ACI was founded in 2016 by Dr. Rebecca Knight and has been offering practical, hands-on solutions and custom computational services to address challenges in biofuels and controlled environment agriculture ever since.
Rebecca Knight, PhD, has a diverse background spanning plant molecular biology, engineering, and business development. She holds a Ph.D. in Plant Biology, an M.S. in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, and B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and Japanese Language.
"It was an absolute pleasure working with Rebecca; she went above and beyond in every possible way, and we were extremely impressed with her work. Her knowledge, understanding, and expertise of all things biology, photochemical, and horticultural is exceptional. Our team was continually impressed with her timeliness, honestly, and follow-through. We could not recommend her more strongly."
"Ms. Knight was asked to develop key strategic messaging platforms based on highly technical and complex products. With her broad background in engineering, biology, sales and marketing, Ms. Knight was able to distill a product’s benefits in a way to quickly and succinctly educate multiple stakeholders and gain alignment on this messaging both within the organization as well as with the multiple agencies outside the organization we worked with."
Have you ever wondered what is the most efficient way to grow algae? Maybe you are a business developer, setting up a large-scale operation as part of a rapidly growing industry. Or, perhaps you are Read more…
Horticulture lighting research has been conducted on young plants (germination, seedlings, plugs and cuttings) for many years. Michigan State University published a series of articles in Greenhouse Grower (see references below) on bedding plant seedlings. Read more…
The answer is yes, they can! LEDs can provide the light plants need in a way that is more targeted and efficient than other lighting sources. In this entry, I describe how LEDs are useful Read more…
A crucial aspect in designing Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) systems is in understanding the lighting component. Accurately modeling the lighting requirements allows growers the ability to calculate cost of ownership, return on investment, and better Read more…
Experiments were conducted in a vertical growing system on two lettuce varieties (Red Oakleaf and Green Butter Salanova) under three different light treatments – fluorescent T5 lighting, Illumitex F3 LED spectrum, and Illumitex X5 LED Read more…
The physiological differences and chlorophyll content of lettuce grown under three different light treatments (fluorescent, F3 LED, and X5 LED) were investigated. These experiments were conducted in a vertical growing system on two lettuce varieties Read more…
Experiments were conducted in a vertical growing system on two lettuce varieties (Red Oakleaf and Green Butter Salanova) under three different light treatments – fluorescent T5 light bars, Illumitex F3 LEDs, and Illumitex X5 LEDs. Read more…
I met Dr. Kozai at his office located at the Plant Factory Association on a cold afternoon in early February. The term Plant Factory was coined by Japan and refers to any indoor plant-growing system. Read more…
