CORNELL UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Aaron Wightman

Job Titles:
  • NYS Maple Specialist

Adam Wild

Job Titles:
  • Director of the 350 Acre Uihlein Forest

Ailis Clyne


B.T. Plant

Job Titles:
  • Science

Catherine Belisle

Job Titles:
  • Research Support Specialist
Catherine joined the Cornell Maple Program in 2021 as a product development food scientist. Her research focus is on developing and improving formulations for maple value-added products including sports drinks, sodas, chocolates, and others. She also participates in extension outreach and is interested in helping maple producers optimize the quality and shelf-life of their value-added products.

Cornell Maple

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director
Aaron conducts research in all aspects of maple production, marketing and forest management. He also oversees the operation of the 7,500 tap research sugarbush and maple laboratory at the Arnot Forest, and participates in extension and educational programs. Aaron's research interests include improved sap handling processes, maple-based nutritional supplements, sugarbush agroforestry systems, and the development of maple beer, wine and distilled spirits.

Dr. Alexander Muller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Senior Fellow at Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Http

Dr. Anthony Hay

Job Titles:
  • Assoc. Professor, Dept. Microbiology

Dr. Bianca Moebius-Clune

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Director, NRCS Soil Health Division Http

Dr. Brian Richards, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Research Assoc., Biofuels Center, Dept. Biological and Environ. Engineering

Dr. Carsten Germer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Country Director, Energy and Environment, United Nations Development Programme in China, Beijing, China ( Multi - Institutional Organization Signed Modified MOU )

Dr. Catherine Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Research Soil Scientist, Soil Management Lab, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Dr. Constance Neely

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Senior Advisor, World Agroforestry Center ( ICRAF ) Http

Dr. David Weinstein, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Research Assoc., Dept. Natural Resources

Dr. Erick Fernandes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Advisor, Lead Specialist on Agriculture, Natural Resources Management, and Climate Change Issues. the World Bank Group, Washington, DC Http

Dr. Francisco Calderon

Job Titles:
  • Research Soil Scientist, Central Great Plains Resources Management Research, Akron, Colorado

Dr. Gary Langham

Job Titles:
  • President - Neotropical Grassland Conservancy and Chief Scientist - National Audubon Society

Dr. James Lassoie

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Dept. Natural Resources ConservationBridge.Org

Dr. Janice Thies

Job Titles:
  • Assoc. Professor of Soil Biology, Dept. Soil and Crop Sciences

Dr. Jay Jabbro

Job Titles:
  • Research Soil Scientist, Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, Montana, USA

Dr. Johannes Lehmann

Job Titles:
  • Dept.

Dr. Judy Braus

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Executive Director, North American Association for Environmental Education. Https

Dr. LI Zhigang

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate, Ningxia Forestry Institute

Dr. Luc Gnacadja

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Current Special Representative of the LoCAL Programme Board - UNCDF Http
Dr. Luc Gnacadja, Current Special Representative of the LoCAL Programme Board- UNCDF; http://www.uncdf.org/en/local and Former UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Dr. Marianne Krasny

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Professor, Dept. Natural Resources, Director of the Civic Ecology Lab
Marianne Krasny, Director……………………………607-255-2822………………..mek2@cornell.edu

Dr. Mark Liebig

Job Titles:
  • Research Soil Scientist, USDA - ARS Northern Great Plains Long - Term Agroecosystem Research Laboratory, Mandan, North Dakota, USA

Dr. Matt Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Agroecologist, Dept. Soil and Crops

Dr. NI Xilu

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate, Ningxia Forestry Institute

Dr. Noel Aloysius

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Researcher, Formerly International Water Resource Management Institute, CGIAR - Sri Lanka, Currently at Ohio State University

Dr. Sara Scherr

Job Titles:
  • President and CEO, EcoAgriculture Partners, 1100 17 Th St NW, Washington, DC 20036 Http

Dr. Stephen Morreale

Job Titles:
  • Project Cornell Co - Lead, Adj. Professor and Sr. Research Assoc., Dept. Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Dr. Ulrich Apel, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the ADVISORY BOARD
  • Environmental Specialist, Global Environment Facility - Secretariat, Land Degradation Focal Area Coordinator / Europe and Central Asia Regional Coordinator. Www.Thegef.Org

Dr. Veronica Acosta-Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Research Soil Scientisti, Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Science, USDA Lab, Lubbock, Texas

Dr. WANG Cuiping

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate, Ningxia Forestry Institute

Forest Health


Henry Uihlein II

Job Titles:
  • II and Mildred a. Uihlein Director of the Uihlein Maple Research Forest
Henry Uihlein II and Mildred A. Uihlein Director of the Uihlein Maple Research Forest

Keith Otto

Job Titles:
  • Technician
  • Technician at the Uihlein Maple Research Forest
Keith Otto is the maple technician at the Uihlein Maple Research Forest. He began this role in 2017 after having worked seasonally for the forest in prior years. Keith has over five years of experience with all aspects of maple syrup production, from the tree to value added processing. He also has an extensive background in the brewing industry, having worked for multiple breweries around New York State. Keith teaches the craft brewing course at Paul Smith's College in addition to his work at the Uihlein Maple Research Forest.

Keith Tidball


Kristi Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Master Naturalists Volunteer Program

LI Jian

Job Titles:
  • Director

Maple Technician

Ailis joined the Arnot Forest research team in 2018. Her research interests include forest ecology and sustainable resource management, temperate agroforestry systems, and all things value-added. She works on maple-based fermentation and developing novel maple products including wines, vinegar, and chocolate. Further, she is interested in developing a range of other value-added products from the woods and has played a role in establishing agroforestry research at the Arnot Forest. Ailis produces Cornell Maple Program media including video content, web-based maple calculators, and the program podcast, Sweet Talk: All Things Maple. Additionally, she makes improvements to existing media, including the Cornell Maple Program Website.

NYS EDEN

Job Titles:
  • Extension Disaster Education Network )

NYS Extension Forester

Job Titles:
  • Arnot Teaching and Research Forest Director

Paul D. Curtis

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Peter J. Smallidge

Job Titles:
  • Master Forest Owners Volunteer Program

Prof. LI Changxiao

Job Titles:
  • Director - Center for Ecological Restoration, Southwest University, Chongqing, China ( Signed MOU )
  • Professor

Rebecca L. Schneider

Job Titles:
  • Project Leader

Richard Stedman

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair

Shorna Broussard Allred


Sugar Maple

Job Titles:
  • Research & Extension

Uihlein Maple

Job Titles:
  • Research Forest about Birch Syrup Uihlein Personnel