by | Oct 9, 2019 | News, Research Profiles, Sustainability
When it comes to the future of sustainable bioenergy crops, the most important part might also be the most well-hidden. This past summer, the Illinois Energy Farm hosted a research team hailing from Boston University (BU) working in CABBI Co-PI Adrien Finzi’s lab....
by | Sep 23, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Christy Gibson is as comfortable with words as she is with lasers. As a two-time novelist and CABBI Sustainability postdoctoral researcher, she deals with both on a daily basis. Born and raised in the Bahamas, Gibson was well into a baccalaureate program when she...
by | Sep 11, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Growing up in a rural town in Western Massachusetts led CABBI Postdoc Mark Burnham to become more than just an outdoorsy person. “I spent a lot of time outside, which is how I got interested in environmental goals and biology,” he said. Burnham’s love for nature...
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,...
