Innovation Funding Specialist

Many challenges in food security are road-blocked by the scarcity of sufficient environmental data for making decisions. Most agricultural players have no means of rapidly assessing the health of their soils, plants, seeds, and fertilizers, particularly in rural areas. Consequently, QED is developing novel hardware sensors for collecting environmental data more affordably and easily, using techniques such as infrared spectroscopy and automated chemistry. Our work lies at the intersection of mec…