Graduate Faculty

Masoud Hashemi, Extension Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.S., Shiraz (Pahlavi) University, Iran, 1972; M.S., 1975; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1990.

Allen V. Barker, Professor, B.S., Illinois, 1958; M.S., Cornell, 1959; Ph.D., 1962.

Mandy Bayer, Extension Assistant Professor, B.S. Pennsylvania State, 2004; M.S. Illinois, 2010; Ph.D., Georgia, 2014

Daniel R. Cooley, Professor, B.S., Harvard, 1974; M.S., Vermont, 1978; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1986.

Michelle DaCosta, Associate Professor, B.S., Rutgers, 2000; Ph.D., 2006.

John M. Gerber, Professor, B.S., Rhode Island, 1973; M.S., Cornell, 1976; Ph.D., 1978.

Stephen J. Herbert, Professor, Dip.Sci.Tch., Avondale, Australia, 1972; B.Agr.Sc., 1974; Ph.D., Canterbury, New Zealand, 1977.

Geunhwa Jung, Professor, B.A., Chung-nam National University, Korea, 1988; M.S., Nebraska at Lincoln, 1991; Ph.D., 1995.

Ashley Keiser, Assistant Professor, B.S., New Hampshire, 2004; M.Phil., Yale, 2011; PhD, 2014.

Olga Kostromytska, Assistant Professor, B.S., Chernovytsky State University, Ukraine; M.S., Florida, 2007; PhD., 2010.

Om Parkash Dhankher, Professor, B.S., Maharishi Dayanand University, India, 1985; M.S., Kurukshetra University, India, 1987; M.Phil., 1988; Ph.D., Durham, England, 1998.

Jaime Pinero, Associate Professor, B.Sc. Agronomy. University of Veracruz, Mexico, 1992; Ph.D. Entomology. Massachusetts at Amherst, 2005.

Stephen Simkins, Associate Professor, B.A., Harvard, 1977; M.S., Cornell, 1984; Ph.D., 1985.

John Stoffolano, Professor, B.S., New York at Oneonta, 1962; M.S. Cornell, 1967; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1970

Baoshan Xing, Professor, B.Sc., Heilongjiang Agricultural Land Reclamation University, China, 1984; M.Sc., Alberta, Canada, 1990; Ph.D., 1994.

Rachel Hestrin, Assistant Professor, B.Sc. University of California, Berkeley, 2006; M.Sc./PhD, Cornell University, 2018.

Adjunct/Associate Faculty

Dula Amarasiriwardena, Professor of Chemistry, Hampshire College.

Jason C. White, Adjunct Professor, Chief Scientist and Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry and Vice Director, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.

Peter Jeranyama, Extension Assistant Professor, B.S., University of Zimbabwe, 1990; M.S., Michigan State, 1995; Ph.D., 1998.

Faculty Emeriti

William J. Manning, Professor Emeritus (2015).

Patricia Vittum, Professor Emeritus (2017).

John H. Baker, Professor Emeritus (1992).

Robert Coler, Professor Emeritus (1991).

Haim Gunner, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Daniel I. Hillel, Professor Emeritus (1993).

Ernest Johnson, Professor Emeritus (1991).

Wesley Autio, Professor Emeritus (2020).

Susan Hann, Professor Emeritus (2019).

Doglas Cox, Associate Professor (2019).