Sep 1, 2021 | News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, SMARTFARM Project
Xiangmin “Sam” Sun is a postdoc focusing on field observation of greenhouse gas fluxes for biofuel crops, and has interests in eco-hydrology and data sciences in general. Sun graduated from Lanzhou University in China with a bachelor’s degree in Hydrology. He then...
Aug 10, 2021 | Crops in silico Project, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES
The architecture of a plant’s organs, such as leaves, stems, roots, and buds, plays a significant role in its growth and productivity. Even within a single species like sorghum, architectural differences due to genetic variation are common. Like many other genetic...
Jul 27, 2021 | News, News Releases
Carbon is everywhere. It’s in the atmosphere, in the oceans, in the soil, in our food, in our bodies. As the backbone of all organic molecules that make up life, carbon is a very accurate predictor of crop yields. And soil is the largest carbon pool on earth, playing...
May 19, 2021 | iSEE Research, News Releases, Next-Gen Feedstock Project, RESEARCH PROFILES
Nictor Namoi could have studied anywhere in the world, and he chose to travel all the way from Kenya to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to maximize the sustainability of bioenergy crops. Namoi received his bachelor’s degree in Management of Agroecosystems...
Feb 11, 2021 | Campus Sustainability, News, News Releases, Resilience Working Advisory Team
In Fall 2020, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign published the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP), the university’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and pursue a culture of sustainability on campus and in the community. The iCAP includes...