People
Principal Investigator
Sami Khanal, Ph.D.
Position: Assistant Professor
Current Members
Laasya Acharya
Position: High School Intern (Jun 2024 - Present)
Noah Bevers
Position: PhD Student (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Remote sensing for plant disease identification & crop health monitoring
Sandeep Dhakal
Position: PhD Student (Aug 2024 - Present); MS Student (Aug 2022 - Aug 2024)
Specialization: Remote sensing, Machine learning techniques
John Engle
Position: Undergraduate Intern (May 2022 - Present); Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2021 - May 2022)
Specialization: Developing data & web solutions to analyze field data
Roberta Franks
Position: Program Assistant (Feb 2023 - Present)
Specialization: Travel arrangements, Submitting orders, Website & social media management
Jay H. Jivandas
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant (Dec 2024 - Present)
Specialization: Using artificial intelligence and data to support the eco-system
Sushma Katari
Position: PhD Student (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Remote sensing in agriculture, Time-series analysis, Precision agriculture
Kushal KC
Position: PhD Student (May 2021 - Present); MS Student (May 2019 - May 2021)
Specialization: Satellite remote sensing, Cover crop mapping, Water quality assessment
Lauren Shiffer
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2024 - Present)
Duncan Srsic
Position: MS Student (Aug 2024 – Present); Undergraduate Intern (Oct 2022 – May 2024)
Specialization: Crop climate modeling, Crop evapotranspiration modeling, Geographic information science
Amit P Timilsina
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Nov 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Agronomy, Climate assessment & impacts, Crop & biogeochemical modeling
Luke Waltz
Position: PhD Student (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Using data & artificial intelligence to benefit farmers
Alumni
Suraj K Bhagat
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Feb 2024 - Mar 2024); Visiting Scholar (Sept 2023 - Feb 2024)
Specialization: Advanced machine learning application, Data visualization, Geospatial analyst, SWAT modeling
Aman Bhatta
Position: MS Student (Aug 2019 - May 2020
Abha Bhattarai
Position: MS 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)
Jaweriah Hazrana
Position: Visiting Scholar (Sept 2022 - Nov 2023)
Specialization: Examining the economic viability of diverse climate change management practices
Sarthak Jain
Position: High School Intern (Apr 2021 - Jun 2021)
Neha Joshi
Position: MS 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)
Gaoshoutong Si
Position: MS 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 Student (Aug 2019 - May 2021)
Sandeep Venkatesh
Position: MS 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: Image and Data Analysis
Nuo Xu
Position: High School Intern (Aug 2021 - May 2022)
Zichen Zhang
Position: PhD Student (Spring 2024)
Specialization: Fully autonomous aerial system for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)