CVG Membership Directory

  MEMBER and DEPT CONTACT INFO GRADUATE FIELD MEMBERSHIPS RESEARCH INTERESTS
Gregory Acland
Professor
Baker Institute for Animal Health		 Hungerford Hill Rd
(607) 256-5684
gma2@cornell.edu		   canine and canid genetics and genomics;
mapping and gene identification in pedigrees segregating both simple and complex traits affecting the eye in dogs;
behavioral traits in foxes;
Dorothy Ainsworth
Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Clinical Science		 C2-522 CPC
(607) 253-3232
dma2@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Molecular & Integrative Physiology 		Equine Lung Biology and Immunology
Doug Antczak
McConville Professor of Equine Medicine
Baker Institute for Animal Health		 Hungerford Hill Rd
(607) 256-5633
dfa1@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Immunology 		 
Dale Bauman
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
Dept of Animal Science and Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 262 Morrison Hall
(607) 255-2262
deb6@cornell.edu		 Animal Science
Nutrition		 Metabolic regulation, lipid synthesis, lactation biology, biology of conjugated linoleic acids, somatotropic axis.
Sylvia Bedford-Guaus
Asst. Professor of Theriogenology
Dept. of Clinical Sciences		 T7002E VRT, Box 34
(607) 253-3420
sjb55@cornell.edu		 Molecular & Integrative Physiology " Molecular events surrounding fertilization in the horse. Presently cloning sequence for equine phospholipase C zeta
Andre Bensadoun
Professor of Nutrition
Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 321 Savage Hall
(607) 255-3206
ab55@cornell.edu		 Nutrition
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
Physiology		 Lipolytic enzymes; Lipoprotein lipase, hepatic lipase.
Structure/function of heparan sulfate proteoglycans
Yves Boisclair
Professor
Dept. of Animal Science 		259 Morrison Hall
(607) 254-4704
yrb1@cornell.edu		 Animal Science
Nutrition		 Endocrine regulation of metabolism with a focus on growth hormone, insulin-like growth factors and leptin.
Patsy Brannon
Professor, Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 225 Savage Hall
(607) 255-3770
pmb22@cornell.edu		 Nutrition Current research examines how maternal nutrition regulates genes controlling placental growth in cell and animal models to understand how maternal malnutrition results in adverse fetal and adult offspring outcomes including intrauterine growth retardation and developmental programming
J. Thomas Brenna
Professor of Nutrition
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 B38 Savage Hall
(607) 255-9182
jtb4@cornell.edu		 Nutrition
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Geological Sciences		 Perinatal polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism related to the CNS and retina.
Mass spectrometry applied to lipidomics, high precision isotope measurements, and elemental speciation.
  Marjory Brooks
Sr. Research Assoc.
Population Medicine and Diagnostic Science		 An. Health Diagnostic Lab
(607)275-0622
mbb9@cornell.edu		  
Elizabeth Buckles
Asst. Professor
Biomedical Sciences		 T6008 Vet Res Tower
(607)253-3826
elb36@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences Anatomic pathology. Host viral interactions of avian viruses with special emphasis on the immune response to respiratory viruses.
  Carlos Bustamante
Assistant Professor
Biological Statistics and Computational Biology		 101A Biotechnology Bldg
(607) 255-1640
cdb28@cornell.edu		 Applied Math
Biometry
Genetics and Development
Statistics
Computational Biology		 Developing statistical tools for inference in genomics, concentrating on problems in evolutionary /comparative genomics. Current projects concern adaptive molecular evolution in natural, agricultural, and domestic animal populations.
Jonathan Butcher
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering		 220 Upson Hall
(607) 255-3575
jtb47@cornell.edu		 Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering		 Microenvironmental control of cardiac and valvular morphogenesis;
Physiogenomics of cardiovascular systems;
Mechanoregulation of heart valve cell biology in health and disease;
Heart valve regenerative medicine and tissue engineering;
Patricia Cassano
Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology
Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 209 Savage Hall
(607) 255-7551
pac6@cornell.edu		 Epidemiology
Nutrition		 Epidemiologic approach to study the relation of nutrition to the risk of chronic disease.
