There are over 100 invasive plant species in Connecticut wreaking havoc on the state’s forests and waterways, but new technology may help ensure new species never get a chance to invade in the first place.

Julissa Rojas-Sandoval , an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut’s Department of Geography, Sustainability, Urban, and Community Studies and core faculty at the Institute of the Environment, is an expert on invasive plant species. She recently teamed up with UConn physics associate professor Daniel Anglés-Alcázar and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor Michael Willig to develop an artificial intelligence machine learning method to detect invasive plants before they have a chance to spread.

“Invasive plants are here to stay, we know they will be

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