EFFICACI TEAM
Investigators
![Daniel Aliaga](_media/aliaga_200.png)
Daniel Aliaga
Computer Science
Associate Professor
EFFICACI FOCUS: Optimization, Region-wide digital ForestEngine
![Bedrich Benes](_media/benes.jpg)
Bedrich Benes
Computer Science
Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Optimization, Region wide digital ForestEngine, LiDAR-based StemMapper, Smartphone-based iForester
![Victor Chen](../../_media/headshots/chen-450x600.jpg)
Victor Chen
Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: LiDAR-based StemMapper, Smartphone-based iForester
![Songlin Fei](../../_media/headshots/sfei-450x600.jpg)
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](_media/furze.jpeg)
Morgan Furze
Purdue University Botany & Plant Pathology
Assistant Professor Botany & Plant Pathology/FNR, Forestry & Natural Resources
EFFICACI Focus: Climate smart commodities
![Rado Gazo](../../_media/headshots/gazo-450x600.jpg)
Rado Gazo
Forestry and Natural Resources
Professor
![Ayman Habib](_media/habib-2.jpeg)
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](_media/hardimanbh500.jpg)
Brady Hardiman
Foresty and Natural Resources
Assistant Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Climate smart commodities
![Joseph Hupy](_media/hupy1.jpg)
Joseph Hupy
Aviation and Transportation Technology
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Region-wide digital ForestEngine, LiDAR-based StemMapper
![Mike Jenkins](_media/jenkins.jpeg)
Mike Jenkins
Purdue University Foresty & Natural Resources
Professor of FNR
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development
![Jinha Jung](../../_media/headshots/thumb.jpeg)
Jinha Jung
Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Assistant Professor
Objectives: Measurement, Modeling
![Nicole Kong](../../_media/headshots/kongn-450x600.jpg)
Nicole Kong
Information Studies
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Optimization, Region-wide digital ForestEngine
![Zhao Ma](../../_media/headshots/zhao-ma_jau4540-450x600.jpg)
Zhao Ma
Forestry and Natural Resources
Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development
![Mindy Mallory](_media/mindymallory2019_600x400.jpg)
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 Qian](../../_media/headshots/qian_portriat_upper-450x600.jpg)
Cheryl Zhenyu Qian
Art and Design, Industrial Design, Rueff School Faculty
Chair and Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Smartphone-based iForester
![Ankita Raturi](../../../_media/pic-placeholder-silhouette.jpg)
Ankita Raturi
Agriculture & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor of Ag & Bio Engr
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development
![Michael Saunders](../../_media/headshots/msaunder-450x600.jpg)
Michael Saunders
Forestry and Natural Resources
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Practice development, Optimization, LiDAR-based StemMapper
![Gang Shao](../../_media/headshots/gshao-450x600.jpg)
Gang Shao
Information Studies
Associate Professor
EFFICACI Focus: Region-wide digital ForestEngine
![Song Zhang](../../_media/headshots/zhang_song_official-450x600.jpg)
Song Zhang
Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Assistant Head for Experiential Learning
| Professor of Mechanical Engineering
EFFICACI Focus: Smartphone-based iForester
Staff
![Ericka Bethel](../../_media/headshots/ericka-bethel.jpg)
Ericka Bethel
Agricultural Communication
Digital Content Specialist
Areas of focus: Communications and media relations
![Nancy Cramer](../../_media/headshots/njcramer.jpg)
Nancy Cramer
Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Administrative Assistant
Areas of Focus: communications, events, operations
![Jarrod Doucette](../../_media/headshots/doucette-jarrod.jpg)
Jarrod Doucette
Ag Data Servicews
Director
Areas of focus: Combining data architecture and stewardship to improve analytic and visualization capabilities
![Benny Goller](../../_media/headshots/bennygoller2022resized-450x600.png)
Benny Goller
Ag Data Services
Lead Research Analyst
Areas of focus: Experimental design, data quality control, analytic pipelines, simulations, and visualization
![Carl Huetteman](../../_media/headshots/carlhuetteman3-32023-1-450x6001.jpg)
Carl Huetteman
Purdue University Institute or Digital Forestry
Managing Director
EFFICACI Focus: Project Manager
![Cameron Wingren](../../_media/headshots/wingren-cameron.jpg)
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](../../_media/headshots/sun-su.jpg)
Su Sun
Polytechnic Institute, Chen Lab
Ph.D.
EFFICACI Focus: Smartphone-based iForester