Steven C. Philpott Jr.
OUTREACH CHAIR

Steve is a former active-duty U.S. Marine who received his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology with a minor in Nutrition from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2016. He is currently a Biological Science graduate research student at Chicago State University exploring the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites and trichome development in Cannabis sativa clones grown under varying light spectra. After completing his Masters degree he is interested in pursuing his PhD to explore solutions to climate change using (CEA) closed-
environmental agriculture and phytoremediation crops.