​He said his work at Monsanto has been “a great continuation of what I worked on with Dr. (Jenn) Weber in the biology greenhouses” at Southeast.

“I wanted to work with other students who have the same interests in plants and create something that would last a long time at the University,” Albers said. “In my botany classes, I learned a lot about the science of plants on a cellular level, but in a greenhouse, you focus on identifying the plants and taking care of them.”