Directory

Common Contacts

Special Note: Email recommended during pandemic as employees work remotely and phones checked less frequently.

General information:
contact@btiscience.org
607-254-1234

Alumni Engagement
btialumni@cornell.edu
607-288-3554

Donor Relations
bti-dev@cornell.edu
607-288-3554

Communications / Media Relations
communications@btiscience.org
607-288-2578

Education and Outreach
Delanie Sickler
Education and Outreach Manager
dbs266@cornell.edu
607-252-6566

Office for Finance, Facilities, and Operations
Samantha Nash
Executive Assistant
sln62@cornell.edu
607-254-4713

Human Resources
btihr@cornell.edu
607-254-1239

Office of the President
Meredith Williams
Executive Assistant
mcw262@cornell.edu
607-254-4710

Research, Business Development, Translational Science
Paul Debbie
Director of Research, Director of New Business Development
ppd2@cornell.edu
607-254-8729

Sponsored Research Administration
Gina Holl
Director, Grants and Contracts
rch275@cornell.edu
607-254-1249

Technology Transfer & Licensing
Julien Fey
Director of Technology Transfer
Jpf23@cornell.edu
607-319-3022

Full Directory

fatima abrar

Intern

fa333@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

ka38@cornell.edu

Marty Alani

Undergraduate Student

mla95@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

bba22@cornell.edu

Kelly Aylesworth

Financial Coordinator

kss78@cornell.edu

Ryland Bednarek

Graduate Student

rb773@cornell.edu

Greenhouse Manager

bkb3@cornell.edu

Mahdiyeh Bigham

Postdoctoral Scientist

mb2228@cornell.edu

Professor

gwb1@cornell.edu

Aaron J. Bouchie

Science Writer

ab22@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

ab2284@cornell.edu

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Building Mechanic

ljb286@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

rnb77@cornell.edu

Director Information Technology

acc344@cornell.edu

Communications Associate

mpc89@cornell.edu

Doug Carruthers

Stockroom Supervisor

dic6@cornell.edu

Assistant Professor

cc283@cornell.edu

Visiting Scholars

yc778@cornell.edu

Rachel Christopherson

Student Worker

rcc269@cornell.edu

Seung Ho Chung

Postdoctoral Scientist

sc776@cornell.edu

Liam Cleary

Research Assistant

lpc55@cornell.edu

Alicia Conover

Executive Assistant to the VP of Finance and Operations

aaw76@cornell.edu

Lance Teo Courtney

Graduate Student

lec224@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

bc632@cornell.edu

VP for Finance & Operations; Corporate Treasurer

sad82@cornell.edu

Stacy De Blasio

Postdoctoral Scientist

sld98@cornell.edu

Director of Research, Director of New Business Development

ppd2@cornell.edu

Luis Delgadillo

Student Lab Assistant

lpd38@cornell.edu

Grants Manager

lmd63@cornell.edu

Lab Services Assistant

ebd47@cornell.edu

Aliza Doyle

Research Assistant

asd97@cornell.edu

Kathryn Eshenour

Kathryn Eshenour

Research Assistant

kle54@cornell.edu

Joe Ettenberger

Greenhouse Assistant

jte44@cornell.edu

Sarah Evanega

Cornell Global Development Faculty/BTI Adjunct Faculty/Cornell Alliance for Science Director

snd2@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

dje94@cornell.edu

Donor Relations Manager

ake45@cornell.edu

Diana Fajardo Palomino

Research Assistant

dcf82@cornell.edu

BTI Full Professor Zhangjun Fei

Professor

zf25@cornell.edu

Research Associate

lf259@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

hf329@cornell.edu

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Director of Technology Transfer

