Faculty in the Graduate Field of Crop and Soil Science
The Field of Soil and Crop Sciences has about 33 faculty members at Cornell's Ithaca campus and at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York. Individual professors welcome inquiries, and prospective students are urged to correspond with faculty members whose interests are nearest their own. All of the faculty members in the Field of Soil and Crop Sciences are prepared to direct advanced studies in their areas of expertise. This includes faculty from :
The College of Agricultural & Life Sciences:
- Department of Animal Science
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Horticultural Science-Geneva
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
The Division of Biological Sciences
The College of Engineering:
Affiliates of Cornell University:
Graduate Field Faculty
| Faculty Member | Major Concentrations | Minor Concentrations | Primary Research Areas and Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellinder, Robin | Field Crop Science | ||
| Brutsaert, W.H. | Soil Science | ||
| Buckley, Daniel | Soil Science, Microbiology | Soil Science, Microbiology | Environmental genomics and microbial ecology of soils with emphasis on the ecological and biogeochemical significance of soil microbial diversity |
| Cherney, Jerome | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Forage crop management, cellulosic biomass production |
| Cox, William | Agronomy, Field Crop Science | Soil Science | Cropping systems, crop production, crop ecology |
| DeGloria, Stephen | Environmental Information Science, Soil Science, Environmental Management (MPS only), Agronomy | Environmental Information Science, Soil Science, Environmental Management (MPS only), Agronomy | Resource inventory and analysis, geo-spatial information science and technology, environmental modeling, pedology, soil survey |
| DiTommaso, Antonio | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Weed biology and management |
| Drinkwater, Laurie | Soil Science, Agronomy | Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Agroecology, ecosystem and soil ecology |
| Duxbury, John | Soil Science, Agronomy, Environmental Information Science | ||
| Fahey, Timothy | Soil Science, Environmental Management | Soil Science | Forest soils |
| Fick, Gary | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Field Crop Science, Agronomy, International Agriculture and Rural Development, Conservation and Sustainable Development | Forage crop management and quality, agroecology, land resource management |
| Hahn, Russell | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | ||
| Harman, Gary | Field Crop Science, Agronomy, Environmental Manamgement | ||
| Hay, Anthony | Soil Science, Soil Microbiology | ||
| Hobbs, Peter | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Conservation agriculture and soil health, cropping systems, weed science |
| Howarth, Robert | Soil Science, Environmental Information Science | ||
| Ketterings, Quirine | Soil Science | Field Crop Science, Agronomy, Environmental Management | Nutrient management, soil fertility, agricultural environmental management |
| Kochian, Leon | Field Crop Science | ||
| Lehmann, Johannes | Soil Science, Environmental Management (MPS only) | Soil Science | Soil organic matter dynamics, climate change mitigation, nutrient management, tropical agroecosystems |
| McBride, Murray | Soil Science, Environmental Toxicology | Soil Science, Environmental Toxicology | Soil chemistry with emphasis on behavior and toxicity of trace elements, heavy metals and organic pollutants in soil |
| Mt Pleasant, Jane | Field Crop Science, Soil Science, Agronomy | Field Crop Science, Soil Science, Agronomy | Indigenous agriculture, sustainable agriculture, plants and human well being |
| Norvell, Wendell | Agronomy, Soil Science | ||
| Obendorf, Ralph | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | ||
| Parlange, Jean-Yves | Soil Science | ||
| Riha, Susan | Soil Science, Field Crop Science, Environmental Information Science, Environmental Management | Water Resources, Agronomy | Soil-plant-atmosphere dynamics and modeling, land use change, climate change, plant water use |
| Setter, Timothy | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Field Crop Science, Agronomy | Crop physiology and molecular biology, environmental stress biology |
| Smith, Margaret | Field Crop Science | Field Crop Science | Corn breeding and genetics, insect and disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance |
| Steenhuis, Tammo | Soil Science, Environmental Management | Soil Science, Environmental Management | Watershed management, soil physics, global water issues, nutrient management, pesticide movement, modeling, colloid transport and retention in porous media |
| Taylor, Alan | Crop Science, Agronomy | Crop Science, Agronomy | Seed science and technology with emphasis on seed treatment and coating technologies |
| Thies, Janice | Soil Science | Soil Science, Agronomy | Soil microbial ecology, soil and water quality, transgenic crops |
| van Es, Harold | Soil Science, Agronomy, Environmental Information Science, Environmental Management | Soil Science, Agronomy, Environmental Information Science, Environmental Management | Soil and water management, soil health, soil physics, precision and computational agriculture |
| Vatamaniuk, Olena | Field Crop Science | Molecular Biology/Biochemistry | Analyses of molecular mechanisms of metal homeostasis with emphasis on transport proteins responsible for metal ion translocation across lipid bilayer. Identified proteins will be used for generating transgenic plants for phytoremediation applications. |
| Welch, Ross | Agronomy, Field Crop Science, Soil Science | Plant Nutrition, Human Nutrition, Food Science | Improving the nutritional quality of food crops for animals and humans using agricultural tools and plant breeding |
| Wolfe, David | Agronomy | Soil Science | Horticulture, crop physiology, soil ecology, nitrogen management, climate change impacts on agriculture, science communication |