Meet our faculty: Steven Mana'oakamai Johnson

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Academic focus: Ocean conservation and social-ecological systems. Research summary: I study the relationship between people and the ocean, ranging from Indigenous Pacific Islander communities traditionally managing coral reefs to geopolitical...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Development Sociology
  • Environment
  • Natural Resources
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Meet our faculty: Emma Wang

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Academic focus: Corporate social responsibility; environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices; sustainable financing. Research summary: My research interests focus on corporate ESG practices, ESG standard setting and sustainable...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Meet our faculty: Maria C. Taylor

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Academic focus: History/theory of landscape design, urbanism and architecture; focus on urban ecological design and 20th century politics of everyday environments. Research summary: I am a historian and theorist of international urban and...
  • Landscape Architecture
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Meet our faculty: Chang Chen

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Academic focus: Postharvest technologies for food and agricultural products. Research summary: My research program focuses on fundamental and applied aspects of postharvest technologies to improve food quality, safety and sustainability of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Meet our faculty: Daniel Katz

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Academic focus: Plant ecology and environmental health. Research summary: My goal is to generate the ecological knowledge necessary to address plant-related public health problems. Much of my research centers on allergenic pollen, from creating...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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How Cornell is helping grow Edenesque's plant-based milk empire

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Leslie Woodward founded Edenesque with the same mantra she followed during her two-decade career as a chef in some of New York’s finest restaurants – source ingredients locally and make high-quality foods that are delicious and good for you...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
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Meet our faculty: Meng Wang

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Academic focus: Nutritional and metabolic sources of DNA damage that impacts cancer and aging. Research summary: As a physician scientist, my research aims to identify the chemicals produced by our metabolism that damages our DNA and to better...
  • Nutritional Sciences
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Meet our faculty: Shaila Musharoff

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Shaila Musharoff was hired as part of the CALS Cohort Initiative and the Cornell NIH FIRST Cohort. Academic focus: Statistical and population genetics Research summary: My lab studies how human disease is shaped by genetic and environmental...
  • Computational Biology
  • Genetics
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Meet our faculty: Vipan Kumar

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Academic focus: Weed science. Research summary: I study the biology and ecology of most problematic weed species for developing cost-effective and sustainable weed management strategies in New York field cropping systems. Monitoring evolution...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
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Meet our faculty: Andrew Hein

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Academic focus: Computational ecology and behavior. Research summary: My lab studies how organisms generate behavior during ecological interactions – for example, when competing with other organisms for food, pursuing and capturing prey...
  • Computational Biology
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Meet our faculty: Ginger Allington

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Academic focus: Landscape ecology and social-ecological systems. Research summary: My research is focused on measuring, mapping and modeling how ecosystems are changing over space and time in response to pressures from human uses and climate...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Climate Change
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Zuefle to Join Incoming Class of LeadNY

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A senior extension specialist, Zuefle, is the first NYSIPM employee to be selected to the prestigious LeadNY program, according to NYSIPM director Alejandro Calixto. “LeadNY has a proud tradition of developing leaders in the food, agriculture...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
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How does dairy contribute to the solution?

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For human and environmental health, it has to be, says Kristan Reed, assistant professor of animal science.
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Food
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How can AI and big data combat hunger?

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With creative, collaborative thinking, says Yu Jiang, assistant professor of systems engineering and data analytics in SIPS.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Plants
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What if plants could talk?

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Susan McCouch, a professor of plant breeding and genetics in the School of Integrative Plant Sciences (SIPS), believes they can.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Environment
  • Plants
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How can big tech serve small farms?

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Through multidisciplinary partnerships that empower smallholder farmers, says Edward Mabaya, a research professor in the Department of Global Development.
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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How do we nourish people and the planet?

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As the world population grows and climate change threatens agriculture and global food systems, researchers across CALS are reimagining agri-food systems for the 21st century.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Animal Science
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Confronting the Climate Crisis with Cassava

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In Africa, the climate crisis is impacting all aspects of life — but especially agriculture. A surge of extreme weather events, abrupt shifts in precipitation patterns and steadily rising temperatures have diminished crop production and...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Climate Change
  • Global Development
  • Development
  • Plants
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NextGen Fellows

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With support from NextGen Cassava, dozens of young people have turned their passions into career pathways that will build capacity in Africa’s agriculture breeding programs. NextGen Fellows have obtained advanced degrees from Cornell University...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Climate Change
  • Global Development
  • Development
  • Plants
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