Nelson Lab: People and Places
Rebecca Nelson
Professor
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rjn7@cornell.edu
Judy Kolkman
Lab Manager
PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Genetic analysis of quantitative disease resistance in maize
Molly Towne
Administrative Assistant,
The McKnight Foundation
Collaborative Crop Research Program
Tyr Wiesner-Hanks
PhD student, Plant Breeding & Genetics, genetic basis and mechanisms of Northern Leaf Blight resistance in maize.
Alice C. L. Churchill Ph.D., Research Associate MetaMaize: endophytes of maize for plant health and disease resistance
Laura Morales
Graduate Student, Dept. of Plant Breeding & Genetics. Elucidating the genetics and mechanisms behind resistance to Fusarium ear rot and fumonisin contamination in maize.
Alumni of the Maize Resistance Lab
Samuel Mutiga
Graduate Student, Plant Pathology, understanding the genetic and environmental determinants of aflatoxin accumulation
Tiffany Jamann
Graduate Student, Plant Pathology, isolation of QTL for disease resistance
Santiago Mideros
Post-Doctoral Associate, Plant Pathology,
Resistance to Aspergillus flavus in maize
Jaci Benson
Ph.D. 2013, Plant Breeding and Genetics. Genetics of resistance to gray leaf spot of maize
Chia-Lin Chung
Post-Doctoral Associate, Plant Pathology,Dissection of QTLs for disease resistance
Lin-si Hsieh
MSc Student, Plant Pathology,
Population structure of maize pathogens in NY State
Jesse Poland, PhD, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Nested association mapping for resistance to Northern Corn Leaf Blight
Oliver Ott
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ying Wei
Former Lab Manager
Randy Wisser
Ph.D., Plant Breeding, 2006
Now a Post-Doc at North Carolina State University
Joy Longfellow
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
Presidential Research Scholar
Ellie Walsh
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
Alumni not shown:
- Hong Fong, undergraduate research assistant
- Claudia Chujoy, undergraduate research assistant
- Maysoon Sharif, undergraduate research assistant
- Robert Cantrell, summer undergraduate research assistant
- Daniel Lee, undergraduate research assistant
Inoculation team, July 2007
The Nelson lab group out enjoying a meal
James Gethi, our collaborator from Kenya, on a visit to the lab
Ellie Walsh and Joy Longfellow using a special inoculator to inject Colletotrichum graminicola into corn stalks. 
Joy Longfellow and Ellie Walsh using machetes to split corn stalks for evaluating anthracnose stalk rot.
Chia-Lin Chung splitting the corn stalk. 
Chia-Lin Chung and Ellie Walsh doing ratings for anthracnose stalk rot at Aurora NY, 2007. 
The Nelson group attending 2008 Maize
Shelling corn for our 2008 summer field trials
Lab group on the last day of work for our graduating seniors Joy and Ellie 
Joy and Ellie's farewell gifts to each other- sharing happy memories! 
Ellie Walsh awarded as outstanding student worker!! Employee recognition Awardee 2008. 
Maize as a cornerstone of Cornell! 
Randy Wisser at summer field trials in Aurora, NY. 
The lab send-off for Rachel Workman and Zura Kurdieh
Jesse Poland with his wife Ashley, as well as interns Zura and Rachel (summer 2008)
Zura and Chia-Lin, a great team; summer 2008
Samuel Mutiga, graduate student
Tiffany Jamann,graduate student, visited Ethiopia in October 2009 
Santiago Mideros, graduate student, visited Ethiopia in October 2009 
Chia-Lin Chung inoculates her field experiment in Aurora, NY