EFFICACI TEAM
Investigators
Daniel Aliaga
Computer Science
Associate Professor
EFFICACI FOCUS: Optimization, Region-wide digital ForestEngine
Bedrich Benes
Computer Science
Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Optimization, Region wide digital ForestEngine, LiDAR-based StemMapper, Smartphone-based iForester
Victor Chen
Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: LiDAR-based StemMapper, Smartphone-based iForester
Songlin Fei
Purdue University Forestry and Natural Resources
Professor and Dean's Chair of Remote Sensing, Director of Institute for Digital Forestry
EFFICACI Focus: Region-wide digital ForestEngine
Morgan Furze
Purdue University Botany & Plant Pathology
Assistant Professor Botany & Plant Pathology/FNR, Forestry & Natural Resources
EFFICACI Focus: Climate smart commodities
Rado Gazo
Forestry and Natural Resources
Professor
Ayman Habib
Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Thomas A Page Professor of Civil Engineering/ Associate Director of the Institute of Digital Forestry
EFFICACI Focus: LiDAR-based StemMapper
Brady Hardiman
Foresty and Natural Resources
Assistant Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Climate smart commodities
Joseph Hupy
Aviation and Transportation Technology
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Region-wide digital ForestEngine, LiDAR-based StemMapper
Mike Jenkins
Purdue University Foresty & Natural Resources
Professor of FNR
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development
Jinha Jung
Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Assistant Professor
Objectives: Measurement, Modeling
Nicole Kong
Information Studies
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Optimization, Region-wide digital ForestEngine
Zhao Ma
Forestry and Natural Resources
Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development
Mindy Mallory
Associate Professor, Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation Endowed Chair Of Food & Agricultural Marketing, Department Of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
EFFICACI Focus: Climate smart commodities, Smartphone-based iForester
Cheryl Zhenyu Qian
Art and Design, Industrial Design, Rueff School Faculty
Chair and Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Smartphone-based iForester
Ankita Raturi
Agriculture & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor of Ag & Bio Engr
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development
Michael Saunders
Forestry and Natural Resources
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development, Optimization, LiDAR-based StemMapper
Gang Shao
Information Studies
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Region-wide digital ForestEngine
Song Zhang
Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Assistant Head for Experiential Learning
| Professor of Mechanical Engineering
EFFICACI Focus: Smartphone-based iForester
Staff
Ericka Bethel
Agricultural Communication
Digital Content Specialist
Areas of focus: Communications and media relations
Nancy Cramer
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Administrative Assistant
Areas of Focus: communications, events, operations
Jarrod Doucette
Ag Data Servicews
Director
Areas of focus: Combining data architecture and stewardship to improve analytic and visualization capabilities
Benny Goller
Ag Data Services
Lead Research Analyst
Areas of focus: Experimental design, data quality control, analytic pipelines, simulations, and visualization
Carl Huetteman
Purdue University Institute or Digital Forestry
Managing Director
EFFICACI Focus: Project Manager
Cameron Wingren
Forestry and Natural Resourcews
Unmanned Aerial Systems Data Collection Specialist
Areas of focus: UAS data collection, geospatial data collection/processing, data collection, processing, and dissemination between researchers and stakeholder groups
Students
Su Sun
Polytechnic Institute, Chen Lab
Ph.D.
EFFICACI Focus: Smartphone-based iForester