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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Solar
  • Plants
An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers is developing HelioSkin, an aesthetically appealing solar-collection fabric that is inspired by the biological mechanisms that enable plants to bend toward the sun.

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers is developing HelioSkin, an aesthetically appealing solar-collection fabric that is inspired by the biological mechanisms that enable plants to bend toward the sun.

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Mariel Pfeifer landscape

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Academic focus: Biology education research/discipline-based science education research Research summary: My lab is called the EQUIP lab, and we study how STEM environments can better support all students and faculty. A major focus of our work is...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture
Hannah McMillan Landscape

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Academic focus: Plant-microbiome-environment interactions Research summary: Plants interact simultaneously with microbes and their abiotic environment, but molecular studies often focus only on interactions with one or the other. My research...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Plants