"I came to LORRE in August 2018 as a master's student and remained for a PhD following my BS in chemical engineering at Brigham Young University because of my interest in renewable energy. The exceptional faculty, staff, and students in LORRE encouraged and facilitated my research in anaerobic digestion, and their support and expertise helped me receive an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. LORRE connections also facilitated multiple collaborations with industrial partners. As a result of those partnerships and the flexibility of my fellowship, I have since had amazing opportunities to present my research at the ASABE Annual International Meeting and become principal investigator of a graduate student grant from the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. This grant also gave me the ability to mentor 12 undergraduate research assistants, allowing me to pass on some of the skills and knowledge that I have gained by working in LORRE."

–Jennifer Rackliffe