Marc van Iersel Student Travel Fund

for

Controlled Environment Agriculture

We are pleased to announce an NCERA-101 student travel fund in honor of Marc van Iersel, who is fighting valiantly against cancer. Your support of this fund will mean a lot to Marc.

Marc has been an active member of the NCERA-101 group throughout his career, starting as a Post-Doc at Utah State University.

Marc has long been a passionate advocate for graduate students and their participation in national meetings.

He has also been a highly productive scientist.

His recent research has focused on precision photon delivery.

We anticipate making up to 20 awards each year. Your contribution will help students travel to the annual meeting for many years.

Marc worked closely with several companies over his long career. Three companies have made a seed donation of $30,000 to initiate this award: Campbell Scientific, Meter Group, and Apogee Instruments.

Please click here to donate.

Funds will be held in a unique Marc van Iersel account at Utah State University. Please contact bruce.bugbee@usu.edu for more information.

Initial contributions will be recognized at the NCERA-101 meeting on April 18-19th, 2023 at UC-Davis.

Subsequent contributions will be recognized at each annual meeting.

Time-lapse image of exponential plant growth.

Courtesy Marc van Iersel