Thirty-two academic staff members – including research associates, postdoctoral associates and visiting scientists – work in the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology conducting research, teaching students and sharing research findings with stakeholders. Academic staff members work on the Ithaca and Geneva campuses and at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Science.
Below you will find contact information for our academic staff members.
Jo Ann Asselin
Postdoctoral Associate-Beer-Ithaca
Office: 304 Plant Science
Email: jea33@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2025
Patrick Boyle
Postdoctoral Fellow - Martin -Ithaca
Lab: 318 Boyce Thompson Institute
Email: pcb56@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-1386
Agathe Bronikowski
Visiting Scholar- Perry -Ithaca
Lab: 211 Plant Science
Email: ab2323@cornell.edu
Fevziye Celebi-Toprak
Visiting Assistant Professor- Perry -Ithaca
Office: 211 Plant Science
Email: cf28@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-9764
Andres Cernadas
Postdoctoral Associate- Bogdanove -Ithaca
Office: 422 Plant Science
Email:rac398@cornell.edu
Suma Chakravarthy
Research Associate - Collmer - Ithaca
Office: 302 Plant Science
Email: sc289@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-7297
Shiyan Chen
Research Associate - Wang - Ithaca
Office: Virology/Nematology lab
Email: sc692@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3518
Ying Chen
Visiting Fellow - Aldwinckle -Geneva
Lab: 107 Barton Laboratory
Email: yc498@cornell.edu
Tel: 315-787-2426
Alice Churchill
Research Associate- Milgroom -Ithaca
Office: 215 Plant Science
Email: acc7@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-0872
Bruno Donzellli
Research Associate-Turgeon -Ithaca
Office: 221 Holley Center (USDA)
Email: bdd1@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2179
Marshall Hayes
Research Associate - Bergstrom -Ithaca
Office: 304 Plant Science
Email: mlh66@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2025
Huang Jai-feng
Visiting Scholar- Fuchs -Geneva
Email: jh2338@cornell.edu-
Kameka Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow - Burr -Geneva
Lab: 126 Barton Hall
Email: klj72@cornell.edu
Shawn Kenaley
Visiting Scholar - Hudler - Ithaca
Office: 219 Plant Science
Email: sck26@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2268
Bjoern Krenz
Postdoctoral Associate- Perry -Ithaca
Office: 211 Plant Science
Email: bk393@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-9744
Paulo Kuhnem
Visiting Scholar- Bergstrom - Ithaca
Office: 314 Plant Science
Email: prk59@cornell.edu
Ping Lang
Research Associate - Wang - Ithaca
Office: Virology/Nematology Lab
Email: pl256@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3518-
Amit Levy
Postdoctora Associate - Lazarowtiz -Ithaca
Lab: 344 Plant Science
Email: al658@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7852
Qian Liu
Visiting Scholar-Wang -Ithaca
Lab:Virology/Nematology Lab
Email: ql62@cornell.edu
Yu-Hsuan Lin
Postdoctoral Fellow-Gray -Ithaca
Lab:Virology/Nematology Lab
Email: yl574@cornell.edu
Joe Mathieu
Postdoctoral Fellow - Martin -Ithaca
Office: 318 Boyce Thompson Institute
Email: jm885@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-1386
Santiago Mideros
Postdoctoral Associate - R. Nelson -Ithaca
Office: 423 Plant Sciene
Email: sxm2@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-4451
Walid Nosir
Visiting Postdoctoral Associate- Fry -Ithaca
Office: 215 Plant Science Building
Email: wsn7@cornell.edu
Jamie Potter
Visiting Assistant Professor - Perry -Ithaca
Office: 221 Plant Science Building
Email: jlp352@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-9744
Surya Saha
Postdoctoral Associate - Lindeberg - Ithaca
Office: 314 Plant Science
Email: ss2489@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-0066
Seiya Saito
Postdoctoral Associate- Wilcox - Geneva
Office: A133 Barton Lab
Email: mlc68@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2351 or 49-351
Jeremy Thompson
Research Associate - Perry - Ithaca
Office: 211 Plant Science
Email: jrt36@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-9744
Li Wang
Research Associate - Bogdanove - Ithaca
Office: 522 Plant Science
Email: lw523@cornell.edu
Wei Wei Wang
Visiting Fellow - Turgeon - Ithaca
Office: 362 Plant Science
Email: ww252@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3200
Hailei Wei
Postdoctoral Associate - Collmer -Ithaca
Office: 302 Plant Science
Email: hw359@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-7297
Donliang Wu
Research Associate- Turgeon -Ithaca
Office: 362 Plant Science
Email: dw358@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3200
Zhouying Xu
Visiting Fellow - Pawlowska - Ithaca
Office: 412 Plant Science
Email: zx33@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-6307
Marcela Yepes
Research Associate - Aldwinckle - Geneva
Office: 215 Barton Lab
Email: my11@nysaes.cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2472
Desen Zheng
Visiting Scholar - Burr-Geneva
Office: A122 Barton Lab
Email: dz19@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2328

