IDAAS People
IDAAS Executive Committee
Our team embodies the spirit of innovation and excellence that Purdue is renowned for. We are a dynamic group of Purdue faculty, extension educators, staff, and experts, united by our passion for leveraging cutting-edge digital solutions to solve complex challenges.
Dennis Buckmaster
Specialties: animal agriculture, artificial intelligence, data management, field crops
Bruce Erickson
Specialties: economics & ddoption, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's
Chad Fiechter
Specialities: data management, economics & adoption, field crops
Margaret Gitau
Specialties: soil, water and environmental management, data management
Dharmendra Saraswat
Specialties: automation & robots, data management, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML, soil, water, & environmental management
Adam Shanks
Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML
IDAAS Affiliated Faculty
Shalamar Armstrong
Specilaties: soil, water, & environmental management, firld crops
David Barbarash
Specialties: digital forestry, specialty crops, AI/ML,
Bedrich Benes
Specialties: data managment, digital forestry, AI/ML
Jacquelyn Boerman
Specialties: animal agriculture, data management, sensors & data aquisition
Laura Bowling
Specilties: field crops, soil, water, & environmental managment
Sylvie Brouder
Specialties: data management, field crops, soil, water, & environmental managment
Tommy Butts
Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops,
Dave Capelleri
Specialties: automation & robots, remote sensing & UAV's, sensor & data aquisition
Shaun Casteel
Specialties: field crops, economics & adoption, remote sensing & UAV's
Somali Chaterji
Specialties: data management, genetics & omics, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Keith Cherkauer
Specialties: data management, remote sensing & UAV's, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water, & environmental managment
John Couture
Specialties: data management, digital forestry, remote sensing & UAV's
Melba Crawford
Specialties: digital forestry, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML, soil, water & environmental managment
Amanda Deering
Specialties: food systems, economics & adoption, specialty crops
Ed Delp
Specialties: data management, AI/ML, sensors, & data aquisition
John Evans
Specialty: automation & robots, economics & adoption, field crops, sensors & data aquisition
Songlin Fei
Specialties: data management, digital forestry, remote sensing & UV's, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Ken Foster
Specialties: data management, economics & adoption
Roberto Gallardo
Specialties: economics & adoption
Rado Gazo
Specialty: digital forestry, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Allan Gray
Specialties: economics & adoption
Jessica Gurevitch
Specialties: digital forestry, soil, water & environmental management
Ayman Habib
Specialties: data management, digital forestry, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition,
Brady Hardiman
Specialty: digital forestry, remote sensing & UAV's
Jacob Hosen
Specialty: digital forestry, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water & environmental management
Joseph Hupy
Specialties: digital forestry, remote sensing & UAV's, sensors & data aquisition
Jian Jin
Specialties: automation & robots, data management, economics & adoption, sensors & data aquisition
Tim Johnson
Specialties: animal agriculture, genetics & omics,
William Johnson
Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops
Tingting Ju
Specialties: animal agriculture, genetics & omics,
Jinha Jung
Specialty: data management, digital forestry, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, sensors & data aquisition
Darrin Karcher
Specialty: animal agriculture, economics & adoption
Upinder Kaur
Specialties: animal agriculture, automation & robots, specialty crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Valerie Kilders
Specialties: data management, economics & adoption, food systems
Nicole Kong
Specialty: digital forestry, data management,
James Krogmeier
Specialties: data management, field crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Michael Langemeier
Specialties: economics & adoption
Jingjing Liang
Specialties: digital forestry, data management, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML
David Love
Specialties: data management, sensors & data aquisition
John Lumkes
Specialty: automation & robots, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Meilin Ma
Specialties: economics & adoption, food systems,
Trey Malone
Specialties: economics & adoption, food systems
Krishna Nemali
Specialties: automation & robots, data management, specialty crops, sensors & data aquisition
Jiqin Ni
Specialties: animal agriculture, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water & environmental management
Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira
Specialties: genomics and animal breeding
Suranjan Panigrahi
Specialties; data management, field crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Pete Pascuzzi
Specialty: data management, field crops
Siddhartho Paul
Specialties: field crops, soil, water & environmental management
Bryan Pijanowski
Specialties: data management, digital forestry, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Rahim Rahimi
Katy Rainey
Specialties: data management, field crops, genetics & omics, remote sensing & UAV's
Ankita Raturi
Specialties: data management, economics & adoption, specialty crops, sensors & data aquisition
Amy Reibman
Specialties: animal agriculture, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Darrell Schulze
Specialties: data management, field crops, soil, water & environmental management
Robert Stwalley
Specialties: animal agriculture, field crops, sensors & data aquisition
Darcy Telenko
Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops
Mitch Tuinstra
Specialty: genetics & omics, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML
Mohit Verma
Specialty: animal agriculture, genetics & omics, specialty crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition
Jeff Volenec
Specialty: data managemen, field crops, soil, water & environmental management
Chih-Chun Wang
Mark Daniel Ward
Specialty: data management
Nicole Widmar
Specialties: data management, economics & adoption, food systems
Roland Wilhelm
Specialites: field crops, genetics & omics, soil, water & environmental management
Bryan Young
Specialty: economics & adoption, field crops
Yaguang Zhang
Specialties: data management, AI/ML, sensor & data aquisition
IDAAS Affiliated Staff
Ashley Adair
Specialities: economics & adoption, specialty crops
Jason Adams
Specialties: field crops, remote sensing & UAV's
Aaron Ault
Specialties: animal agriculture, data management, field crops
Jeff Boyer
Specialities: economics & adoption, field crops, remoste sensing & UAV's, soil, water & environmental management
Sarah Brackney
Specialties: economics & adoption, soil, water & environemntal management
Mark Carter
Specialties: economics & adoption, remote sensing & UAV's
Scott Gabbard
Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops, soil, water & environmental management
Beth Hall
Specialties: economics & adoption, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water & environmental management
Alex Helms
Specialties: economics & adoption, remote sensing & UAV's, soil, water & environmental management
Chloe Henscheid
Specialties: data management, food systems, specialty crops
Petrus Langenhoven
Specialties: specialty crops
Jon Leuck
Specialties: economics & adoption, soil, water & environmental management
James Scott Monroe
Specialties: economics & adoption, food systems, specialty crops
Joe Rorick
Specialties: field crops, soil, water & environmental management
Rachel Stevens
Specialties: economic adoption, data management, field crops, soil, water & environmental management
Yang Yang
Specialties: automation & robots, data management, field crops, sensors & data aquisition