by | December 5, 2018 | Feedstock Development, Research Profiles | 0 Comments

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.

by | November 26, 2018 | Feedstock Development, Research Profiles | 0 Comments

“A lot of my roots and specialties are in setting up field trials and being out in the field and collecting data and harvesting materials. That’s what I’m passionate about.”

by | November 8, 2018 | Research Profiles, Sustainability | 0 Comments

Master’s student’s definition of sustainability: “Thinking about the future, using resources wisely, and creating diverse possibilities.”

by | October 29, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles | 0 Comments

Postdoc emphasizes the importance of holistic sustainability, stressing that while biologically derived chemicals must be cutting-edge in terms of function, they must be financially competitive as well.

by | October 15, 2018 | Research Profiles, Sustainability | 0 Comments

Postdoc’s work with CABBI revolves around a set of flux towers at the University of Illinois Energy Farm and at a site in Florida, measuring how carbon dioxide and water are exchanged between plants and the atmosphere.

by | September 26, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles | 0 Comments

If you made a movie about Jing-Jing Liu’s life story, the University of Illinois’ IGB Lab 1200 would be the perfect backdrop for filming. Falling in love, pregnancies, and raising her children dance around the research, engineering, and innovations that mark her adult...

by | September 18, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles | 0 Comments

As a researcher, Yong-Su Jin sees both science and art in his work. He sees science in the measuring, testing and theorizing. But in the creativity and passion that his field requires, he sees art.

by | July 19, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles | 0 Comments

While most children were building race tracks, Lego cities, and sandcastles, Tong Si was really interested in one thing: tearing them apart. Fascinated at a young age by what things are made of, he liked to break things apart to figure out how they work. Si naturally...

by | June 15, 2018 | Feedstock Development, Research Profiles | 0 Comments

After growing up on a farm in Ohio, becoming interested in genetics at a young age, and spending time working in industry, Moose is now a researcher at Illinois who is proud of the fact that he knows how to grow crops like a farmer does.