Elena Pelech

Postdoctoral Research Associate, RIPE project

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Email: pelech@illinois.edu

Education

Doctorate of Plant Physiology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science in Genetics
University of Essex, UK 

About

Elena Pelech is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois. Elena's research focuses on exploring both ecological and technological methods to increase plant productivity on a land area basis. Elena earned her bachelor's degree in genetics from the University of Essex and she later went on to earn her doctorate in plant physiology from the University of Illinois. Her PhD project's work was focused on plant growth and architecture using both field experiments and three-dimensional model simulations to elucidate the ecophysiological complexities of intercropping systems to improve ecosystem services.