We monitor, measure, and analyze global and local resource levels and provide actionable insights for optimal management of land and water.
Our Mission
What We Do
Serving Fortune 500 clients
Exclusive IP licenses from
University of Illinois
Our Story
The planet is increasingly challenged to provide the food and fresh water needed to sustain us. Meanwhile, businesses in the agriculture supply chain underperform because they lack key insights about land, water, and crop production. These limitations can be overcome by a combination of rich data, deep science, and artificial intelligence.
As leading researchers at the nexus of environmental science, engineering, and AI, our founders realized that the unique mix of their cutting-edge research and proprietary technology could form the basis of a solution. Habiterre was founded in 2019 as a spin-out of the University of Illinois to solve these problems for industry and the planet.
Our Team Leadership
Kaiyu Guan, Ph.D
Founder and President
Nick Reinke
Chief Executive Officer
Daphne Preuss, Ph.D
Chief Business Officer
Kaiyu Guan, Ph.D
Founder and President
Nick Reinke
Chief Executive Officer
Daphne Preuss, Ph.D
Chief Business Officer
Kaiyu Guan, Ph.D
Founder and President
Nick Reinke
Chief Executive Officer
Daphne Preuss, Ph.D
Chief Business Officer
Jonathan Coppess
Advisor in Government Policy and Relationship
Trenton Franz, Ph.D
Business Development – Water Resources
Yizhi Huang
Chief Engineer
Eugene Losev, Ph.D
Director of Operations
Andrew Margenot, Ph.D
Scientific Advisor for Soil Carbon
Eric Mork
Business Development – Energy
Bin Peng, Ph.D
Lead Scientist in Modeling
Jian Peng, Ph.D
Chief AI Advisor
Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D
Advisor for Agribusiness and Crop Insurance
Sibo Wang
Advisor for AI and Sensing
David Woodburn
Business Development – Financial Markets
Jonathan Coppess
Advisor in Government Policy and Relationship
Trenton Franz, Ph.D
Business Development – Water Resources
Yizhi Huang
Chief Engineer
Eugene Losev, Ph.D
Director of Operations
Andrew Margenot
Scientific Advisor for Soil Carbon
Eric Mork
Business Development – Energy
Bin Peng, Ph.D
Lead Scientist in Modeling
Jian Peng, Ph.D
Chief AI Advisor
Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D
Advisor of Agribusiness and Crop Insurance
Sibo Wang
Advisor for AI and Sensing
David Woodburn
Business Development – Financial Markets
Trenton Franz, Ph.D
Business Development – Water Resources
Aline Glick
Head of Product and Marketing
Yizhi Huang
Chief Engineer
Eugene Losev, Ph.D
Director of Operations
Eric Mork
Business Development – Energy
Jian Peng, Ph.D
Chief AI Advisor
Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D
Advisor of Agribusiness and Crop Insurance
Sibo Wang
Chief Research Officer
David Woodburn
Business Development – Financial Markets