People
Principal Investigator
Sami Khanal, Ph.D.
Position: Associate Professor
Current Members
Noah Bevers
Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Remote sensing for plant disease identification & crop health monitoring
Sandeep Dhakal
Position: PhD Graduate Student (Aug 2024 - Present); MS Graduate Student (Aug 2022 - Aug 2024)
Specialization: Remote sensing, Machine learning techniques
Roberta Franks
Position: Program Assistant (Feb 2023 - Present)
Specialization: Travel arrangements, Submitting orders, Website & social media management
Armeen Ghoorkhanian
Position: Undergrad Student (Jun 2025 - Present)
Specialization: Computer vision & machine learning for agricultural applications
Sushma Katari
Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Remote sensing in agriculture, Time-series analysis, Precision agriculture
Kushal KC
Position: PhD Graduate Student (May 2021 - Present); MS Graduate Student (May 2019 - May 2021)
Specialization: Satellite remote sensing, Cover crop mapping, Water quality assessment
Dewi Kharismawati
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher (Jun 2025 - Present)
Specialization: UAV-based remote sensing, AI for agricultural image processing and analysis, Precision agriculture
Shreemat Shrestha
Position: Visiting Scholar (Jul 2025 - Present)
Specialization: Agricultural engineering, Mechanization technology, Anthropogenic aerosols, Greenhouse gas
Duncan Srsic
Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2024 – Present); Undergraduate Intern (Oct 2022 – May 2024)
Specialization: Crop climate modeling, Crop evapotranspiration modeling, Geographic information science
Joe Stroup
Position: Undergrad Student (Apr 2025 - Present)
Specialization: UAV data collection
Amit Prasad Timilsina, PhD
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Nov 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Agronomy, Climate assessment & impacts, Crop & biogeochemical modeling
Luke Waltz
Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Using data & artificial intelligence to benefit farmers
Alumni
Laasya Acharya
Position: High School Intern (Jun 2024 - June 2025)
Arshad Ansari
Position: Visiting Scholar (Jul 2024 - Aug 2025)
Specialization: Water resources, Hydrological modelling, Climate change impact assessment
Suraj Kumar Bhagat, PhD
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Feb 2024 - Mar 2024); Visiting Scholar (Sep 2023 - Feb 2024)
Specialization: Advanced machine learning application, Data visualization, Geospatial analyst, SWAT modeling
Institution: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Aman Bhatta
Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2020
Abha Bhattarai
Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2020 - Dec 2022)
Specialization: Biophysical modeling for agricultural production systems
Meghana Boda
Position: High School Intern (May 2023 - May 2024)
Julian Colbert
Position: Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2024)
John Engle
Position: Undergraduate Intern (May 2022 - Jan 2025); Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2021 - May 2022)
Specialization: Developing data & web solutions to analyze field data
Roble Gure
Position: SROP Fellow (May 2025 - Jul 2025)
Specialization: Remote sensing for crop phenology analysis and growth stage monitoring
Jaweriah Hazrana
Position: Visiting Scholar (Sep 2022 - Nov 2023)
Specialization: Examining the economic viability of diverse climate change management practices
Sarthak Jain
Position: High School Intern (Apr 2021 - Jun 2021)
Jay H. Jivandas
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant (Dec 2024 - May 2025)
Specialization: Using artificial intelligence and data to support the eco-system
Neha Joshi
Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2021 - Dec 2023)
Specialization: Precision agriculture, Harmful algal bloom monitoring using remote sensing
Jasmine Neupane
Position: Visiting Scholar (Nov 2021 - Feb 2022)
Jongmin Park
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Mar 2022 - Oct 2022)
Lauren Shiffer
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2024 - Aug 2025)
Gaoshoutong Si
Position: MS Graduate Student (Fall 2022)
Specialization: UAS for greenhouse environment, Lidar data processing & computer vision
Ambria Small
Position: Teaching Assistant (Aug 2021 - May 2022)
Specialization: Remote sensing, Precision agriculture
Garrett Steinbeck
Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2021)
Sandeep Venkatesh
Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2021)
Laura Waltz
Position: Undergraduate Intern (May 2023 - May 2024)
Ryan Waltz
Position: High School Intern (Jun 2023 - Aug 2024)
Specialization: Drone image processing and analyses
Nuo Xu
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant (Aug 2021 - May 2022)
Specialization: Drone images and DNDC model
Zichen Zhang
Position: PhD Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2024)
Specialization: Fully autonomous aerial system for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)