Lead Researchers

Daniel Voytas

McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; Director, Center for Precision Plant Genomics, University of Minnesota

Diego Jarquin

Assistant Professor of Agronomy, University of Florida

Donald Ort

Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Edgar Cahoon

Professor of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Edward Brzostek

Assoc. Professor of Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling, West Virginia University

Emily Heaton

Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Erik Sacks

Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ernst Cebert

Research Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Science, Alabama A&M University

Evan H. DeLucia

Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Fredy Altpeter

Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Florida

George Huber

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Heng Ji

Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Huimin Zhao

Steven L. Miller Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Jennifer Pett-Ridge

Group Leader of Environmental Isotope Systems, Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Jeremy Guest

Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign