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Agricultural management practices evaluated in new nitrous oxide accounting method

Most analyses point to agriculture as the major source of nitrous oxide (N2O) globally. But there are a lot of variables within agriculture that can affect emissions. A recent University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study provides a comprehensive...
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Between Soil and Society: New book traces history and development of U.S. conservation policy

A new book by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in law and policy explores the history and development of the U.S. conservation policy, offering insight into how Congress works, how policy is put together, and the challenge of...
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Illinois researchers develop an AI model to reduce uncertainty in evapotranspiration prediction

Evapotranspiration (ET) includes evaporation from soil and open water pools such as lakes, rivers, and ponds, as well as transpiration from plant leaves. The difference between precipitation and ET indicates the water balance available for societal...
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Sweet potato quality analysis is enhanced with hyperspectral imaging and AI

Sweet potato quality assessment is crucial for producers and processors because features influence texture and taste, consumer preferences, and viability for different purposes. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores...
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Virtual reality program shares shopping, cooking advice with dialysis patients

Even with the best intentions, it’s not always easy for dialysis patients to choose low-sodium foods. That’s why University of Illinois and University of Arizona researchers created a virtual reality program focused on shopping and cooking with...
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Breeding more resilient soybeans may come down to test site selection

In the quest to optimize crop productivity across environments, soybean breeders test new cultivars in multiple locations each year. The best-performing cultivars across these locations are selected for further breeding and eventual...
9-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Illinois study identifies atmospheric and economic drivers of global air pollution

Carbon monoxide emissions from industrial production have serious consequences for human health and are a strong indicator of overall air pollution levels. Many countries aim to reduce their emissions, but they cannot control air flows originating...
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Curbside collection improves organic waste composting, reduces methane emissions

Composting food and garden waste instead of sending it to landfills can significantly reduce methane emissions and help mitigate global warming. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores the effects of curbside compost...
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University of Illinois researcher discusses the health benefits of Valentine’s Day chocolate

Elvira de Mejia, professor of food science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), investigates the health benefits of dark, white, milk, and even Valentine’s Day...
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Popcorn breeder available for National Popcorn Day

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Illinois expert available for Bat Week

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BUSINESS

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
food system, Consumer Economics, Food Marketing, Food Prices, supply and demand, Food Policy, consumer demand

SCIENCE

Aaron Hager, Ph.D.

Professor and Faculty Extension Specialist

Keywords:
Weeds, Weed Science, Agriculture, CORN, Soybeans, Integrated Pest Management, Herbicides, Herbicide Resistance

SCIENCE

Alexander Lipka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, crop improvement, crop genetics, Statistics, Maize

SCIENCE

Alfred Roca, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Wildlife, Endangered Species, Genetic Tools, Elephants, Retroviruses, Population Genetics

SCIENCE

Andrea Faber Taylor, Ph.D.

Teaching assistant professor

Keywords:
human dimensions of environment, Environmental Psychology, landscape design, Child Development, ADHD, executive functioning, Self-regulation, Horticulture, Green schoolyards, school gardens

SCIENCE

Andrew Margenot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture, crop improvement, cropping systems, Soil Science, Biogeochemistry, international agriculture, Food Security, soil management, urban agriculture, Phosphorus

SCIENCE

Brian Diers, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Agriculture, Breeding, Crops, Soybean, Plant Breeding, Soybean Cyst Nematode

Brian Ogolsky, Ph.D

Director of Graduate Students

Keywords:
Human Development and Family Studies, Relationships, law and policy

SCIENCE

Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D.

Professor of Food Science

Keywords:
Inflammation, Food Science, Human Nutrition, Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, flavenoids, ethnic foods, Bioactive Chemical Compound, Legumes

BUSINESS

Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D.

Professor of Agricultural Economics

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics, Farm Business, Farm Management, Farm data, Agricultural commodities, Soybeans, Risk Management, Farm profitability, Crop insurance, Farm economics

SCIENCE

Giovani Preza-Fontes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, crop improvement, Food Security, Nitrogen, winter wheat, Grain Sorghum, Soybean, cover crop, crop yield, Fertilizer, international agriculture

SCIENCE

Gustavo Caetano-Anollés, Ph.D.

Professor of Bioinformatics

Keywords:
Bioinformatics, Molecular Evolution, Proteins, Viral Evolution, Viruses, Biodiversity, Diversity of Life, Mutation, Genomes, Computational Biology

Jacinda Dariotis, Ph.D

Professor

Keywords:
Human Development and Family Studies, Behaviors, Mindfulness, Research, Public Health

SCIENCE

Jaume Amengual, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Personalized Nutrition

Keywords:
Carotenoids, Vitamin A, Atherosclerosis, Lipoprotein metabolism, Obesity, Liver steatosis, personalized nutrition

SCIENCE

Jessica Rutkoski, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, Plant Breeding, crop breeding, crop improvement, Small grains

BUSINESS

Jonathan Coppess, J.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
agricultural policy, Farm Bill, conservation policy, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Law, Risk Management, natural resource conservation, SNAP benefits

SCIENCE

Joy O'Keefe, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist

Keywords:
Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Conservation, Birds, ANIMAL ECOLOGY, bats, animal conservation

SCIENCE

Juan Arbelaez-Velez, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, Small grains, Plant Breeding, crop breeding, crop improvement, rice, oats, Food Security, international agriculture

SCIENCE

Kacie Athey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, crop improvement, Insects, Land Cover, Specialty crops entomology, Anthropod, Food Webs

SCIENCE

Kaiyu Guan, PhD, Princeton University

Founding Director, Agroecosystems Sustainability Center

Keywords:
Climate, Agro Ecosystem Practices, smart farm, Remote Sensing, ecohydrology, Crop Modeling

SCIENCE

Kelly Swanson, Ph.D.

