by | Aug 13, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
If you happen to catch sight of a car with bumper stickers reading “Management Matters” and “I Heart Perennials,” it’s probably CABBI Sustainability Co-PI Emily Heaton. As an avid agronomist, Heaton is all about advocating for mindful management of our planet’s...
by | Jul 31, 2019 | Conversion, Research Profiles
It’s not often that volleyball, paper-making, and pilot-scale biomass plants are mentioned in the same sentence. But for CABBI Conversion Postdoc Ming-Hsun Cheng, all of the above are integral to his identity as a researcher, risk-taker, athlete, and scientist. When...
by | Jul 7, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
“People who don’t believe in serendipity probably don’t realize that they’ve been recipients of it. You look at how things have developed, and how I’ve gone through my life, and a lot of it is serendipity.” Serendipity, passion, and a posterboard bearing the message,...
by | Jun 17, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Sarah Acquah is busy working on three projects as a CABBI postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But don’t make her pick which one she likes best. “I don’t have a favorite,” Acquah said. “I love all of them; they...
by | May 23, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
Growing up in the countryside of China, Li-Qing Chen understood the challenges of farming from a young age. Her family owned a small farm, so she became aware of the many conditions and stresses that plants face. When Chen began her college education, she decided that...
by | Apr 29, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
“A lot of people think that they’re in competition with other people; my mind-set has always been that I’m in competition with myself.” CABBI’s Tom Clemente has upheld this philosophy since his childhood in Kingston, Pa. Forty-eight states, 26 research years and 100...
