Why you should listen
Obsessed with bioenergy and food security, Steve Long was the Ikenberry Chair of plant biology and crop sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There, he directed the Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) project, a Gates Foundation-funded program to develop technologies to increase photosynthetic efficiency and sustainably improve crop yields. He also led the development of the Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment (SoyFACE) facility, the world's largest open-air space testing research on adapting crops to climate change.
Long was the founding and chief editor of GCB Bioenergy, in silico Plants and Global Change Biology, which the Institute for Scientific Information listed as the most cited journal on climate change after Nature and Science. He presented on bioenergy and food security to multiple world leaders and was been recognized by prominent scientific societies, including election as a fellow of the Royal Society of London and as a member of the US National Academy of Science.
Long was the founding and chief editor of GCB Bioenergy, in silico Plants and Global Change Biology, which the Institute for Scientific Information listed as the most cited journal on climate change after Nature and Science. He presented on bioenergy and food security to multiple world leaders and was been recognized by prominent scientific societies, including election as a fellow of the Royal Society of London and as a member of the US National Academy of Science.