Professor of Animal Nutrition and Nutrigenomics

Keywords:
pets, companion animals, Nutrition, Human Nutrition, Animal Nutrition, Microbiome, Nutrigenomics, Obesity, gut health, Prebiotics, Probiotics

SCIENCE

Kris Lambert, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, crop improvement, crop management, Soybean, plant biochemistry

SCIENCE

Laurie Leonelli, PhD

Assistant Professor at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Agriculture, biological engineering, Diversity, Photosynthesis, Photosynthetic Efficiency

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Marin Skidmore, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Econometrics, Agricultural Economics, Brazil, Brazil economy, agricultural policy, Deforestation, Water Quality

SCIENCE

Martin Bohn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, Maize, crop breeding, crop improvement, Insect Ecology, Agronomy

SCIENCE

Martin Williams, Ph.D.

USDA-ARS ecologist and affiliate professor of crop sciences

Keywords:
Weed Science, Herbicides, Herbicide Resistance, Vegetable Crops, Horticulture, CORN, Soybean

SCIENCE

Matt Hudson, Ph.D.

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Keywords:
Bioinformatics, Crop Sciences, Genomics, Genetics, Bioenergy, CRISPR, Soybean, Soybean Cyst Nematode

SCIENCE

Matt Dean, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Infertility, Pregnancy, Ovarian Cancer, Cancer, reproductive cancers, Animal Models, Fertility

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Matthew B. Wheeler, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
Animal Agriculture, Food Security, Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, Cloning, Transgenic livestock, Genomics, regenerative biology, Human Health

Nancy McElwain, Ph.D

Research Professor

Keywords:
Human Development and Family Studies, Stress, Child Development

SCIENCE

Nicholas Seiter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, Insect Control, crop pests, crop improvement, Specialty crops entomology, Land Cover

SCIENCE

Nicolas Martin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, crop management, crop improvement, cropping systems

SCIENCE

Pratik Banerjee, Ph.D.

Associate professor of food safety

Keywords:
Food Pathogens, Food Safety, Food Science, Rapid Diagnostics, Biosensors, Pathogens, Toxins, Foodborne Illness, Soil microplastics, Metagenomics, Microbiome

SCIENCE

Rod Mackie, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology

Keywords:
Microbial Ecology, rumen fermentation, anaerobic fermentation, Biofuel Production, gut microbiomes, antibiotic resistance genes, Archaea, Microbiome, Microbiology

SCIENCE

Sarah Hind, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, crop improvement, Insects, plant bacteria, plant immune system, Biocontrol, Tomato

BUSINESS

Scott Irwin, Ph.D.

Professor in Agricultural Economics

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics, Commodity reports, agricultural policy, Commodity futures, Economics, Food Prices, Agricultural markets, Crop prices

Shardé Smith, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Human Development and Family Studies, African American Studies, Mental Health

SCIENCE

Tiffany Jamann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Crops, Agriculture, Maize, Sorghum, Crop Diseases, crop genetics, crop improvement

SCIENCE

Tony Studer, Ph.D.

Associate professor

Keywords:
Crop Sciences, Plant Breeding, Corn breeding, Popcorn, science curriculum, Plant Physiology, Crop physiology, Photosynthesis, water use efficiency, Genomics

SCIENCE

Yong-Su Jin, Ph.D.

Professor of food microbiology at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Engineering, Metabolic, Biofuel, Biomass, Photosynthesis, Photosynthetic Efficiency

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Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Ph.D.

Aaron Hager, Ph.D.

Alexander Lipka, Ph.D.

Alfred Roca, Ph.D.

Andrea Faber Taylor, Ph.D.

Andrew Margenot, Ph.D.

Brian Diers, Ph.D.

Brian Ogolsky, Ph.D

Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D.

Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D.

Giovani Preza-Fontes, Ph.D.

Gustavo Caetano-Anollés, Ph.D.

Jacinda Dariotis, Ph.D

Jaume Amengual, Ph.D.

Jessica Rutkoski, Ph.D.

Jonathan Coppess, J.D.

Joy O'Keefe, Ph.D.

Juan Arbelaez-Velez, Ph.D.

Kacie Athey, Ph.D.

Kaiyu Guan, PhD, Princeton University

Kelly Swanson, Ph.D.

Kris Lambert, Ph.D.

Laurie Leonelli, PhD

Marin Skidmore, Ph.D.

Martin Bohn, Ph.D.

Martin Williams, Ph.D.

Matt Hudson, Ph.D.

Matt Dean, Ph.D.

Matthew B. Wheeler, Ph.D.

Nancy McElwain, Ph.D

Nicholas Seiter, Ph.D.

Nicolas Martin, Ph.D.

Pratik Banerjee, Ph.D.

Rod Mackie, Ph.D.

Sarah Hind, Ph.D.

Scott Irwin, Ph.D.

Shardé Smith, Ph.D

Tiffany Jamann, Ph.D.

Tony Studer, Ph.D.

Yong-Su Jin, Ph.D.

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Senior Manager for Marketing and Communications

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Bridget Lee-Calfas
Director of Marketing and Communications

Lauren Quinn
Assistant director of research communications

Marianne Stein
Media communications Specialist