Greetings!
My primary research interest is preserving, characterizing, and utilizing genetic diversity in alternative crops to meet the needs of Wisconsin farmers. I am also interested in how human interactions with plants, through domestication and breeding, have altered the plant genome and how we can use these selection signatures to trace domestication and improvement throughout history. Additionally, I am interested in using what is already known in the fields of genetics, genomics, molecular biology, breeding, and engineering and applying it to crops with fewer resources but potential value in the face of economic and climatic uncertainty.
A look back at last year’s Hemp Research Field Day held on August 21st!
To register for our upcoming Hemp Research Field Day, to be held on August 20th, 2026, please fill out the application here!
Latest Lab News
PhD candidate Jillian McGhee to Receive Fellowship Support for Research on Hemp Seed Biology
It is a great pleasure to announce that PhD candidate Jillian Abendroth-McGhee has been awarded two fellowships supporting her dissertation research through 2027: the Gabelman-Shippo Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics and …
May 11, 2026
Congratulations to Grace Connelly for Recieving the Wiscience Teaching Fellowship!
Greetings! The Ellison Lab is pleased to announce that one of our members, Grace Connelly, has been awarded the WISCIENCE Scientific Teaching Fellowship! The WISCIENCE Scientific Teaching Fellowship is an opportunity to integrate training in …
February 23, 2026
Ellison Lab: Undergraduate Research Team Updates and Highlights!
Greetings! As we head towards the end of the semester, let’s take an (overdue) moment to reflect on the efforts and achievements of our undergraduate members of the Ellison Lab during 2025 ! Thank you …
December 1, 2025- More Posts
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Research trials at Arlington Agricultural Research Station are underway! For a look at fields and a recap of the field day, take a look at the videos below!
(Drone Footage Credit: Dylan Mahant, contact at http://www.whoopstar.xyz)
For research reports and other relevant information, see the University of Wisconsin-Madison Crops and Soils Hemp Website or join our email list!
Interested in learning about variety performance of hemp in your state? Take a look at the Midwestern Hemp Databases! Industrial (Grain/Fiber) and High Cannabinoid
For all other questions, contact Research Program Manager, Phillip Alberti at palberti@wisc.edu!
Program affiliations
Horticulture
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Agroecology
Contact Information
Dr. Shelby Ellison
Department of Horticulture
1575 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
Email: slrepinski@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-9796
