Staff in Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Nearly 70 staff members work to support the research and administrative goals of the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology. Staff members support our research scientists, maintain our greenhouses and research fields, and manage administrative functions including communications, finance and outreach.
Below you'll find a directory of staff members.
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Peggy Abbott
Technician- Aldwinckle- Geneva
Office: A124 Barton Laboratory
Email: mja35@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2317
Amy Andersen
Assistant to the Associate Chair - Geneva - Wilcox
Office: A104 Barton Laboratory
Email: ada10@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2331 or 49-331
Jackie Armstrong
Administrative Assistant
Office: 334 Plant Science
Email: jra7@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3246
Zhongmeng Bao
Research Support Specialist - Cartinhour - Ithaca
Lab: 302 Plant Science
Email: zb39@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-7297
Nicholas Booher
Temporary Service- Bogdanove - Ithaca
Office:422 Plant Science
Email: njb98@cornell.edu
Jean Bonasera
Research Support Specialist
- Beer Lab - Ithaca
Lab: 304 Plant Science
Email:jmb50@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2025
Judith Burr
Technician - Wilcox - Geneva
Office: G28 Barton Laboratory
Email: jab12@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2406
Bronwyn Butcher
Research Support Specialist - Cartinhour -Ithaca
Lab: 302 Plant Science
Email:bgb3@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-7297
Sara Carpenter
Technician - Lorbeer - Ithaca
Lab: 341 Plant Science
E-Mail: sc393@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7878
Alicia Caswell
Assistant to the Chair -Ithaca- Fry;
Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies-Gray
Office: 334 Plant Science
Email:amd33@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3245
Yen Mei Cheung
Technician - Fuchs - Geneva
Lab: 215 Barton Lab
E-Mail: ymc7@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2472- Donna Clark
Administrative Assistant – Rosenberger- Hudson Valley
Hudson Valley Laboratory
Email: djc16@cornell.edu
Tel: (845) 691-7151 
Sarah Clarke
Administrative Assistant – R. Nelson – Ithaca
Office: 303D Plant Science
Email: sc2464@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-6499- Cheryl Craft
Research Support Specialist-Perry -Lake Placid
Email: cmc7@cornell.edu
Uihlein Farm, Lake Placid
Tel: (518) 523-3258 
Jaime Cummings
Research Support Specialist-Bergstrom-Ithaca
Email: jc2246@cornell.edu
Office: 439A, B Plant Science
Tel: (607) 255-8393
Dawn Dailey O'Brien
Extension Support Specialist - Hudler - Ithaca
Office: 410 Plant Science
Email:ddo1@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-4162
Elaine Davis
Financial Rept. Specialist -Ithaca -Holdridge
Office: 357 Plant Science
Email: es29@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3264- Diane Dunham
Research Technician-Martin - Ithaca
Office: 318 Boyce Thompson Institute
Email: dmd248@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 254-1386 
Carol Fisher
Accounts Representative- Ithaca
Office: 135A Plant Science
Email:cf44@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2815
Andrea Gilbert
Administrative Assistant - Ithaca
Office: 350 Plant Science
Email: ag16@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3105- Thomas Hammond
Greenhouse Worker-Temp. Service -Gray -Ithaca
Virology-Nematology Lab
Tel: (607) 255-7895 
Tracy Holdridge
AssociateAdministrative Manager - Ithaca
Office: 330 Plant Science
Email: tlk2@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-5474
Jason Ingram
Technician -Gray -Ithaca
Office: Virology-Nematology Lab
Email: jti2@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-4596- Linda Irland
Director's Assistant -Burr- Geneva
Office: Director's Office
Email: lli1@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2211 
Sandra Jensen
Extension Support Specialist-Snover-Clift - Ithaca
Lab: 329 Plant Science
Email: slj2@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7850
David Kalb
Teaching and Facilities Coordinator - Hudler -Ithaca
Office: 229 Plant Science
Email:dk22@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7862- Stanley Kawamoto
Research Support Specialist - Bergstrom - Ithaca
Office: 439A Plant Science
Email: sok2@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-8393 
Judy Kolkman
Research Support Specialist - R.Nelson -Ithaca
