Robert Charles Seem

Background

Seem, Robert Charles was born on October 22, 1948 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph Trout and Kathryn Seibert (Shelly) Seem.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1970; Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, 1976.

Career

Assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Geneva, New York, 1975-1982; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Geneva, New York, 1982-1998; professor, Cornell Univercity, Geneva, New York, since 1998. Associate director Cornell Univercity, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, since 1990. Associate editor Canada Journal Plant Pathology, 1984-1990, Phytopathology, 1985-1987, senior editor, since 1990.

Senior visiting fellow Norwegian Agricultural Research Council, Aas, Norway, 1989, visiting scholar Coop Reserve Center for Viticulture, Australia.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in management systems for diseases of applesand grapes, incidence and severity relationships in plant diseases.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society Plant Pathology, American Phytopath.

Connections

Married Carolyn Jean Poplawski, September 18, 1971. Children: Jessica Elizabeth, Peter Robert.

Father:

Joseph Trout Seem

Mother:

Kathryn Seibert (Shelly) Seem

Spouse:

Carolyn Jean Poplawski

child:

Peter Robert Seem

child:

Jessica Elizabeth Seem