Cary A. Mitchell
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
202
Citations
3,844
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
53
Publishing since 1974
Cary A. Mitchell's research centers on growing food crops in controlled environments, especially for spaceflight applications like the International Space Station. Work includes studying how light quality, fertilizer formulation, and harvest methods affect the yield, nutrition, and microbial safety of crops such as lettuce, mizuna, and tomatoes grown in space-based growth chambers. Note: some listed publications on cement carbonation and salt rubble mechanics appear unrelated to this research area and may reflect a data mismatch rather than this PI's actual work.
Publication output has been relatively steady at 1-3 papers per year for most of the past decade, with a notable increase to 4-5 papers per year in 2024-2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- The microbial communities of a tomato crop grown in Veggie under different lighting regimes on the International Space Station
Life Sciences in Space Research · 2026
- Numerical Simulations of Compaction of Salt Rubble for Use in Predictions of Fluid Transport Properties
2025
- A Step Toward Simulation of Salt Pressure Solution in 3D Granular Packs
2025
- Rubble Characteristics Associated with Room Collapse at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Impact of Salt Clast Shapes and Size Distributions on the Depositional Pore System
InterPore Journal · 2025
- Effect of calcite filler on carbonation behavior in a synthesized C‐S‐H binder
Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 2025
- The Role of Porous Additives on Carbonation of Cement-Based Composites
2024
- Hydration and Carbonation Behavior of a Pure CSH Calcite Binder
2024
- Pick-and-eat space crop production flight testing on the International Space Station
Journal of Plant Interactions · 2024
- Leaf yield and mineral content of mizuna in response to cut-and-come-again harvest, substrate particle size, and fertilizer formulation in a simulated spaceflight environment
Life Sciences in Space Research · 2023
- History of Controlled Environment Horticulture: Indoor Farming and Its Key Technologies
HortScience · 2022
- Comparison of two controlled-release fertilizer formulations for cut-and-come-again harvest yield and mineral content of Lactuca sativa L. cv. Outredgeous grown under International Space Station environmental conditions
Life Sciences in Space Research · 2021
- Troubleshooting Performance Failures of Chinese Cabbage for Veggie on the ISS
ThinkTech (Texas Tech University) · 2019
- VEG-04: The Effects of Light Quality on Mizuna Mustard Growth, Nutritional Composition, and Organoleptic Acceptability for a Space Diet
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 2019
- Preparation for Pick-and-Eat Food Production on the International Space Station: Flight Definition for the VEG-04 and VEG-05 Missions
NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) · 2018
- Preparing for Veg-04 and Veg-05: Improving Pick-And-Eat Food Capabilities for the International Space Station
NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 2017
- HortScience×4
- Life Sciences in Space Research×4
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA)×3
- Elsevier eBooks×2
- Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science×2
- Chieri Kubota
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Fatemeh Sheibani
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Michael P. Dzakovich
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- David E. Somers
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Celina Gómez
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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