Innovating agriculture from the lab to the field
The Center for Plant Science Innovation (PSI) is an interdisciplinary research, development, and training program in plant sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. PSI includes 21 faculty members from five academic departments and three colleges who advance plant science research in Metabolic Biochemistry, Stress Biology, Genetics, and Epigenetics. PSI scientists apply their research to the development of crops with improved productivity and higher value by turning laboratory innovations into real-world applications. The work of PSI addresses global food security and the profitability of agricultural producers.
2025 PSI Heuermann Research Idea Awards
Taiwo Dele-Osibanjo
Advisors: Toshihiro Obata & Edgar Cahoon
Shohei Oguro
Advisor: Harkamal Walia
Asha Kumari
Advisor: Kasia Glowacka
Niranjan Pokhrel
Co-mentors: Jinliang Yang, Yufeng Ge, Brian Rice
Thiago Maia
Advisor: Clemencia Rojas; Collaborator: Seema Sahay
Benjamin Turc
Advisor: Kasia Glowacka
2025 PSI Heuermann Graduate Recognition Awards
Shilu Dahal
Rojas Lab
Jensina Davis
Schnable Lab
Taiwo Dele-Osibanjo
Obata Lab
Sapana Ghimire
Rojas Lab
Save the date!
2025 PSI Plant Science Symposium
October 9-10, 2025 | Willa Cather Dining Complex
Join us at the 2025 PSI Plant Science Symposium, where we will explore Next Generation Crop Improvement: From Prediction to Practice and Mechanism. October 9 & 10, 2025 at the Willa Cather Dining Center. Featured speakers include:
Elizabeth “Toby” Kellogg
Danforth Plant Science Center
Scott Allen Jackson
University of Georgia
Josh Cuperus
University of Washington
Christine Diepenbrock
University of California - Davis
Davide Sosso
Heritable Agriculture
Registration will open this summer.
Our latest edition
PSI Newsletter
Winter 2024
Hear from our director and the PSI Heuermann Graduate Award winners, see photos of our faculty and students, read about a new method for estimating evapotranspiration, and more.
