Senior Extension Associate (retired)

Tim has been involved in grape extension and research with Cornell University since 1991. After completing his M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1990) degrees in Entomology at Cornell, Tim served as research associate with the grape entomology program from 1991-96. In 1997, he was hired to be area grape extension educator in the Finger Lakes region, where he led development of the VineBalance sustainable viticulture program, and production of the The New York Guide to Sustainable Viticulture Practices Grower Self-assessment Workbook.  In 2007, he was appointed senior extension associate to develop the Statewide Viticulture Extension Program. He edited the Veraison to Harvest weekly newsletter distributed statewide each Fall in New York from 2007-21, and Appellation Cornell, a quarterly publication highlighting research, extension, and teaching programs in Viticulture and Enology at Cornell from 2010-21. From 2014-18 he was project director for the Northern Grapes Project (USDA’s Specialty Crops Research Initiative), which focused on viticulture, enology, and marketing of wines made from cold-hardy grape cultivars in 12 midwestern and northeastern states. From 2018-22, he served as outreach/extension leader for the multistate VitisGen2 project. He retired from Cornell in 2022.