-Magdalen Lindeberg

SIPS is excited to welcome Ginny Moore, Assistant Professor in the Plant Breeding & Genetics Section. Ginny was the successful candidate for the Breeding for Sustainable Cropping Systems faculty search conducted in the spring and summer of 2020.

Ginny comes to SIPS from the USDA Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab where she was a post-doctoral researcher and project manager for the Legume Cover Crop Breeding (LCCB) network, supported by a NIFA-AFRI postdoctoral fellowship. She earned her PhD in Plant Breeding & Plant Genetics from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Her research program at Cornell will focus on plant breeding for sustainable cropping systems, encompassing breeding for organic systems, for intercropping and polyculture systems, for pest resistance, and for ecosystem services. She works in a range of species, including cover crops, perennial forages, bioenergy crops, and hemp.

Ginny officially started on February 1, 2021. Her office is located in 259 Emerson Hall and her lab in spaces previously occupied by the McCouch program.