<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-and-events/news/federica-brandizzi-named-2020-msu-innovator-of-the-year.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>04/06/2020</pubDate><title>Federica Brandizzi named 2020 MSU Innovator of the Year</title><description><p>Federica Brandizzi, MSU Foundation Professor of plant biology, is the recipient of the MSU Innovation Center’s 2020 Innovator of the Year Award in recognition of her research on increasing plant size to maximize the space needed for more crops.</p></description><author/><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2021/Brandizzi-square.png" alt="Federica Brandizzi"/></image><tags><tag>Awards</tag><tag>Brandizzi lab</tag></tags></item>