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Timing Matters: Early Planting Benefits Soybean in Unfertilized, Low-Fertility Fields

Unfertilized soybean fields with lower soil fertility should be planted earlier than high fertility fields, according to a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study that re-evaluates longtime soil testing. This result comes as a bit of a...
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Hybrid job training improves participation for women in Nepal, study finds

Globally, women鈥檚 workforce participation is about 25% lower than men鈥檚, often due to barriers such as domestic responsibilities and cultural norms. A new study from an international research team explored whether hybrid distance learning can...
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Forest Landowner Motivation to Control Invasive Species Depends on Land Use, Study Shows

Many U.S. forests are privately owned, which makes control of invasive plants and pests challenging. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how differences in ownership motivation affects willingness to control, and...
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Slow Traffic, Fast Food: Study Links Road Delays with Unhealthy Eating

Ever notice how much more tempting it is to pick up fast food for dinner after being stuck in traffic? It鈥檚 not just you. New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research shows that traffic delays significantly increase visits to fast food...
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U. Of I. Team Develops Weight Loss App That Tracks Fiber, Protein Content in Meals

A research team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has developed a weight management program that helps individuals plan meals with the assistance of a web application and support from a registered dietitian. In a new study, they discuss...
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Illinois Research Team to Receive $5M to Reduce Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer in Corn Production

The U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $5 million in funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and partner institutions to develop a new variety of corn called NSave that will...
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Gene-Edited Soil Bacteria Could Provide Third Source of Nitrogen for Corn Production

If corn was ever jealous of soybean鈥檚 relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows that gene-edited bacteria...
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Songbirds Socialize on the Wing During Migration, New Study Says

Evidence from over 18,300 hours of recorded flight calls suggests songbirds may 鈥渢alk鈥� to other species as they migrate, forming social connections and 鈥� just maybe 鈥� exchanging information about the journey.
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SCIENCE

Jack Juvik, Ph.D.

Professor

Keywords:
biomass crops,food coloring,Food Safety,Phytochemicals,pigments

SCIENCE

Zhongjie Yu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Biogeochemistry,Greenhouse Gas Emissions,Greenhouse Gases,Hydrology,N2O,nitrogen cycling,Nitrous Oxide,nutrient cycling,Soils,Water

SCIENCE

Alfred Roca, Ph.D.

Professor of Animal Science

Keywords:
Conservation,Elephants,Genetics,Ivory,Retroviruses,Wildlife

SCIENCE

Brett R. Loman, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Diet - Nutrition,Gastrointestinal Health,gut health,gut-brain axis,microbial metabolism,Physiology,Stress

BUSINESS

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

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

SCIENCE

Aaron Hager, Ph.D.

Professor and Faculty Extension Specialist

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

SCIENCE

Alexander Lipka, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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

SCIENCE

Andrea Faber Taylor, Ph.D.

Teaching assistant professor

Keywords:
ADHD,Child Development,executive functioning,Horticulture,landscape design,Self-regulation

SCIENCE

Andrew Margenot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Biogeochemistry,crop improvement,Food Security,Phosphorus,soil management,Soil Science

SCIENCE

Brian Diers, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor at ACES and RIPE

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

Brian Ogolsky, Ph.D

Director of Graduate Students

Keywords:
law and policy,Relationships

SCIENCE

Elvira de Mejia, Ph.D.

Professor of Food Science

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

BUSINESS

Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D.

Professor of Agricultural Economics

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics,Crop insurance,Risk Management,Soybeans

SCIENCE

Giovani Preza-Fontes, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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

SCIENCE

Gustavo Caetano-Anoll茅s, Ph.D.

Professor of Bioinformatics

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

Jacinda Dariotis, Ph.D

Professor

Keywords:
Behaviors,Mindfulness,Public Health,Research

SCIENCE

Jaume Amengual, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Personalized Nutrition

Keywords:
Atherosclerosis,Carotenoids,Obesity,personalized nutrition,Vitamin A

SCIENCE

Jessica Rutkoski, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Crop Breeding,crop improvement,Crops,Plant Breeding

BUSINESS

Jonathan Coppess, J.D.

Associate Professor

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

SCIENCE

Joy O'Keefe, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist

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

SCIENCE

Juan Arbelaez-Velez, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Crop Breeding,crop improvement,Crops,Food Security,oats,Plant Breeding,Rice

SCIENCE

Kacie Athey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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

SCIENCE

Kaiyu Guan, PhD, Princeton University

Founding Director, Agroecosystems Sustainability Center

Keywords:
Climate,ecohydrology,Remote Sensing,smart farm

SCIENCE

Kelly Swanson, Ph.D.

Professor of Animal Nutrition and Nutrigenomics

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

SCIENCE

Kris Lambert, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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

SCIENCE

Laurie Leonelli, PhD

Assistant Professor at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Agriculture,biological engineering,Diversity,Photosynthesis

SCIENCE, BUSINESS

Marin Skidmore, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

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

SCIENCE

Martin Bohn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,Agronomy,Crop Breeding,crop improvement,Crops,Maize

SCIENCE

Martin Williams, Ph.D.

USDA-ARS ecologist and affiliate professor of crop sciences

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

SCIENCE

Matt Hudson, Ph.D.

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

SCIENCE

Matt Dean, Ph.D.

Assistant professor

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

MEDICAL, SCIENCE

Matthew B. Wheeler, Ph.D.

Professor

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

Nancy McElwain, Ph.D

Research Professor

Keywords:
Child Development,Stress

SCIENCE

Nicholas Seiter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,crop improvement,Crops,Insect Control,Land Cover

SCIENCE

Nicolas Martin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keywords:
Agriculture,crop improvement,crop management,Crops

SCIENCE

Pratik Banerjee, Ph.D.

Associate professor of food safety

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

SCIENCE

Rod Mackie, Ph.D.

Professor of Microbiology

Keywords:
anaerobic fermentation,Archaea,Biofuel Production,Microbial Ecology,Microbiology,Microbiome

SCIENCE

Sarah Hind, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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

BUSINESS

Scott Irwin, Ph.D.

Professor in Agricultural Economics

Keywords:
Agricultural Economics,Agricultural markets,agricultural policy,Economics,Food Prices

Shard茅 Smith, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Keywords:
African American Studies,Mental Health

SCIENCE

Tiffany Jamann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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

SCIENCE

Tony Studer, Ph.D.

Associate professor

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

SCIENCE

Yong-Su Jin, Ph.D.

Professor of food microbiology at ACES and RIPE

Keywords:
Biofuel,Biomass,Engineering,Metabolic,Photosynthesis

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Aaron Hager, Ph.D.

Alexander Lipka, 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-Anoll茅s, 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.

Shard茅 Smith, Ph.D

Tiffany Jamann, Ph.D.

Tony Studer, Ph.D.

Yong-Su Jin, Ph.D.

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