Sarah Pethybridge is an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology within the Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section at Cornell AgriTech at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York. She specializes in vegetable disease epidemiology and management. She joined Cornell University in 2014 after roles as an Extension Plant Pathologist at the University of Tasmania, Australia, Research Manager for the Australian Pyrethrum Industry, and Science Group Leader (Field Crops) at the New Zealand Institute of Plant and Food Research. She received her Bachelor of Agricultural Science with First Class Honors and PhD in Plant Pathology in 1995 and 2000, respectively. She has worked on diseases of a broad range of specialty crops including hop, pyrethrum, snap bean, carrot, potato, cucurbits, and table beet.