cornell.edu	8 PS
Changxi Yin	Visiting fellow	cy243@cornell.edu	29A PS
Dangwei Zhou	Visiting fellow	dz252@cornell.edu	49C PS
Biao Zhu	Visiting fellow	bz96@cornell.edu	125 PS
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Technical and support staff
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office (PS=Plant Science Bldg., Ithaca)
Chris Babcox	Orchard worker	cjb84@cornell.edu/TD>
James Ballerstein	Res support spec	jwb2@cornell.edu 315-787-2223	Geneva
Jeffrey Barlow	Technician	jb75@cornell.edu 607-592-7939	9 I PS
Bill Boone	Res Sup Spec	web5@cornell.edu 315-787-2298	202 Hedrick Hall
Amy Brooks	Technician	amb268@cornell.edu 315-787-2246	Geneva
Michael Brown	Res support	mgb6@cornell.edu 607-255-1774	122 PS, 123 PS
Brian Caldwell	Res support specialist	bac11@cornell.edu 607-280-3652	162 PS
Jonathon Comstock	Res support	jpc8@cornell.edu 607-255-8641	126 PS
Leah Cook	Admin assist	lcc2@cornell.edu 607-255-4568	134A PS
Craig Cramer	Ext comm assoc	cdc25@cornell.edu 607-255-5428	147D PS
Catherine Crispell	Sales asst	ceb21@cornell.edu 607-255-4542	Orchard
Elaine Davis	Financial reporting spec	es29@cornell.edu 607-255-0262	136 PS, 334 PS
Jessica Drennan	Technician	jld13@cornell.edu 607-255-9085	148 PS
Sarah Durkee	Technician	snd7@cornell.edu 315-787-2493	Geneva
Liz Falk	Prog educator	erf595@cornell.edu 607-255-7351	48B PS
Justin France	Technician	jaf383@cornell.edu 607-255-9085	148 B PS
Erica Frenay	Res Supp Spec	ejf5@cornell.edu 607-255-9911	15 B PS
Louise Gray	Sales asst	leg34@cornell.edu 607-255-4542	Orchard
Richard Haines	Orchard wkr	rnh6@cornell.edu 607-255-4542	Orchard
Diane Hanwick	Admin assist	djh29@cornell.edu 631-727-3595	LIHREC
Roselee Harmon	Res support spec	rh52@cornell.edu 607-255-4421	B-04 KPL/15 E PS
Cathy Heidenreich	Ext support spec	mcm4@cornell.edu 607-254-8943 315-787-2367	158 PS Ithaca 218 Barton Geneva
Dolores Higareda	Grad field assist	dh29@cornell.edu 607-255-1789	134A PS
Lynn Hyatt	Res supp spec	lah54@cornell.edu 631-727-3595	LIHREC
Zvonko Jacimovski	Technician	zj28@cornell.edu 607-255-9085	148 PS
Jeffrey Kelly	Technician	jmk77@cornell.edu 607-844-8281	Freeville
Melissa Kitchen	Res support spec	mjb239@cornell.edu 607-280-4898	15 E PS
Brian Lader	Orchard wkr	bml9@cornell.edu 607-255-4542	Orchard
Steve Lerch	Res support spec	sdl5@cornell.edu 315-787-2612	112 Hedrick
Shari Lighthall	Extension Support Spec	lsc1@cornell.edu	Kennedy Hall
Michael Loos	Technician	mtl72@cornell.edu 315-787-2245	Geneva
Steve Luce	Res support spec	rsl4@cornell.edu 315-787-2221	Geneva
Randy MacLaury	Technician	rlm18@cornell.edu 607-844-8281	Freeville
Patrick MacRae	Technician	pfm25@cornell.edu 607-255-3763	147 B
Kevin Maloney	Res support spec	kem1@cornell.edu 315-787-2604	Geneva
Ed Marino	Technician	etm47@cornell.edu	114 Sturtevant
Carri Marschner	Technician	cam369@cornell.edu	161 PS
Lorraine McCue	Admin Mgr	lhm3@cornell.edu 607-255-0881	137 PS
Jeff McNamara	Field assist	jpm385@cornell.edu 315-787-2493	303 Hedrick
Jonathan (JC) Mosher	Field assist	jcm35@cornell.edu 607-592-7938	Bluegrass Ln
Michael Munroe	Orchard wkr	mjm264@cornell.edu 607-255-4542	Orchard
Jackie Nock	Res support spec	jfn3@cornell.edu 607-255-4417/4243	117 Guterman, Orchard
Chrislyn Particka	Ext support spec	cap297@cornell.edu 315-787-2449	107 Hedrick
Richard Piccioni	Res support spec	rmp12@cornell.edu 315-787-2601	Geneva
Michelle Podolec	Extension aide	mls266@cornell.edu 607-255-9911	15 B PS
Sarah Pollicove	Technician	sp332@cornell.edu 315-787-2243	Geneva
Tim Putzke	Technician	tsp35@cornell.edu 607-255-1798	40 PS
Richard Raba	Technician	rmr2@cornell.edu 607-254-8943	158 PS, 144 PS
Lou Ann Rago	Admin asst	lar38@cornell.edu 315-787-2394	Hedrick 102 Geneva
Eric Sandsted	Res support spec	ers23@cornell.edu 607-255-3231	5 PS
Joseph Shail	Res support spec	jws5@cornell.edu 315-787-2225	Geneva
Eric Shatt	Farm mgr	ecs222@cornell.edu 607-255-4543	Orchard, Bluegrass Lane
Kent Smith	Administrative Asst	kks26@cornell.edu 607-255-7654	B16 Morrison
Violet Stone	Extension aide	vws7@cornell.edu 607-255-9227	15 A PS
Mary Thurn	Res support spec	mct6@cornell.edu 607-255-2746	48A PS
Juleah Tolosky	Youth Program Specialist	jft25@cornell.edu	414 Kennedy
