People
Our multidisciplinary research team is led by professor of horticulture Ajay Nair (lead PI), the Electric Power Research Center director Anne Kimber; and professor in plant pathology, entomology and microbiology Matt O'Neal. Contact information for all project investigators, collaborators, and graduate students can be found below.
Principal Investigator
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- Assistant Professor
- Forage Extension Specialist
- Department of Agronomy
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Director of the Electrical Power Research Center
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- Professor, Wallace Co-Chair for Sustainable Agriculture
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
- Entomology
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- University of New Hampshire
- Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems
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- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Agricultural Education & Studies Department
- Director for the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation
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- Professor
- Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
- Natural Resource Economics
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- Assistant Professor
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Collaborators
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- Associate Professor, Geospatial Sciences
- Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
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Staff
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- Site Manager and Field Technician
- Department of Horticulture
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Postdoctoral Researchers
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- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Agrivoltaics Outreach & Research Coordinator
- Undergraduate Research Coordinator
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
Graduate Students
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he/him/his- MS Graduate Assistant
- Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
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- PhD Graduate Assistant
- Department of Horticulture
- Graduated with MS, 2025; Started PhD
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- PhD Graduate Assistant
- Dept of Natural Resource Ecology & Mgt; Sustainable Agriculture
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- PhD
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Graduated 2025
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- Iowa Research Administration Internship Student Experience program (I-RAISE), 2025
- PhD Student
- Department of Mathematics
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- MS Graduate Assistant
- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
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Undergraduate Students
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- Project Intern (Summer 2024)
- Project management and DOE reporting
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- Plant Physiology Research Assistant; 2026-present
- Department of Horticulture
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- Field Entomology Research Assistant; 2025 field season
- Science Education (Started MS, 2026)
- School of Education
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- George Washington Carver 2025 Agroecology Summer Intern
- Animal Science major
- Tuskegee University
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- Agroecology Research Assistant; 2026-present
- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Ecology Major
- Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
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- Agroecology Research Assistant; 2026-present
- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Ecology Major
- Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management
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- Geospatial Research Assistant, 2025 field season
- Environmental Science, B.S. (2026)
- Department of Urban Planning and Development; starts MS Fall 2026
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- Agroecology Research Assistant; 2026-present
- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Ecology major
- Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management