Cornell Hop Research Team

Larry Smart

Professor, SIPS – Horticulture section

Larry’s University Profile Page

L. Smart is the Hop Research Team project lead. He leads cultivar trials located at Cornell Agritech and leads hop breeding efforts. Visit Larry’s lab website

Lynn Sosnoskie

Assistant Professor, SIPS – Horticulture Section

Lynn’s University Profile Page

Sosnoskie’s research focuses on the management of weeds in multiple crops, including hops. In addition to conducting herbicide safety screens, she is evaluating the performance and safety of novel weed control technology, such as electric weeders, precision sprayers, and autonomous robotic cultivators. She is currently running IR-4 trials to evaluate novel herbicides for their use in hop production. Visit Lynn’s lab website.

Frank Hay

Senior Extension Associate, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section Cornell AgriTech

Graduated with Ph.D from Lincoln University, New Zealand in 1989 and worked with AgResearch (NZ) (1990-1996), Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Australia (1997) and University of Tasmania, Australia (1998-2014) before joining Cornell University NYSAES Geneva in 2014.

Chris Gerling

Senior Extension Associate, Agritech Food Science

Chris Gerling | CALS (cornell.edu)

Gerling manages the Cornell Craft Beverage Analysis Laboratory.