Current Members
Parag Subhash Padekar
Position: MS Graduate Student (Aug 2025 - Present)
Specialization: Predictive data analytics, Techno-economic analysis, and Machine learning
Email: padekar.1@osu.edu
Dewi Kharismawati
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher (Jun 2025 - Present)
Specialization: UAV-based remote sensing, AI for agricultural image processing and analysis, Precision agriculture
Email: kharismawati.2@osu.edu
Sandeep Dhakal
Position: PhD Graduate Student (Aug 2024 - Present); MS Graduate Student (Aug 2022 - Aug 2024)
Specialization: Remote sensing, Machine learning techniques
Email: dhakal.33@osu.edu
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
Email: srsic.4@osu.edu
Roberta Franks
Position: Program Assistant (Feb 2023 - Present)
Specialization: Travel arrangements, Submitting orders, Website & social media management
Email: franks.181@osu.edu
Luke Waltz
Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Using data & artificial intelligence to benefit farmers
Email: waltz.12@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Sushma Katari
Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Remote sensing in agriculture, Time-series analysis, Precision agriculture
Email: katari.5@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Noah Bevers
Position: PhD Candidate (Aug 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Remote sensing for plant disease identification & crop health monitoring
Email: bevers.5@osu.edu
Amit Prasad Timilsina, PhD
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Nov 2022 - Present)
Specialization: Agronomy, Climate assessment & impacts, Crop & biogeochemical modeling
Email: timilsina.3@osu.edu
Kushal KC
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Aug 2025 - Present); PhD Graduate Student (May 2021 - Jul 2025); MS Graduate Student (May 2019 - May 2021)
Specialization: Satellite remote sensing, Cover crop mapping, Water quality assessment
Email: kc.7@osu.edu