Office: 303 Plant Science
Email: jmk87@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-4783
Jadwiga Komorowska-Jedrys
Research Support Specialist- Daughtrey -Long Island
Long Island Horticulture Research Extension Center
Email: jk426@cornell.edu
Tel: (631) 727-3595
Shirley Kuehne
Technician - Aldwinckle - Geneva
Office: A124 Barton Laboratory
Email: sal34@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2317- Moktan Kundan
Technician - Abawi - Geneva
Office: 111 Barton Laboratory
Email: km477@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2407
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Scott LaGreca
Collections Assistant - Hodge - Ithaca
Herbarium, 214 Gallus Road
Email:sal66@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2777
Nicole Landers
Technician- Wilcox - Geneva
Office: A124 Barton
Email:naw26@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2433
Holly Lange
Technician – Smart - Geneva
Office: 222 Barton Laboratory
Email: hlw7@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2420 or 49-420- Dennis Lawrence
Field Assistant -Perry - Lake Placid
Uihlein Farm
Tel: (518) 523-3258 
Kent Loeffler
Photographer - Ithaca
Office: 407 Plant Science
Email: kel3@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7868
David MacUmber
Technician - Fuchs-Geneva
Office: A102 Barton Lab
Email: dmc259@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2472
Eric Markel
Molecular Biologist-Cartinhour - Ithaca
Office: 413 Plant Science
Email: ejm253@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-6733
Pat Marsella-Herrick
Research Support Specialist – Fuchs – Geneva
Office: 211 Barton Laboratory
Email: pm12@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2472
Rachel McCarthy
Ext. Support Specialist -Snover-Clift - Ithaca
Office: 412 Plant Science
Email: rpl4@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7871- Heather McLane
Technician-Perry- Ithaca
Office: 211 Plant Science
Email: hlm9@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-9744 - Kathy Moody
Greenhouse Worker, Seasonal- Lake Placid
Uihlein Farm
Email: kjm14@cornell.edu
Tel: (518) 523-3258 
Kevin Myers
Technician - Fry - Ithaca
Office: 303F Plant Science
Email: klm25@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-3188- Christopher Nobles
Farm Manager - Perry -Lake Placid
Uihlein Farm
Email: cmn5@cornell.edu
Tel: (518) 523-3258 - Robert Oman
Farm Manager - Gray -Prattsburg
Golden Nem. Lab, Matoon Rd., Prattsburg, NY
Tel: (607) 522-4127 - Christopher Plank
Greenhouse Worker - Perry -Lake Placid
Uihlein Farm
Tel: (518) 523-3258 
Cheryl Reid
Technician - Burr - Geneva
Office: A122 Barton Laboratory
Email: clr4@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2328- Anne Rugh
Technician - Rosenberger -Hudson Valley
Hudson Valley Laboratory
Email: alr62@cornell.edu
Tel: (845) 691-7231 
Torben Russo
Collections Assistant-Hodge- Ithaca
Office: Herbarium, 214 Gallus Road
Email: trr9@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-2777
Dawn Smith
Research Support Specialist-Gray - Ithaca
Virology-Nematology Lab
Email: dms33@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-4596
Donna Stahl
Technician -Wilcox - Geneva
Office: 119 Barton Laboratory
Email: dms41@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2331
Stodghill, Paul
Computational Biologist - Kochian -Ithaca
Office: 321 Plant Science Bldg.
E-Mail:ps27@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7894- Larry Strack
Field Assistant - Perry- Lake Placid
Uihlein Farm,
Tel: (518) 523-3258 
Joi-Anne Strauss
Technician – Dillard -Geneva
Office: 120 Barton Laboratory
Email: js577@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2376- Molly Swartwood
Technician – Snover-Clift -Ithaca
Office: 310 Plant Science
Email: mas357@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7850 
David M. Thurston
Technician - Wang - Ithaca
Nematode Lab
Email: dmt12@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7895
Andy Vail
Administrator- Ithaca
Office: 412 Mann
Email: ajv2@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7864
Sara Villani
Technician – Cox - Geneva
Office: 222 Barton Laboratory
Email: smv8@cornell.edu
Tel: (315) 787-2402
Mary Jean Welser
Technician – Seem - Geneva
Office: 222 Barton Laboratory
Email: mcw3@nysaes.cornell.edu
(315) 787-2400 or 49-400- Albert Woelfersheim
Technician - Rosenberger - Hudson Valley
Hudson Valley Laboratory
aw51@cornell.edu
Tel: (845) 691-7151 
Judy Zheng
Technician - Lazarowitz -Ithaca
344 Plant Science
jyz3@cornell.edu
Tel: (607) 255-7852