Zhongjie Ji

Zhongjie Ji

Heuermann Research Fellow

Zhongjie Ji is a Heuermann Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from Shandong Agricultural University, a master’s degree in Agronomy from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology from Michigan State University. He also received a certificate in Computational Plant Science from Michigan State University. At the Schnable Lab, he is involved in multiple high-throughput phenotyping projects spanning from field-based systems to climate-controlled facilities. His research is dedicated to integrating high-throughput phenotyping and quantitative genetics using deep learning to better understand the genetic basis of complex traits in crops.

In the News

  • Niranjan Pokhrel rotation
    We welcome Niranjan Pokhrel, a PhD student rotating through our lab as part of the Complex Biosystems program at UNL. Niranjan will be working closely with Zhongjie on the analysis of UAV data.
  • Zhongjie Ji canopy modeling talk
    Dr. Zhongjie Ji delivered a talk on “Advance Canopy Architecture Modeling in Maize” to the Collective Research Organization of Plant Scientists (UNL’s plant grad student and postdoc organization) seminar series.
  • Zhongjie Ji named Heuermann Scholar
    Zhongjie Ji, the newest UNL-PSI Heuermann postdoctoral scholar recipient, will be working with our lab and UNL Plant Phenomics to translate new plant phenotyping technologies to the field. Welcome Zhongjie!

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