Meet our faculty: Jonathan Lin

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Academic focus: Weather and climate in the tropical atmosphere Research summary: I am an atmospheric scientist that enjoys using both theory and models to ask fundamental questions about the tropical atmosphere. For instance, I am particularly...
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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Meet our faculty: Dan Kowal

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Academic focus: Bayesian statistics, dependent (time series, spatial, functional, etc.) data, missing data Lab website: www.danielrkowal.com Research summary: My research aims to provide reliable, scalable and interpretable statistical inference...
  • Statistics and Data Science
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Meet our faculty: Jacqueline Gerson

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Acacemic focus: Biogeochemistry, contaminant fate and transport Lab website: gersonlab.weebly.com Research summary: I am a watershed biogeochemist. I study how anthropogenic activities have altered the cycling of nutrients and contaminants...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Meet our faculty: Aaron Benanav

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Academic focus: Labor, technology and economic development Lab website: www.aaronbenanav.com Research summary: My research investigates the historical and structural forces shaping contemporary labor markets, with a particular emphasis on the...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Meet our faculty: Andrew Bell

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Academic focus: Rural livelihoods decision-making Research summary: We do pro-poor, people-first environment and development research in areas like migration, agricultural development, irrigation and human-wildlife conflict. We focus on...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Meet our faculty: Daniel Anstett

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Academic focus: Evolution across environmental gradients and in response to climate change. Research summary: My research focuses on rapid evolution across spatiotemporal scales with a focus on climate change and biotic interactions. At Cornell...
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
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Meet our faculty: Zeribe Nwosu

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Academic focus: Biochemistry, cancer biology, cancer metabolism. Research summary: The aim of my research is to identify and study mechanisms through which cancer cells acquire and utilize nutrients. We currently mainly work on pancreatic cancer...
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Health + Nutrition
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Meet our faculty: Miel Hostens

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Academic focus: Data-driven dairy management Research summary: I have worked over 15 years in the dairy industry in research, education and extension. My lab focuses on developing data-driven agriculture and integrated precision dairy farming...
  • Animal Science
  • Statistics and Data Science
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Dairy
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Meet our faculty: Sara Emery

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Academic focus: Applied systems ecology Research summary: I seek to understand how arthropod communities are affected by the interacting drivers of climate and land-use change. I’m an applied ecologist, with interests in agricultural entomology...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Food
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Meet Postdoctoral Research Associate Jasdeep Singh!

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Jasdeep Singh recently joined the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), a program within the animal science department, as a postdoctoral fellow. Since coming to Cornell, he has focused on facilitating Cornell University’s part in the Dairy...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Dairy
  • Crops
  • Soil
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Meet our faculty: Jingwei Zhang

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Academic focus: Operations, technology and information management. Research summary: My research areas revolve around sustainable operations, addressing practical challenges in smart city operations and urban mobility. My research leverages a...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Meet our faculty: Thomas Godwin

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Academic focus: Financial accounting, taxation and fraud examination. Research summary: My research focuses on two main areas: the role of information intermediaries in capital markets and the impact of regulation in accounting, including...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Meet our faculty: Minmo Gahng

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Academic focus: Finance. Research summary: I am fascinated with studying disruptive and innovative companies. I research how financial markets can spur the growth of entrepreneurial companies, focusing on the role of venture capital and private...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Meet our faculty: Sylvia Hristakeva

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Academic focus: Quantitative marketing, industrial organization. Research summary: My primary research provides policy and managerial implications on the role of vertical relations between producers and suppliers in shaping market competition...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Meet our faculty: Greg Vogel

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Academic focus: Vegetable crop breeding and genetics. Research summary: I am a plant breeder working on the improvement of vegetable crops for traits including disease resistance, productivity, flavor and quality. My objectives are to discover...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Meet our faculty: Kelley Gallagher

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Academic focus: Bacterial development and evolution. Research summary: I am interested in the regulation of development and antibiotic production in bacteria. I primarily study soil-dwelling bacteria belonging to a genus called Streptomyces that...
  • Microbiology
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Meet our faculty: Daniele Visioni

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Academic focus: Stratospheric aerosol, climate dynamics, climate intervention strategies. Research summary: I study how aerosols in the stratosphere impact the climate through their interaction with radiation, chemistry and atmospheric dynamics...
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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Meet our faculty: Kurt Waldman

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Academic focus: Food security, environmental sustainability and climate change. Research summary: My research examines judgment and decision making related to agricultural sustainability, environmental change and food security. Drawing on the...
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Meet our faculty: Michael Charles

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Academic focus: Computational and community-based sustainable solutions. Research summary: Broadly, I explore how computational models can help communities achieve their envisioned futures. My research is centered on designing sustainable...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Computational Biology
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