Andre Kessler

The research in the Kessler Lab focuses on the ecology and evolution of plant chemical defenses (secondary metabolites) to pathogens and herbivores and the role of soil microbial communities to affect and be affected by plant secondary metabolism. Thus we try to understand how microbially-mediated plant-soil feedbacks influence the macroscopic interactions of plants with their biotic environment.

Title: Professor

Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Roles: Faculty Investigator, Potential MFF (REU) Host

Research Areas: Agriculture Research, Disease Ecology and Evolution, Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology of Infection, Microbiota and Microbiomes, Plant Hosts

Lab: http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/kessler/index.html

Email: ak357@cornell.edu