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2025
Affordable, accurate, detailed climate projections for climate-resilient agriculture in India
Sai Ravela, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Director of the MIT Earth Signals and Systems Group
Anamitra Saha, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Earth Signals and Systems Group
Food security in Africa through microbiome engineering
Christopher Voigt, Department of Biological Engineering
David L. Des Marais, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tami Lieberman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute for Medical Science and Engineering
Darcy McRose
Tavneet Suri, MIT Sloan School of Management
Sixian You, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2024
National crop type maps of India using deep learning and street view imagery
Sherrie Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Data, Systems, and Society
The role of livestock in climate change: Holistic greenhouse gas assessments and implications for human diets
César Terrer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2023
Advancing technology development to improve microbiome processes for controlling harmful bacteria blooms in aquaculture algae feed production
Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Otto X. Cordero, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Robert Vincent, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Sea Grant
Using secondary metabolites to manage legacy phosphorus
Darcy McRose
Optimizing cereal crop plant architecture during an era of high atmospheric CO2
David L. Des Marais, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Catalyzing sustainable food and climate systems transitions in the Lake Victoria Basin
Greg Sixt, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
Michael Hauser, Research Affiliate, Abdul Latif Jameel Water & Food Systems Lab
2022
Safe off-grid brooder for Cameroonian poultry farmers
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Daniel Sweeney, MIT D-Lab
Cloud-based data applications for streamlining natural resource management
Michael Triantafyllou, Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Jameel Index for food trade and vulnerability
Greg Sixt, Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab
Kenneth Strzepek, MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, Center for Global Change Science
2021
Precise fish vaccine injection using silk-based biomaterials
Benedetto Marelli, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Improving smallholder farmers’ welfare with AI-driven technologies
Y. Karen Zheng, Sloan School of Management
Hybrid evaporative and radiative cooling as a passive low-cost high-performance solution for food shelf-life extension
Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Evelyn Wang, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Gang Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Converting dairy industry waste into food and feed ingredients
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology
Mobile evaporative cooling rooms for vegetable preservation
Daniel Frey, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leon Glicksman, Department of Architecture
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
2020
Using siderophore-conjugated microcins to combat foodborne pathogens
Elizabeth M. Nolan, Department of Chemistry
Multi-criteria diet formulation for sustainable swine production
Jasmina Burek, MIT Materials Systems Laboratory
Data-driven development of probiotics for shrimp aquaculture in Ecuador
Otto X. Cordero, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2019
Evaporative cooling technologies for fruit and vegetable preservation in Kenya
Daniel Frey, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Leon Glicksman, Department of Architecture
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Designing supply chain platforms for smallholders in Indonesia
Joann de Zegher, Sloan School of Management
Piloting evaporative cooling technologies to improve vegetable shelf-life and farmer income in Western India
Eric Verploegen, MIT D-Lab
Anish Paul Antony, MIT D-Lab
Supporting the resilience of the citrus industry
Olivier de Weck, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2018
Novel systems biology tools for improving crop tolerance to abiotic stressors
David L. Des Marais, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Caroline Uhler, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute for Data, Systems and Society
Printed silk-based colorimetric sensors for food spoilage prevention and supply chain authentication
John Hart, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Benedetto Marelli, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Decentralized torrefaction for producing high-yield, irrigation-saving fertilizer
Ahmed Ghoniem, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Kung, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Scaling a decentralized biomass torrefaction reactor for localized fertilizer production that improves farmers’ yields and reduces irrigation needs
Ahmed Ghoniem, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Kung, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Alex Slocum, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2017
Reducing runoff and environmental impact of agricultural sprays
Kripa Varanasi, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Electrochemical nitrogen fixation for distributed fertilizer production
Karthish Manthiram, Department of Chemical Engineering
In-situ particle characterization in emulsions for field-scale quality assurance in the dairy industry
Sanjay Sarma, Office of the Provost, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Evaluation of fully synthetic nitrogen fixation pathways, designed for plant mitochondria and plastids
Christopher Voigt, Department of Biological Engineering
Developing intelligent selective electrodialysis for 21st century agriculture
John H. Lienhard V
Kishor Nayar, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Multifunctional light-diffusing fibers for simultaneous light management and fluid transport in microalgae bioreactors
Mathias Kolle, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2016
Real-time, on-site detection of foodborne pathogens by engineered bacteriophage integrated with microfluidic sample preparation platforms
Jongyoon Han, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering
Timothy Lu, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological Engineering
Detection of pathogens using dynamically reconfigurable liquid colloid particles
Timothy Swager, Department of Chemistry
Alexander M. Klibanov, Department of Chemistry
Waste to Food: Yarrowia lipolytica as protein and lipid production platform
Gregory Stephanopoulos, Department of Chemical Engineering
Bacterial viruses as pathogen control agents in aquaculture systems
Martin Polz, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
2015
Fouling-resistant nanoporous membranes
Jeffrey C. Grossman, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Engineered Nitrogen Fixation: Expression in plant organelles
Christopher Voigt, Department of Biological Engineering
A bioassay-based approach to food safety in China
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology
Stacy Springs, Center for Biomedical Innovation
A data-driven approach to managing food security in global supply chains
Retsef Levi, Sloan School of Management
Tauhid Zaman, Sloan School of Management
Y. Karen Zheng, Sloan School of Management
A multiplex, nanosensor platform for the real time monitoring of food and water-borne contaminants
Michael S. Strano, Department of Chemical Engineering
Anthony J. Sinskey, Department of Biology