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
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
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)-255-2467, e-mail: cfj4@cornell.edu
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:
- Thomas Fretz, Dean Emeritus, University of Maryland (Chair)
- Dyremple Marsh, Associate Dean, Delaware State University
- Brent Erickson, Vice President of the Industrial and Environmental Section at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).
- Steve Goodwin, Professor Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Massachusetts
- Zane Helsel, Director, National & Regional Partnerships and Chair Extension Specialists, Rutgers and Cook College, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
- Jim Vincent, Chairman of the New York State Advisory Council on Agriculture and President of L-Brooke Farms, Orleans County, New York
- Steven Slack, Vice President for Agricultural Administration and Director of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
- Thomas Richard, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
- William Vinson, Associate Director College of Agriculture, Forestry & Consumer Sciences
- Michael Hoffmann, Professor of Entomology and Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
NE-SGI Institute of Excellence Executive Advisory Committee
- Donna Gibson, Research Leader, Plant Protection Research Unit, USDA-ARS, ITHACA, NY
- James Gossett, Chair and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
- Rosemary Loria, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
- Jocelyn Rose, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University
- Norman Scott, Professor, Department of Biological & Environmental Biology
- David Wilson, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University
- Harold Craighead, Charles W. Lake Professor of Engineering Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics Director, Nanobiotechnology Center Cornell University
- Michael Hoffmann, Professor of Entomology and Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station