Principal Investigator
Research:
Lisa Ainsworth is the Research Leader of the Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit and an Adjunct Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. She received her BS in Biology at UCLA and PhD in Crop Sciences from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign working with Steve Long. She directs research at the SoyFACE facility to improve crop responses to global atmospheric change.