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NC State named “green giant” for leading the way in sustainable energy

Dr. Heike Sederoff

diagram of a solar-powered greenhouse

Mar 22, 2021

Study Finds Plants Would Grow Well in Solar Cell Greenhouses

You can definitely grow plants (and make electricity) in a greenhouse made of see-through solar panels. 
Dunaliella saltwater algae

Dec 16, 2019

Salty Algae Leads to Sweet Success

NC State University professor Heike Sederoff started studying saltwater algae more than a decade ago as part of a project to use algae to make biofuel. This research led to a recent paper in the journal Nature and a biofuels patent application. 

Oct 1, 2014

NC State named “green giant” for leading the way in sustainable energy

Winds of Change, the journal of the American Indian Society for Engineering and Science, named NC State -- and the college's Dr. Heike Sederoff in particular -- as a leader in academic programs focused on sustainable energy.