Genetic variation in enzymes involved in folate metabolism, and the role of such variation in contributing to metabolic profile and subsequent disease risk
Yung-Fu Chang
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Dept. of Pop. Med. & Diagnostic Sci.		 S1 086 Schurman Hall
(607) 253-3675
yc42@cornell.edu		    
Andrew Clark
Professor of Population Genetics
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics		 227 Biotechnology Building
(607) 255-0527
ac347@cornell.edu		 Computational Biology
Genetics and Development
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology		 Human and Comparative Genomics;
Genetic basis of complex disease;
Population genetics of sperm competition;
Population genetics of innate immunity
Theodore Clark
Associate Professor of Parasitology and Immunology
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology		 C5163 Vet Med Ctr
(607)253-4042
tgc3@cornell.edu		 Immunology  
Thomas Cleland
Assistant Professor
Psychology		 244 Uris Hall
(607)255-8099
tac29@cornell.edu		 Psychology; Cognitive Science; Neurobiology and Behavior Olfactory sensory processing, neural coding and representation, behavioral phenotyping, computational modeling
Paula Cohen
Associate Professor of Genetics
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences		 T3014 Vet Research Tower
(607)253-4301
pc242@cornell.edu		 Physiology
Genetics and Development		 Mammalian germ cell development and meiosis;
DNA mismatch repair pathway;
Recombination chromosome structure and dynamics during recombination
Scott Coonrod
Associate Professor of Epigenetics & Reproductive Biology
Baker Institute		 Hungerford Hill Rd
(607)256-5657
sac269@cornell.edu		 Biomedical Sciences Mammalian Oogenesis, Fertilization, Preimplantation Development, Epigenetics, Role of Histone Modifications in Gene Regulation
Robin Davisson
Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
Dept. of Cell and Dev. Biology, Weill Medical College		 T9014C Vet Research Tower
(607)253-3537
rld44@cornell.edu		 Pharmacology
Molecular & Integrative Physiology		 Basic mechanisms of function, control and signaling in the cardiovascular system in health and disease
Eric Denkers
Professor
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology		 C5 165 Vet Med Ctr
(607)253-4022
eyd1@cornell.edu		 Immunology;
Comparative Biomedical Sciences		 Host-pathogen interactions and immunity to infection; Use of transgenic mice to examine the host immune response to protozoan parasites; Influence if intracellular infection on host cell signal transduction.
Timothy DeVoogd
Professor, Dept. of Psychology		 211A Uris Hall
607-255-6430
tjd5@cornell.edu		 Psychology
Neurobiology and Behavior		 Neural basis of female bird song learning and discrimination;
Interplay between the hippocampus and other brain areas in spatial learning and memory;
Behavior and brain evolution in birds
  Joseph Fetcho
Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior		 W103 Mudd Hall
(607)254-4341
jrf49@cornell.edu		 Neurobiology & Behavior  
Lisa Fortier
Associate Professor of Large Animal Surgery
Dept. of Clinical Sciences		 C3-181 Vet Medical Center
(607)253-3102
laf4@cornell.edu		   Regulation of chondrocyte phenotype through the small GTPases;
Establishing/characterizing equine embryonic stem cells
Maria Garcia-Garcia
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics		 259 Biotech Bldg
(607)254-4679
mjg75@cornell.edu		 Genetics & Development Mouse and Drosophila developmental genetics.;
Role of cell movements and cell rearrangements in morphogenesis.
Richard Goldstein
Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine
Dept. of Clinical Sciences		 C3526 Clinical Programs Ctr
(607)253-4370
rg225@cornell.edu		   Small Animal Nephrology and Urology;
Progression of naturally occurring chronic renal disease;
Systemic effects of uremia in dogs and cats;
The molecular and genetic basis for canine hyperparathyroidism;
Canine Lyme disease and Lyme nephritis
Teresa Gunn
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences		 T2006B Vet Res Tower
(607)253-4359
tmg25@cornell.edu		 Physiology
Genetics & Development
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Nutrition		 Mouse genetics;
Role of Attractin and Mahogunin Ring Finger-1 signaling in neurodegenerative disease;
Embryonic patterning;
Pigmentation
Ronald Harris-Warrick
Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior
Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior		 W159 Mudd Hall
(607)254-4355
rmh4@cornell.edu		 Neurobiology and Behavior
Physiology
Cognitive Studies		 Neurophysiology, Molecular neurobiology;
Modulation of small neural networks by monoamines;
Roles of ion channels in shaping neuronal firing patterns
Patricia Johnson
Professor
Dept. of Animal Science		 202 Morrison Hall
(607)255-3077
paj1@cornell.edu		 Animal Science
Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Cognitive Studies		 Endocrinology;
Comparative reproductive physiology
Michael Kotlikoff
Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Science		 S2-005 Schurman Hall
(607)253-3771
mik7@cornell.edu		 Physiology
Neurobiology and Behavior
Pharmacology
Comparative Biomedical Sciences		 Membrane ion channels;
Intracellular Ca2+ Release;
Transgenesis and in vivo Imaging;
Conditional Gene Inactivation
W. Lee Kraus
Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics		 465 Biotech Bldg
(607)255-6087
wlk5@cornell.edu		 Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology
Genetics & Development
Environmental Toxicology
Pharmacology (at Weill Med College)		 Small-Molecule Signaling and Transcriptional Regulation in the Chromatin Environment of the Nucleus
S. Sylvia Lee
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics		 339 Biotechnology Bldg
(607)255-8015
ssl29@cornell.edu		 Genetics & Development;
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology;
Nutrition		 Longevity genetics;
Insulin signaling and downstream transcriptional targets;
Mitochondrial signaling
Xingen Lei
Professor
Dept. of Animal Science		 252 Morrison Hall
(607)254-4703
xl20@cornell.edu		 Animal Science
Nutrition
Food Science		 Functional genomics of mineral-dependent antioxidant enzymes in oxidative stress, diabetes, and bone development;
Protein engineering of hydrolytic enzymes for mineral nutrition and environmental protection;
Pigs as a model of humans to fight against global micronutrient deficiencies.
