by | Feb 21, 2019 | Feedstock Development, Research Profiles
“When you grow up with people who are really interested in nature, it’s just something you catch on to.” For Nick LaBonte, caring for and cultivating plants is more than a hobby, degree, or career — it’s a way of life. LaBonte credits his affinity for the natural...
by | Feb 7, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
When Kelsie Ferin sits down to code, she has a million square miles of soil, water, and sky at her fingertips: from Iowa’s Corn Belt to the Mississippi River, and all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. These iconic landscapes form the backdrop for Ferin’s research on how...
by | Jan 24, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
In 2005, some middle schoolers were idolizing Gwen Stefani, Usher, and Vince Vaughn. But 10-year-old August Schetter, a Future Farmer of America, was excited about the work of Dr. Thomas B. Voigt, Illinois Professor of Crop Sciences. “I met Tom Voigt at the Illinois...
by | Jan 10, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Madhu Khanna has years of experience as an environmental economist studying what it takes to get farmers to adopt clean technologies that can benefit them and the environment. But she now faces a new type of challenge through the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and...
by | Dec 5, 2018 | Feedstock Development, Research Profiles
Getting your hands dirty is at the top of a plant physiologist’s job description. Shuai Li knows this better than anyone, but his love for the research makes hard work well worth the while. After receiving his M.S. in Plant Ecophysiology from the University of Science...
by | Nov 26, 2018 | Feedstock Development, Research Profiles
When Joe Zimmerman takes his dogs, Millie and Ruby, out to play in the backyard, like many rural residents, he bumps into rows of wild prairie grasses. Unlike many rural residents, Zimmerman knows exactly what those grasses are. “Miscanthus originates in southeast...
