Brett Feddersen is the senior research programmer for the RIPE High-Throughput Phenotyping Facility (HTPF) at the University of Illinois. His research is focused on measuring the changes in plant characteristics to help researchers improve plant growth. For the RIPE project, Brett helps with plant data collection and processing for our researchers. Brett received his bachelor's degree in physics at Worcester Polytechnical Institute and later went on to earn his master's degree and doctorate in physics at the University of Illinois.