Bruce Bugbee, Professor at Utah State University
Bruce Bugbee, Professor, is a crop physiologist who teaches graduate level courses in plant nutrition and plant physiology. He is well known for his work with NASA to determine potential crop yield in controlled environments and he is currently funded by NASA to study food production on Mars. Nine of his former students are now on the faculty at other Universities. In 2011, he received the Governor's Medal for Science from the State of Utah. Among his seminal achievements is a TED talk titled, “Turning Water into Food.” In 1996 he founded Apogee Instruments, a research-based company that develops and manufactures instrumentation for environmental monitoring. For Project LAMP, Dr. Bugbee will be working on crop growth and yield.
Utah State University - College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Since its founding in 1888, Utah State University has evolved from a small-town college tucked away in the Northern Utah mountains to a thriving research university respected around the world. Students can choose from an array of academic and social opportunities at a university known throughout the world for its intellectual and technological leadership.
