Daniel Cooley

I am currently retired from active research and UMass Extension work, though I am continuing to do some teaching and administrative work post-retirement.  I am no longer accepting graduate students.

My work focuses on the ecology of plant diseases and the impacts their management have on environmental and human health. It is focused on commercial fruit production in the northeastern US, but has national and international impact. The primary goal is to reduce fungicide use in apples and other crops by applying an understanding of ecology and modern technical tools. As part of this, I work on disease forecast models and web-based decision support systems for delivering information to growers. My extension work centers on promoting adoption of more environmentally and economically sustainable production methods such as IPM. I teach courses in plant disease management and the ecology of food, agriculture and disease., and am affiliated with the School of Earth and Sustainability, the Environmental Science program, and the Plant Biology program.

Learn more at www.umass.edu/stockbridge/about/directory/daniel-cooley

Academic Background

• Ph. D. Plant Pathology, UMass Amherst, 1986
• M. S. Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1978
• A.B. Harvard College, 1974