Mi Li and Jisoo Jeon (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

Mi Li and Jisoo Jeon

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Mi Li, associate professor in the Center for Renewable Carbon and the School of Natural Resources, left, and Jisoo Jeon, post-doctoral research associate, work in the lab to create special materials called Cello-MOFs, which are a combination of nanocellulose and metal-organic frameworks. Li received a $300,000 grant from the USDA to use nanotechnology and plant fibers to mitigate chemicals used on crop land.

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Photo by R. Lazarian, courtesy UTIA.

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