Bobbi Townsend	Educational Programs Specialis	bjt53@cornell.edu	426 Kennedy
Matt Wavrick	Technician	maw23@cornell.edu 315-787-2493	303 Hedrick
Brett Welch	Technician	bmw37@cornell.edu 607-351-8649	Bluegrass Lane
Max Welcome	Admin assist	mw45@cornell.edu 607-255-5439	133 PS
Marguerite Wells	Technician	mw38@cornell.edu 607-254-8209	48 B PS
Ryan White	Technician	rew37@cornell.edu	122 Plant Science
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Department affiliartes:
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office (PS=Plant Science Bldg., Ithaca)
Betsy Lamb	Coord IPM	eml38@cornell.edu 607-254-8800	49B PS
Betsy Leonard	Organic farming coordinator	bai1@cornell.edu 607-423-8366	147D PS
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Temporary staff
Name	Title	Email Phone	Office (PS=Plant Science Bldg., Ithaca)
Jeff Beem-Miller	Technician	jb388@cornell.edu
Kristina Engel-Ross	Orchard sales	ke95@cornell.edu	Orchards
Stefan Karkuff	Temp	sak256@cornell.edu
Jessica Leonard	Temp	jmk374@cornell.edu
Angela McGregor Hedstrom	Serv Prof	acm237@cornell.edu 607-255-7351	48 B PS
Thomas Paul	Technician	tpp27@cornell.edu
Bruce Rich		bhr2@cornell.edu
Heather Scott		has224@cornell.edu 607-255-4542	Orchard
Marie Smith	Sales assist	mns7@cornell.edu 607-255-4542	Orchard
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Plant and Environmental Sciences Information Technology (PEIT) Service Area staff
IT support: Fill out online form. Urgent requests: Call 255-3882 Staff contact info.
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Other facilities, locations and phone numbers Bluegrass Lane Turfgrass and Landscape Research Center Bluegrass Lane Ithaca, NY 14850 607-266-9976 Conference room PS 124 607-255-2394 Conference room PS 151 607-254-4937 Conference room PS 22 607-255-8714 Polycom IP: 132.236.13.200 CUAES Farm Glenn Evans, director: gje2@cornell.edu 607-342-0128, 844-8270 Dilmun Hill Route 366/Pinetree Rd. 607-255-2078 East Ithaca Farm Tim Dodge: td58@cornell.edu 607-327-2844, 255-3234 Freeville Farm Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Center 133 Fall Creek Rd. Freeville, NY 13068 607-844-8167, 607-844-9022 Pesticide Storage - 607-844-3588 Anu Rangarajan - 607-844-9022 Weed control - 607-844-8270 Don Halseth - 607-844-8281 Grad student offices (Ithaca): PS 149 & 155: 607-255-1786 PS 159: 607-255-0234 PS 159A: 607-255-0883 PS 161: 607-254-2945 PS 163: 607-255-0477 PS 25: 607-255-1800 PS 7: 607-255-3918 Geneva: Field Research Unit, 1097 County Rd. 4, Geneva, NY 14456 315-781-0350 fax: 315-781-5318 Hedrick Hall, 630 W. North St., Geneva NY 14456 315-787-2394 Hedrick Hall Conference Rooms G19 and 104 315-787-2229 (conference phone use only) Sturtevant Hall, 630 W. North St., Geneva NY 14456 Surge Lab, 630 W. North St., Geneva NY 14456 Green Greenhouses (attached to Ken Post Lab) Tower Road 607-225-5494 Guterman 106 Caldwell Road 607-255-2056 Guterman Basement Postharvest Storage Caldwell Road 607-255-8747 Guterman Greenhouse 607-255-4417 Hudson Valley Lab 3357 Rte. 9W, P.O. box 727, HIghland, NY 12528 845-691-7231 fax: 845-691-2719 Lake Erie Research and Extension Center 6592 West Main Rd., Portland NY 14769 716-792-2800 fax 716-792-2805 Kenneth Post Lab (KPL) 607-255-5494 Lansing Orchard 607-533-7255 Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (LIHREC) Res & Ext Ctr 3059 Sound Ave. Riverhead, NY 11901 631-727-3595 Orchard Sales Room 709 Dryden Road, Rt. 366 607-255-4542 607-255-4543 Purple Conservatory Tower Road Purple Greenhouses Tower Road Red Greenhouses Caldwell Road Visiting scholar office 48B PS 607-254-8209 Top of page Email lists Instructions for subscribing, unsubscribing and using mailing lists. hort-L@cornell.edu - Department announcements, etc. To join, send request to Leah Cook. nysaes-hs-all-l@cornell.edu - Geneva-based horticulture faculty and staff. plant-seminar-L@cornell.edu - Subscribe for seminar announcements from this and other departments. hortgrads-L@cornell.edu - Graduate students. hort-faculty-L@cornell.edu - Faculty hort-tech-L@cornell.edu - Technical and support staff Top of page