David Lin
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Biomedical Science		 T2006A Vet Res Tower
(607)253-4360
dml45@cornell.edu		 Neurobiology and Behavior
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Genetics and Development
Physiology		 developmental neurobiology of the mouse olfactory system;
mouse genetics;
genomic approaches using laser microdissection and microarrays
Jun Liu
Associate Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics		 439 Biotech Bldg
(607)254-8942
jl53@cornell.edu		 Genetics & Development;
Biochemistry;
Molecular and Cell Biology		 Mesodermal patterning and cell fate specification;
TGF-beta signaling;
Nuclear envelope protein function
  Qiaoming Long
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Animal Science		 ql39@cornell.edu    
Nancy Lorr
Lecturer in Physiology
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences		 T8004A Vet. Research Tower
(607)253-3457
nal4@cornell.edu		    
Dan Luo
Associate Professor of Biological Engineering
Biol, Envir. Engr.		 226 Riley-Robb
(607)255-8193
dl79@cornell.edu		 Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Biomedical Engineering		 Nucleic Acid Engineering;
Drug Delivery;
Nanobiotechnology
David McCobb
Associate Professor
Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior		 W153A Mudd Hall
(607)254-4321
dpm9@cornell.edu		 Neurobiology and Behavior Ion channel expression, function, and diversity;
sex- and stress-steroid regulation of electrical excitability;
molecules of social behavior and emotion
Vicki Meyers-Wallen
Associate Professor of Genetics & Reproduction
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences		 Baker Institute for Animal Health
(607)256-5683
vnm1@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Physiology		 Inherited disorders of the reproductive system;
Canine inherited disorders;
Animal models of human inherited disorders
  Jason Mezey
Assistant Professor
Biological Statistics and Computational Biology		 101 Biotechnology Bldg
(607)254-2881
jgm45@cornell.edu		   Quantitative Genomics;
Mapping Quantitative Loci;
Microarray Analysis;
Pathway Modeling;
Alexander Nikitin
Associate Professor of Pathology
Dept. of Biomedical Science		 T2 014A Vet Res Tower
(607)253-4347
an58@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Environmental Toxicology
Physiology		 Genetic modeling of human cancer in the mouse;
Stem cells and cancer;
Early stages of carcinogenesis;
Pathobiology of neoplasias of reproductive and endocrine systems;
Live imaging and rational targeting of cancer
Timothy O'Brien
Associate Professor of Genetics
Dept. of Biomedical Science		 T3014C Vet Res Tower
(607)253-4326
tpo5@cornell.edu		 Physiology
Comparative Biomedical Sciences		 Mouse developmental genetics;
Cell signaling and genomic regulatory networks;
Genome organization and patterning
Ned Place
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Science		 S1-088 Schurman Hall
(607)253-3796
njp27@cornell.edu		 Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Zoology		 Photoperiodic modulation of female reproductive development and aging; ovarian physiology and endocrinology.
Ling Qi
Assistant Professor
Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 445 Biotech
(607)254-8857
lq35@cornell.edu		 Nutrition Transcription regulation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response and inflammation
Biochemical, genetic, immunological and high throughput approaches in both mouse- and cell culture-models
Susan Quirk
Associate Professor
Dept. of Animal Science		 258 Morrison Hall
(607)254-4607
smq1@cornell.edu		   Ovarian physiology
Molecular biology
Mark Roberson
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Biomedical Science		 T4-018 Vet Res Tower
(607)253-3336
msr14@cornell.edu		 Physiology
Pharmacology
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Environmental Toxicology		 Molecular endocrinology;
neuropeptide integration of pituitary function;
molecular endocrinology of placental trophoblast function
John Schimenti
Professor of Genetics
Director, Ctr. for Vertebrate Genomics Dept. of Biomedical Science
Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics
 T9014A Vet Research Tower
(607)253-3636
jcs92@cornell.edu		 Genetics & Development
Physiology
Comparative Biomedical Sciences		 mouse genetics/genomics;
meiosis and gametogenesis;
genome maintenance and instability
Ynte Schukken
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Herd Health
Director, Quality Milk Promotion
Dept. of Pop. Med. and Diagnostic Sci.		 S3119 Schurman Hall
(607)255-8202
yhs2@cornell.edu		 Animal Science
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Food Science & Technology		 population dynamics of infectious diseases;
udder health in dairy herds
  Peter Schweitzer
Senior Research Associate
Biotechnology Resource Center		 149 Biotech Bldg.
