Luke Freyfogle is a field research specialist at the University of Illinois in the lab of Lisa Ainsworth. Luke's research focuses on optimizing photosynthesis at the canopy level to increase carbon uptake in soybean and cowpea. For the RIPE project, Luke will be assisting Anthony Digrado with data collection, management, and harvest of soybean and cowpea experiments. Luke earned his bachelor's degree in biology at DePauw University.