scientist, chemE professor @UCRiverside, co-founder @ChiBotanic, working on plants, algae, coral, artificial photosynthesis

Joined November 2017
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Our paper “A hybrid inorganic–biological artificial photosynthesis system for energy-efficient food production” is out @NatureFood! We propose a new technology for energy efficient food production independent of biological photosynthesis. 1/👇 nature.com/articles/s43016-0…
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I'm impressed to see the SPACE tomatoes from @JinkersonLab they are making space agriculture a reality #PlantBio23 @ASPB
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Thrilled to share my insights in this recent @Forbes article discussing farms of the future! Thanks to Juergen Eckhardt and @KiraPeikoff @LeapsByBayer for writing the story forbes.com/sites/juergeneckh…

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Crops grown without sunlight could help feed astronauts bound for Mars, and someday supplement dinner plates on Earth. Learn more in this @NewsfromScience feature: scim.ag/37H
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Excited to have joined the Bioengineering Department @UCRiverside. Our lab is looking for postdocs to join our #NSF funded project on discovery and functional characterization of genes for ciliate-algal symbiosis. If you are interested, please apply below: sites.google.com/view/thexia…

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Our work on producing food without photosynthesis has been featured in a news article @ScienceMagazine written by @RobertFService! Check it out to learn about how we are trying to reimagine food production on Earth and in space! 🚫☀️➡️🌱🍅🍄➡️🍽️ science.org/content/article/…
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Congratulations @LzbthHann on winning the 2022 Outstanding Grad Student Award!!
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"We've gotten pretty good at building successful startups, but we're not very good at translating that into sustainable businesses and commercial successes." Interesting read from @Solt_DB on "How to Win in Synthetic Biology" ko-fi.com/post/How-to-Win-in…
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Our paper “A hybrid inorganic–biological artificial photosynthesis system for energy-efficient food production” is out @NatureFood! We propose a new technology for energy efficient food production independent of biological photosynthesis. 1/👇 nature.com/articles/s43016-0…
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Our latest work on artificial photosynthesis for food production was just published online @NatureFoodJnl It’s a great collaboration with Professor Jinkerson @UCRiverside nature.com/articles/s43016-0…

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