jpf23@cornell.edu

Thomas Fisher-York

Bioinformatics Analyst

tly2@cornell.edu

Mirella Flores Gonzalez

Database Programmer

mrf252@cornell.edu

Hartmut Foerster

Research Associate

hf263@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

bwf7@cornell.edu

Leah Fulton

Intern

lmf255@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

lg397@cornell.edu

Star Yanxin Gao

GOBii Breeding Informatics and Application Specialist

yg28@cornell.edu

Mikaela Garcia

Student Worker

mfg59@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

ceg247@cornell.edu

Jim Giovannoni

Professor, USDA Scientist

jjg33@cornell.edu

Tracey Glen

Grants Manager

tlg93@cornell.edu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

og63@cornell.edu

Poornima Gourabathini

Research Assistant

pg326@cornell.edu

Vishnu Govindaraj

Software Developer

vg249@cornell.edu

Robert Granados

Professor Emeritus/Charles E. Palm Scientist

rg28@cornell.edu

Andika Gunadi

Postdoctoral Scientist

ag895@cornell.edu

Maria Gutierrez

Maria Gutierrez

Technician

mgg67@cornell.edu

New Visions Intern

bjh233@cornell.edu

William H. Crocker Professor

mjh78@cornell.edu

Chloe Hecht

Undergraduate Student

ch854@cornell.edu

Associate Professor, USDA Scientist

mlc68@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

mjh438@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

sah382@cornell.edu

Jeffrey Hodgson

Postdoctoral Scientist

jjh364@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

jsh339@cornell.edu

Director, Grants and Contracts

rch275@cornell.edu

Lab Services Supervisor

gh329@cornell.edu

Saeed Hosseinzade

Visiting Scholar

sh2387@cornell.edu

Senior Research Associate

amh264@cornell.edu

USDA Scientist

kjh46@cornell.edu

Victoria Hoyle

Graduate Student

vjh9@cornell.edu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

shh89@cornell.edu

Elizabeth Hudson

Elizabeth Hudson

Grants Manager

eh487@cornell.edu

David Okeh Igwe

Research Assistant

doi3@cornell.edu

Maryam Rahmati Ishka

Postdoctoral Scientist

mri23@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

si225@cornell.edu

Professor

gj32@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

cj334@cornell.edu

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Postdoctoral Scientist

emj75@cornell.edu

Magdalena Julkowska

Magdalena Julkowska

Assistant Professor

mmj55@cornell.edu

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Research Specialist

prk9@cornell.edu

Abby Kelly

Undergraduate Student

afk48@cornell.edu

Research Assistant

eja24@cornell.edu

Professor

dfk8@cornell.edu

Professor Emeritus

rjk9@cornell.edu

Aiden Kolodziej

Undergraduate Student

ark259@cornell.edu

Srinivasan Krishnan

Postdoctoral Scientist

sk957@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

ark253@cornell.edu

Research Assistant

ak2288@cornell.edu

Exterior of BTI greenhouses at sunset

Greenhouse Worker

sbl77@cornell.edu

Josh Lamos-Sweeney

GOBii Project, Pipeline and Back-End Tool Development

jdl232@cornell.edu

Undergraduate Student

jl2674@cornell.edu

Georgia Lesh

Advancement Services and Alumni Engagement Manager

gel56@cornell.edu

Assistant Professor

fl329@cornell.edu

Rachel Lombardi

Heck Lab

rll255@cornell.edu

Andreas Ludewig

Research Associate

hal44@cornell.edu

Samantha Mainiero

Research Specialist

sm935@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

mam734@cornell.edu

Research Associate

mm829@cornell.edu

Boyce Schulze Downey Professor

gbm7@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

dcm286@cornell.edu

Cornell SIPS Professor/BTI Adjunct Faculty

srm4@cornell.edu

Angela McEnerney

Research Assistant

arm422@cornell.edu

Accounts Payable Coordinator

ram498@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

nm249@cornell.edu

Stephanie Meyer

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

slm347@cornell.edu

Elliot Myers

Undergraduate Student

emm373@cornell.edu

Elena Michel

Postdoctoral Scientist

ejm339@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

jkm239@cornell.edu

Greenhouse Assistant

jpm14@cornell.edu

Technology Transfer Specialist

ksm84@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

nm529@cornell.edu

