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Principal Investigator

Dr. Sami Khanal

Sami Khanal, Ph.D.

Position: Associate Professor

Current Members

Noah Bevers

Noah Bevers

Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)

Specialization: Remote sensing for plant disease identification & crop health monitoring

Sandeep Dhakal

Sandeep Dhakal

Position: PhD Graduate Student (Aug 2024 - Present); MS Graduate Student (Aug 2022 - Aug 2024)

Specialization: Remote sensing, Machine learning techniques

Roberta Franks

Roberta Franks

Position: Program Assistant (Feb 2023 - Present)

Specialization: Travel arrangements, Submitting orders, Website & social media management

Armeen Ghoorkhanian

Armeen Ghoorkhanian

Position: Undergrad Student (Jun 2025 - Present)

Specialization: Computer vision & machine learning for agricultural applications

Sushma Katari

Sushma Katari

Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)

Specialization: Remote sensing in agriculture, Time-series analysis, Precision agriculture

Kushal KC

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

Dewi Kharismawati

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher (Jun 2025 - Present)

Specialization: UAV-based remote sensing, AI for agricultural image processing and analysis, Precision agriculture

Shreemat Shrestha

Shreemat Shrestha

Position: Visiting Scholar (Jul 2025 - Present)

Specialization: Agricultural engineering, Mechanization technology, Anthropogenic aerosols, Greenhouse gas

Duncan Srsic

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

Joe Stroup

Position: Undergrad Student (Apr 2025 - Present)

Specialization: UAV data collection

Amit P Timilsina

Amit Prasad Timilsina, PhD

Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Nov 2022 - Present)

Specialization: Agronomy, Climate assessment & impacts, Crop & biogeochemical modeling

Luke Waltz

Luke Waltz

Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)

Specialization: Using data & artificial intelligence to benefit farmers

Alumni

Laasya Acharya

Laasya Acharya

Position: High School Intern (Jun 2024 - June 2025)

Arshad Ansari

Arshad Ansari

Position: Visiting Scholar (Jul 2024 - Aug 2025)

Specialization: Water resources, Hydrological modelling, Climate change impact assessment

Suraj K Bhagat

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

Aman Bhatta

Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2020

Abha Bhattarai

Abha Bhattarai

Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2020 - Dec 2022)

Specialization: Biophysical modeling for agricultural production systems

Meghana Boda

Meghana Boda

Position: High School Intern (May 2023 - May 2024)

Julian Colbert

Julian Colbert

Position: Undergraduate Intern (Fall 2024)

John Engle

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

Roble Gure

Position: SROP Fellow (May 2025 - Jul 2025)

Specialization: Remote sensing for crop phenology analysis and growth stage monitoring

Jaweriah Hazrana

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

Jay H. Jivandas

Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant (Dec 2024 - May 2025)

Specialization: Using artificial intelligence and data to support the eco-system

Neha Joshi

Neha Joshi

Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2021 - Dec 2023)

Specialization: Precision agriculture, Harmful algal bloom monitoring using remote sensing

Jasmine Neupane

Jasmine Neupane

Position: Visiting Scholar (Nov 2021 - Feb 2022)

Jongmin Park

Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Mar 2022 - Oct 2022)

Lauren Shiffer

Lauren Shiffer

Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2024 - Aug 2025)

Gaoshoutong Si (Aug 2020 - May 2022)

Gaoshoutong Si

Position: MS Graduate Student (Fall 2022)

Specialization: UAS for greenhouse environment, Lidar data processing & computer vision

Ambria Small

Ambria Small

Position: Teaching Assistant (Aug 2021 - May 2022)

Specialization: Remote sensing, Precision agriculture

Garrett Steinbeck

Garrett Steinbeck

Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2021)

Sandeep Venkatesh

Sandeep Venkatesh

Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2021)

Laura Waltz

Laura Waltz

Position: Undergraduate Intern (May 2023 - May 2024)

Ryan Waltz

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

Zichen Zhang

Position: PhD Graduate Student (Aug 2019 - May 2024)

Specialization: Fully autonomous aerial system for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)