Pesticide Residues and Environmental Contaminants — Methods Development
& Chemical Analyses

Cornell Analytical Laboratories operate in compliance with Good Laboratory
Practices and offer extensive analysis and methods development capabilities,
commodity processing and chemical residue analyses

Pesticide residues in processed food products can be determined after pilot scale production performed under GLPs

• Quality Assurance oversight to all phases of sample receipt, processing and analyses.
  
  
• Methods development for specific commodities or matrices employing EPA-specified
  procedures or original studies.

IR-4 Minor-Use Pesticide Registration Program

• Laboratory analyses
  
  
• Implementation and registration assistance for biorational control of pests
  
  
• Field studies assistance

ELISA Methods

• Matrix adaptations and validations

Chemical Contaminants in Soil and Water

• Studies of the movement and dissipation of applied pesticides in turfgrass

Staff Contacts:

Lam, Christopher
Senior Research Associate
NER IR-4 Lab Research Director
ckl43@cornell.edu

Anderson, Barbara
Research Support Specialist I Quality Assurance Coordinator
bra1@cornell.edu

Brightman, Susan
Research Support Specialist I Pesticide Residue Analyst
skb2@cornell.edu

DeCann, Jane
Laboratory Technician IV Sample Control Officer/Archivist
jwd1@cornell.edu

Fish, Roxanne
Research Support Specialist I Pesticide Residue Analyst
rcf3@cornell.edu

Helfman, George
Research Support Specialist I Pesticide Residue Analyst
gwh1@cornell.edu

Humiston, Michele
Research Support Specialist I Pesticide Residue Analyst
mmc15@cornell.edu

Lincoln, Sarah
Research Aide III
sjl38@cornell.edu

Lurvey, Edith
Research Support Specialist II IR-4 Regional Field Coordinator
ell10@cornell.edu

Roloson, Allan
Research Support Specialist I Pesticide Residue Analyst
amr3@cornell.edu