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Poa secunda, a Promising Perennial Groundcover?

RegenPGC Graduate Education Community member Vipul Kumar has been showing his poster, “Vernalization response and freezing tolerance of Poa secunda, a promising perennial groundcover” far and wide, from Texas to
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Floyd River Watershed

Mapping priority areas for runoff and erosion control in Iowa corn landscapes

Ralph Danquah-Acquah, a member of our RegenPGC Graduate Education Community, shares his research in this guest post, which previously appeared on LinkedIn (July 2026). I completed my CRP 5510 GIS
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Ralph and his poster

Ralph Danquah-Acquah gets a presentation opportunity

Great to see this opportunity for RegenPGC Graduate Education Community member Ralph Danquah-Acquah to present his poster, Green between the rows: modeling Corn-RhB perennial ground cover systems,” at th at
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Alex Haus

From Wartburg to Iowa State. Not a long journey if you know what a Wartburg is! Alex Haus, the third member of our 2026 REU class, is a student at
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Kaylee Johnson

From Arizona to Iowa: Meet Kaylee

From sunny and DRY Arizona to humid Iowa can be a bit of schock in the summer, but having met 2026 Research Undergraduate Intern and future math teacher Kaylee Johnson,
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Preston Marrable

From North Carolina to ISU – Meet Preston

It’s summer, and we welcome another class of Undergraduate Research Interns. This year we have three interns. Today, meet Preston Marrable from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Preston
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Welcome, Gabriel!

We are excited to welcome a new member to the RegenPGC team, Gabriel J. Gabriel comes to our project from The Land Institute, where he is a new Agronomical Data
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Moro, Franklin honored with Fellowships

Two members of our RegenPGC Graduate Education Community, Amina Moro and Rickiel Rodrigues Franklin da Silva have been named recipients of Iowa Crop Improvement Association Graduate Fellowships for the fall
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Malcolm Yusef St Cyr Headshot

Malcolm Yusuf St Cyr completes his Master’s degree

Today, we congratulate RegenPGC Graduate Education Community member Malcolm Yusuf St Cyr for his successful thesis defense and completion of his Master’s studies at Iowa State University under the mentorship
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New RegenPGC publication hits the “Streamosphere”

RegenPGC Ph.D. student Memiş Bilgici, joined by RegenPGC colleagues Sara Lira, Lucas Borras, Ken Moore & Thomas Lübberstedt, has authored a new academic publication for the academic journal Frontiers in
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Amina Moro in the lab

New research informs how corn and perennial groundcover can coexist

Today, we honor RegenPGC Graduate Education Community member Amina Moro and her work on corn’s “Shade Avoidance Response.” Iowa State University – College of Agriculture and Life Sciences recognized Amina’s work
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Memis Bilgici Award

It’s raining awards!

They keep coming! Here is another award for a member of our RegenPGC Graduate Education Community. This time, it’s Memiş Bilgici who received an Iowa State University Research Excellence Award (REX).
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