607)254-4850
pas48@cornell.edu		    
  Adam Siepel
Assistant Professor
Biological Statistics and Computational Biology 		101 Biotech Bldg.
607)254-1157
acs4@cornell.edu		 Computational Biology
Biometry
Computer Science		 Development of statistical and computational methods for comparative mammalian genomics, especially for phylogenetic inference and functional element identification
Kenneth Simpson
Professor of Medicine
Dept. of Clinicial Sciences 		C2 001 Vet Med Ctr
607)253-3251
kws5@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
Host-microbe interactions in the gastrointestinal tract, with a particular interest in the relationship of bacteria to mucosal inflammation in animals and people
Paul Soloway
Professor
Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 108 Savage Hall
(607)254-6444
pds28@cornell.edu		 Nutritional Sciences
Genetics and Development
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology		 Molecular and classical genetic studies in mice;
Regulation of DNA methylation ;
Gene-nutrient interactions affecting cancer
Martha Stipanuk
Professor
Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 227 Savage Hall
(607)255-2683
mhs2@cornell.edu		 Nutritional Sciences Sulfur amino acid metabolism
Tracy Stokol
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pop. Med. and Diagnostic Sci.		 S1-047A Schurman Hall
(607)253-3255
ts23@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences hematopoietic and hemostatic disorders in animals;
mechanisms of cancer metastasis
Patrick Stover
Professor of Nutrition
Div. of Nutritional Sciences		 315 Savage Hall
(607)255-9751
pjs13@cornell.edu		 Nutrition
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Program in Neuroscience		 metabolic regulation of genome methylation, stability and expression;
generation of genetically altered mice to elucidate the biochemical mechanisms for the involvement of folate in cancer and developmental anomalies
Nathan Sutter
Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics
Dept. of Clinical Science		 C3-179 Vet Medical Ctr
(607)253-3817
nbs39@cornell.edu		 canine genomics;
mapping cancer susceptibility and morphology traits.
Rory Todhunter
Professor of Surgery
Dept. of Clinical Science		 C3 185 Vet Medical Ctr
(607)253-3249
rjt2@cornell.edu		 Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Bioengineering Program		 Collaborative studies in quantitative trait locus trait mapping of canine hip dysplasia (CHD) in cross bred and out bred populations;
Genetic and phenotypic characterization of CHD and secondary osteoarthritis;
Fine mapping of CHD with single nucleotide polymorphisms;
Candidate gene analysis for CHD and secondary osteoarthritis;
Microarray analysis of models of osteoarthritis
Alexander Travis
Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences		 Baker Institute for Animal Health
(607)256-5613
ajt32@cornell.edu		 Physiology
Comparative Biomedical Sciences		 pathway compartmentalization & membrane sub-domains in sperm;
stem cell technologies;
preservation of genetic diversity
Tudorita Tumbar
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics		 258 Biotechnology Bldg
(607)255-6542
tt252@cornell.edu		 Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology;
Genetics and Development		 Understanding the molecular mechanisms that govern the maintenance and fate choice of adult stem cells. We focus in particular on using the mouse skin as a model system.
Watt Webb
S.B. Eckert Professor in Engineering Professor of Applied Physics
Director of Dev. Resource for Biophysical Imaging Opto-electronics
Dept. Applied & Engineering Physics		 223 Clark Hall
(607)255-3331
www2@cornell.edu		 Biophysics; Physics; Applied Physics;
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology;
Bioengineering;Pharmacology;
Materials Science and Engineering;
Neurobiology and Behavior		 Cellular and membrane biophysics;
molecular mobility;
channel molecules and transmembrane signaling;
multiphoton microscopy;
fluorescence correlation spectroscopy;
biophysical and biomedical instrumentation development.
Robert Weiss
Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics
Dept. of Biomedical Science		 T2006C Vet Research Tower
(607)253-4443
rsw26@cornell.edu		 Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology;
Comparative Biomedical Sciences;
Environmental Toxicology;
Genetics and Development;
Physiology		 Molecular mechanisms for the maintenance of genomic stability;
Cellular responses to DNA damage;
Mouse models of human cancer
Andrew Yen
Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Science		 T4008 Vet Research Tower
(607)253-3354
ay13@cornell.edu		 Environmental Toxicology, DGS;
Physiology
Comparative Biomedicine		 Cancer cell and molecular biology; Regulation of the cell cycle and differentiation by retinoids, carcinogens, oncogenes, and tumor suppressor genes.