Lead Researchers

Stephen P. Long

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

Steven Burgess

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

Thomas Clemente

Professor of Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ting Lu

Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Vijay Singh

Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Wendy Yang

Professor of Plant Biology and Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

William Parton

Senior Research Scientist, Colorado State University

William Rooney

Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Xianyan “Justin” Kuang

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

Yasuo Yoshikuni

Biologist/Staff Scientist, Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Yong-Su Jin

Professor of Food Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Zengyi Shao

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellow, Iowa State University