Nina Bassuk is a professor and program leader of the Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University and co- author of ' Trees in the Urban Landscape'. A native New Yorker, Nina's current work focuses on the physiological problems of plants growing in urban environments, including improved plant selections for difficult sites, soil modification including the development of 'CU-Structural Soil' and improved transplanting technology. She was also the recipient of the Gold Medal of Horticulture from the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association.