by | Mar 20, 2020 | News, Sustainability
The growing threat of drought and rising water demand have made accurate forecasts of crop water use critical for farmland water management and sustainability. But limitations in existing models and satellite data pose challenges for precise estimates of...
by | Feb 18, 2020 | News, Sustainability
Perennial grasses can be converted into everything from ethanol to bioplastics, but it’s unclear which bioproducts hold the greatest potential. BioSTEAM, a new open-source simulation software package in Python developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at...
by | Feb 11, 2020 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Luoye Chen’s passion for helping the world become a better place has always been a motivation for his work. After attending Peking University in China for six years, Chen obtained two bachelor’s degrees — one in Public Policy and another in Economics. This...
by | Jan 29, 2020 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
Joanna Ridgeway was born and raised in West Virginia’s great outdoors. But for this CABBI Sustainability researcher, endless hours spent camping, backpacking, kayaking, and rock climbing didn’t just amount to a love for nature — they kickstarted her career. “When I...
by | Oct 25, 2019 | Research Profiles, Sustainability
From volunteering at the local zoo when she was younger to traveling all the way to New Zealand to study their earth processes and sustainability mindset, Carrie Leibensperger has always cared about protecting the environment. Originally from Pittsburgh, Leibensperger...
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....
