Dr. Robertson is the director of AgMEQ laboratory (www.agmeq.com) and is also the director of the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program for the University of Idaho. Much of his current work is focused on solving what the White House has called the great challenge of the 21st century: sustainably providing food, fuel and fiber for the world’s growing population. Current projects include stalk lodging, genome to phenome modeling and plant biomechanics