Organization
The Northeast Sun Grant Initiative (NE-SGI) Institute of Excellence resides at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The Institute is responsible for administration of the regional NE-SGI competitive grants program. In addition, the Institute will serve as a repository of information and data for the NE-SGI region biobased energy and products research, education and outreach activities. Regional meetings and symposia will be organized through NE-SGI Institute of Excellence.
NE-SGI Institute of Excellence Staff
CONTACT US
Dr. Larry Walker, Director NE Sun Grant Institute of Excellence Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering Address: 232 Riley Robb Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 t: (607)-255-5544, e-mail: lpw1@cornell.edu Walker-Lab-Website
Dr. Corinne Rutzke, Executive Director, Northeast Sun Grant Initiative Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering Address: 230 Riley Robb Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 Contact: (607)-255-5544 e-mail: cfj4@cornell.edu
Ms. Sue Fredenburg, Program Administrator, Northeast Sun Grant Initiative Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering Address: 230 Riley Robb Hall Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 Contact: (607)-255-5544, e-mail: saf3@cornell.edu
NE-SGI Steering Committee
The NE-SGI Steering Committee is composed of 10 members from the region and defines the regional priorities for research, education and outreach for the competitive grants program. The current Steering Committee members are:
- Dr. Thomas Fretz, Dean Emeritus, University of Maryland (Chair)
- Dr. Steve Goodwin, Professor Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Massachusetts
- Dr. Zane Helsel, Director, National & Regional Partnerships and Chair Extension Specialists, Rutgers and Cook College, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
- Mr. Charlie Carr, Manager, Business/Product Development, The Andersons, Inc.
- Dr. Steven Slack, Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Director of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
- Dr. Michael Hoffmann, Professor of Entomology and Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
- Mr. Brent Erickson, Vice President, Industrial and Env. Section, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
- Dr. Tim Phipps, Assoc. Director, West. Virginia Agr. and Forestry Exp. Station West Virginia University
- Dr. Steven Pueppke, Assistant VP for Research & Graduate Studies, Michigan State University
- Dr. Carolyn Brooks Regional AES Director, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore
- Dr. Kelvin Lee, Director, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware
- Dr. Larry Walker (non-voting member, Science Advisor) Professor and NESGI Director, Cornell University
NE-SGI Institute of Excellence Executive Advisory Committee
- Dr. Donna Gibson, Research Leader, Plant Protection Research Unit, USDA-ARS, ITHACA, NY
- Dr. James Gossett, Chair and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
- Dr. Rosemary Loria, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
- Dr. Jocelyn Rose, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University
- Dr. Norman Scott, Professor, Department of Biological & Environmental Biology
- Dr. David Wilson, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University
- Dr. Harold Craighead, Charles W. Lake Professor of Engineering Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics Director, Nanobiotechnology Center Cornell University
- Dr. Michael Hoffmann, Professor of Entomology and Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
