Wei Liao, Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering (PI): Integrating Hospital Food Waste Valorization with Urban Agriculture to Advance Community Food Systems and Environmental Health in Detroit.
Jenifer Fenton, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (PI): The Urban Health Pipeline: Growing Detroit’s Future Leaders in Food and Medical Careers.
Chunqi Qian, Department of Radiology (PI): Natural and low-cost milk extracts for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia.
Ji Yoon Yi, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (PI); Teresa Bergholz, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (Collaborator): Integrated Hyperspectral Microscope Imaging and AI Platform for Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Salmonella Serovars in Food Systems
Jamie Willbur, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (PI); Rachel Naegele, USDA ARS and Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (Collaborator): Molecular analysis of the transcriptomic and epigenomic changes during cold storage associated with the induction of bolting in sugar beet roots
Mywish Maredia, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics (PI); David Tschirley, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics (Collaborator); David Nyange, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics (Collaborator): Trust the Messenger: Improving Legitimacy of Irrigation Pricing Reforms in Tanzania
Yoorae Noh, School of Packaging (PI): Enhancing Specialty Crop Value through Recyclable Packaging: A Case for Organic Dry Beans
Augusto Madureira, Department of Animal Science (PI): Sensing the Silent Lesion: Precision Bolus and Activity Monitoring for Early Detection of Subacute Ruminal Acidosis and Liver Abscess Risk in Feedlot Cattle.
Eric Patterson, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (PI): The Longevity of Seeds Buried in the Soil: Beal 2.0.
Akihiro Koyama, Department of Forestry (PI); Lars Brudvig, Department of Plant Biology (co-PI); Christopher Blackwood, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (co-PI): Using fire-mediated plant-soil feedbacks to overcome tree recruitment bottlenecks in eastern forests
Mojgan Nejad, Department of Forestry (PI); Laurent Matuana, School of Packaging (co-PI): Lignin-Based Polyurethane Foams for Sustainable Packaging
Jeremy Johnson, Department of Forestry (PI): Dendrogenomics: An approach to untangle patterns of forest health and adaptation in forest trees at their range limits
Valerio Hoyos Villegas, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (PI); Miranda Haus, Department of Horticulture (co-PI): Enhancing resistance to root rots in the MSU dry bean breeding program
Roberto G. Lopez, Department of Horticulture (PI); Joshua Vander Weide, Department of Horticulture (co-PI): Co-optimization of Greenhouse Temperature and Vapor Pressure Deficit to Enhance the Growth, Development, and Yield of Strawberry
Teresa Bergholz, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (PI); Jiyoon Yi, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (co-PI); Kirk Dolan, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (co-PI): Incorporating AI to improve predictive models for Listeria monocytogenes growth on foods