| Name |
E-mail |
Research Interests |
Beth Ahner
Biological and Environmental Engineering |
baa7@cornell.edu |
Detoxification mechanisms in aquatic microorganisms. |
Barbara Bedford
Natural Resources |
blb4@cornell.edu |
N and P cycling in wetlands, links to biotic diversity. |
J. Thomas Brenna
Nutritional Sciences |
jtb4@cornell.edu |
Compound-specific isotope techniques with lipid metabolism. |
Jon Cole
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
ColeJ@ecostudies.org |
Lake ecosystem biogeochemistry; microbial processes. |
Jonathan Comstock
Boyce Thompson Institute |
jpc8@cornell.edu |
Water use in desert and crop plants. |
Stephen DeGloria
Crop and Soil Science |
sdd4@cornell.edu |
Advancing the development and use of spatial data in the U.S. and around the world. |
Louis Derry
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
lad9@cornell.edu |
Isotopic tracer approaches, weathering processes, global C cycle. |
Laurie Drinkwater
Horticulture |
led24@cornell.edu |
Biological soil processes in cropped systems including controls on SOM dynamics and nutrient cycling. |
John Duxbury
Crop and Soil Science |
jmd17@cornell.edu |
N cycling and trace gas fluxes in agricultural soils. |
Stephen Ellner
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
spe2@cornell.edu |
Theoretical population biology and evolutionary ecology. |
Valerie Eviner
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
evinerv@ecostudies.org |
Plant community effects on soil processes and soil microbial communities. |
Tim Fahey
Natural Resources |
tjf5@cornell.edu |
Biogeochemistry in forests; root-soil relationships. |
Erick Fernandes
Crop and Soil Science |
ecf3@cornell.edu |
Sustainable tropical cropping systems and soil management. |
Stuart Findlay
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
FindlayS@ecostudies.org |
Aquatic microbial ecology. |
Alexander Flecker
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
asf3@cornell.edu |
Community ecology and conservation biology with emphasis in tropical aquatic ecosystems. |
William Ghiorse
Microbiology |
wcg1@cornell.edu |
Modern approaches to understanding microbial activities in natural systems. |
Christine Goodale
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
clg33@cornell.edu |
Land-use change and forest carbon and nitrogen cycling. |
Charles Greene
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
chg2@cornell.edu |
The effects of climate variability and change on marine ecosystems. |
Peter Groffman
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
GroffmanP@ecostudies.org |
Microbial ecology and nutrient cycling. |
Nelson Hairston
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
ngh1@cornell.edu |
Evolutionary, population, community, and ecosystem dynamics of planktonic organisms. |
Bob Howarth
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
rwh2@cornell.edu |
N and P cycles of coastal marine systems; global and regional biogeochemistry of N, P, S, and C. |
Johannes Lehmann
Crop and Soil Science |
CL273@cornell.edu |
Soil fertility management; nutrient pathways in agroecosystems. |
Eugene L. Likens
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
LikensG@ecostudies.org |
Forest, stream, and lake ecosystems; human impact; precipitation chemistry. |
Leonard Lion
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
lwl3@cornell.edu |
Aquatic chemistry and biogeochemical fate of toxic pollutants. |
Gary Lovett
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
LovettG@ecostudies.org |
Forest nutrient cycling. |
Eugene L. Madsen
Microbiology |
elm3@cornell.edu |
Soil and subsurface micro-organisms; mechanisms of metabolic adaptation vs. pollutants. |
Natalie Mahowald
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
nmm63@cornell.edu |
Global atmospheric biogeochemistry; mineral dust, atmospheric deposition to the oceans. |
Murray McBride
Crop and Soil Science |
mbm7@cornell.edu |
Soil chemistry and the biological toxicity of heavy metals in soils. |
Susan Merkel
Microbiology |
smm3@cornell.edu |
Bacterial diversity associated with healthy and diseased coral organisms. |
Michael Pace
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
PaceM@ecostudies.org |
Comparative analysis of aquatic ecosystems. |
Ruth Richardson
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
rer26@cornell.edu |
Chemical and microbial contamination of water and soil. |
Susan Riha
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences |
sjr4@cornell.edu |
Plant interaction with environment; emphasis on tropical soils. |
Rebecca Schneider
Natural Resources |
rls11@cornell.edu |
Biogeochemistry of wetlands in the landscape. |
James Shapleigh
Microbiology |
jps2@cornell.edu |
The regulation and function of bacterial electron transport proteins. |
Christine Shoemaker
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
cas12@cornell.edu |
Modeling of groundwater contamination and remediation. |
Jed Sparks
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
jps66@cornell.edu |
Plant physiological controls on the interaction of plant communities with the atmosphere and soil. |
Tammo Steenhuis
Biological and Environmental Engineering |
tss1@cornell.edu |
Management of soil and water resources as they relate to agricultural processes. |
Janice Thies
Crop and Soil Science |
jet25@cornell.edu |
Genetics and management of soil microbial populations. |
Christina Tonitto
Horticulture |
ct244@cornell.edu |
Mechanistic modeling and spatial analysis of biogeochemical properties and processes in terrestrial ecosystems. |
Suzanne Wapner
BEB program coordinator |
biogeo@cornell.edu |
|
Kathleen Weathers
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
WeathersK@ecostudies.org |
Biogeochemistry of forests. |
David Weinstein
Boyce Thompson Institute |
daw5@cornell.edu |
Modeling temporal and spatial dynamics of carbon and nutrient flows in trees and across forested landscapes. |
David
Wolfe
Horticulture |
dww5@cornell.edu |
Plant environmental physiology; impacts of elevated CO2 and climate change on plant productivity and carbon cycling. |
Joe Yavitt
Natural Resources |
jby1@cornell.edu |
Global change; organic matter dynamics, nutrient cycling in forests and wetlands. |
Stephen Zinder
Microbiology |
shz1@cornell.edu |
Chemical transformations by anaerobic bacteria. |
| Faculty Alumni |
Elizabeth Boyer
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry |
ewboyer@syr.edu |
Movement of water through landscapes; hydrological and biogeochemical processes in stream dynamics. |
Todd Dawson
University of California, Berkeley |
tdawson@socrates.berkeley.edu |
The interface between plants and the environment: modeling, stable isotope, and physiological methods. |
Lars Hedin
Princeton University |
lhedin@princeton.edu |
Forest biogeochemistry, stable isotope analysis, N and base cation cycles. |
John Laurence
US EPA Western Ecology Division |
laurence.john@epa.gov |
Modeling of biogeochemical processes as they relate to plants and global change. |
Sandy Tartowski
USDA/ARS Jornada Experimental Range |
slt2@cornell.edu |
Biogeochemistry of nitrogen in grazed ecosystems. |
Mary Topa
Boyce Thompson Institute |
mat8@cornell.edu |
Anthropogenic and natural stress on carbon; nutrient acquisition and allocation in plants. |
