The Cornell Hudson Valley Research Laboratory (CHVRL)'s new plant pathologist will focus on sustainable disease management in specialty crops, which is critical to New York's agriculture industry.
Scott Cosseboom started as a senior research associate at CHVRL in February 2024. Prior to coming to Cornell, he was a graduate research associate and postdoctoral associate in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland.
"I'm looking forward to finding creative and realistic solutions to the most problematic diseases in Hudson Valley crops," Cosseboom said.
A native of Salinas, California, Cosseboom earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, with a focus on fruit rotting pathogens of strawberry. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, researching similar pathogens of wine grapes and other small fruit.
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