Professor

lam87@cornell.edu

Human Resources Specialist

sln62@cornell.edu

Assistant Professor

an425@cornell.edu

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Anna Nelson Dittrich

Lab Manager

an426@cornell.edu

Philippe Nicolas

Postdoctoral Scientist

pn239@cornell.edu

GOBii Project, Software Development Group Leader

yn259@cornell.edu

Alex Ogbonna

Graduate Student

aco46@cornell.edu

Administrative Assistant

oco5@cornell.edu

Data Architect, GOBii Project

kdp44@cornell.edu

Alaina Petlewski

Graduate Student

arp275@cornell.edu

GOBii DevOps Engineer

rlp243@cornell.edu

USDA Scientist/BTI Adjunct Faculty

Miguel.Pineros@ars.usda.gov

Research Associate

afp43@cornell.edu

Financial Controller

par249@cornell.edu

Narges Reiahisamani

Nasim Rahmatpour

Postdoctoral Scientist

nr272@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

ar834@cornell.edu

Research Associate

jsr47@cornell.edu

Linnell Randall

Research Assistant

lbr65@cornell.edu

Angel Raquel

Software Developer

avr33@cornell.edu

Makenna Raspantini

Makenna Raspantini

Undergraduate Student

mar495@cornell.edu

Nathan Reem

Postdoctoral Scientist

ntr27@cornell.edu

Narges Reiahisamani

Narges Reiahisamani

Researcher

nr283@cornell.edu

Professor Emeritus

jar14@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

ajr348@cornell.edu

Professor

ejr77@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

ar2246@cornell.edu

Tanner Robison

Graduate Student

tar226@cornell.edu

Pedro Rodrigues

Postdoctoral Scientist

pjr96@cornell.edu

Pratyush Routray

Postdoctoral Scientist

pr474@cornell.edu

Senior Bioinformatics Analyst

ss2489@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

ps997@cornell.edi

Frank Schroeder

Professor

schroeder@cornell.edu

Tyler Schwertfeger

Research Assistant

tjs364@cornell.edu

Delanie Sickler

Director of Education and Outreach

dbs266@cornell.edu

Christiano Simoes

Christiano Simões

Software Developer

ccs263@cornell.edu

Aleksandra Skirycz

Assistant Professor

as4258@cornell.edu

Facilities Manager

ds60@cornell.edu

Mamta Srivastava

Plant Cell Imaging Center Manager

ms226@cornell.edu

Richard Staples

GL McNew Professor Emeritus

rcs8@cornell.edu

David Stern

President

ds28@cornell.edu

Susan Strickler

BCBC Director; Senior Research Associate

srs57@cornell.edu

Becky Stup

Undergraduate Student

rss345@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

xs57@cornell.edu

Hayley Sussman

Research Assistant

hs995@cornell.edu

Kerry Swartwood

Research Specialist

kec37@cornell.edu

Titima Tantikanjana

Senior Research Associate

tt15@cornell.edu

Arnaud Tauffenberger

Research Associate

at945@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

trt43@cornell.edu

Associate Professor

jv27@cornell.edu

Research Associate

jv22@cornell.edu

Research Assistant

mmw249@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

xw96@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

daw277@cornell.edu

Meredith Williams

Meredith Williams

Executive Assistant, Assistant Secretary

mcw262@cornell.edu

Jennifer Wilson

Graduate Student

jrw375@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

tw272@cornell.edu

Professor Emeritus

haw5@cornell.edu

Theo Wright

Advancement Assistant

tw499@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

sw728@cornell.edu

Research Specialist

yx25@cornell.edu

xia xu

Research Assistant

xx79@cornell.edu

Hsiao Pei Yang

Research Associate

hy31@cornell.edu

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Postdoctoral Scientist

jy783@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

gcy7@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

jy823@cornell.edu

Graduate Student

yy749@cornell.edu

Jingyin Yu

219/Fei Lab

jy526@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

ly76@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

nz59@cornell.edu

Visiting Scholar

mz257@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

sz457@cornell.edu

Jing Zhang

Bioinformatics Technician

jz322@cornell.edu

Bingsen Zhang

Graduate Student

bz298@cornell.edu

Postdoctoral Scientist

jz426@cornell.edu

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