Texas Tech University

Laboratory of
Urban Horticulture and Sustainability

Exploring Urban Horticulture Systems

In the Urban Horticulture and Sustainability Lab, our research explores the multifaceted areas that bridge horticulture and urban and peri-urban environments. We focus on plant nutritional quality and phytochemical composition, vertical farming, people-plant interactions, controlled environment production, improving quality of life through plants, water resource and soil sustainability, and functional plant products:

  • Water conservation and alternative water sources in protected production systems
  • Passive and active effects of plants on different populations
  • Therapeutic horticulture
  • Plant stress physiology
  • Plant nutritional quality and its impacts on humans

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Research Facilities & Equipment

Our lab utilizes greenhouses in the TTU Horticulture Garden & Greenhouse Complex and laboratory space in the Bayer Plant Science Building. In addition to miscellaneous lab equipment such as pipettes, analytical balance, centrifuge, oven, etc., we have also developed and use:

  • NFT systems
  • Deep water culture setup
  • SpectraMax iD3 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader
  • Ultralow Freezer
  • CIRAS Photosynthesis system
  • Leaf area meter

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Meet the Research Team

The Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics is home to many talented graduate and undergraduate researchers.

Lab members

Lab PI - Catherine Simpson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of of Sustainable/Urban Horticulture
Texas Tech University
Dept. of Plant and Soil Science

Email: Catherine.Simpson@ttu.edu

Phone: (806) 834-5691

Address:
Bayer Plant Science, Room 117A
2911 15th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409

Dr. Simpson’s research interests include urban horticulture, controlled environment system research, vertical greenhouse production, water conservation, abiotic stress physiology, ornamental horticulture and plant-soil-water relationships.

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Join the Lab

If you have an interest in hearing about potential openings in the Laboratory Urban Horticulture and Sustainability, please contact Dr. Simpson.

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