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.

Bill  Bogan

Bill Bogan

Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Operations Manager
Luiz Brito

Luiz Brito

Animal Sciences
Associate Professor | IDAAS Social Sciences

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Lab

 Specialties: animal agriculture, data management, genetics & omics

Dennis Buckmaster

Dennis Buckmaster

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor and Dean's Fellow for Digital Agriculture

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Specialties: animal agriculture, artificial intelligence, data management, field crops

Christian Cruz

Christian Cruz

Botany & Plant Pathology
Assistant Professor | IDAAS Plant Production

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Lab

Specialties: field crops, remote sensing & UAV's

Bruce Erickson

Bruce Erickson

Agronomy
Clinical Associate Professor of Digital Agriculture | IDAAS Education Clinical Professor, Digital Agriculture/Agronomy

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Specialties: economics & ddoption, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's

Yaohua "Betty" Feng

Yaohua "Betty" Feng

Food Sciences
Associate Professor | IDAAS Post-Farming Processing

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Lab

Specialties: data management, food systems, specialty crops

Chad Fiechter

Chad Fiechter

Agricultural Economics
Assistant Professor | IDAAS Social Sciences

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Specialities: data management, economics & adoption, field crops

Margaret Gitau

Margaret Gitau

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor | IDAAS International Outreach

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Specialties: soil, water and environmental management, data management

Dharmendra Saraswat

Dharmendra Saraswat

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor | IDAAS Research

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Specialties: automation & robots, data management, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML, soil, water, & environmental management 

Adam Shanks

Adam Shanks

Digital Agriculture and Natural Resources
IDAAS Extension Outreach

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Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML 

Melinda Smith

Melinda Smith

College of Agriculture
Project Manager

IDAAS Affiliated Faculty

Shalamar Armstrong

Shalamar Armstrong

Agronomy
Associate Professor

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Specilaties: soil, water, & environmental management, firld crops

David Barbarash

David Barbarash

Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Coordinator of Cooperative Education Program

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Specialties: digital forestry, specialty crops, AI/ML, 

Bedrich Benes

Bedrich Benes

Computer Science
Professor of Computer Science

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Specialties: data managment, digital forestry, AI/ML

Jacquelyn Boerman

Jacquelyn Boerman

Animal Sciences
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture, data management, sensors & data aquisition 

Laura Bowling

Laura Bowling

Agronomy
Department Head, Professor

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Specilties: field crops, soil, water, & environmental managment 

Sylvie Brouder

Sylvie Brouder

Agronomy
Professor and Wickersham Chair

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Specialties: data management, field crops, soil, water, & environmental managment 

Tommy Butts

Tommy Butts

Extension - Weed Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops, 

Dave Capelleri

Dave Capelleri

Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor

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Specialties: automation & robots, remote sensing & UAV's, sensor & data aquisition

Shaun Casteel

Shaun Casteel

Agronomy
Associate Professor and Extension Soybean and Small Grains Specialist

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Specialties: field crops, economics & adoption, remote sensing & UAV's

Somali Chaterji

Somali Chaterji

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: data management, genetics & omics, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Keith Cherkauer

Keith Cherkauer

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor

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Specialties: data management, remote sensing & UAV's, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water, & environmental managment

John Couture

John Couture

Entomology/Forestry & Natural Resources
Associate Professor

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Specialties: data management, digital forestry, remote sensing & UAV's

Melba Crawford

Melba Crawford

Agronomy; Civil Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor

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Specialties: digital forestry, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML, soil, water & environmental managment 

Amanda Deering

Amanda Deering

Food Science
Associate Professor of Produce Food Safety

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Specialties: food systems, economics & adoption, specialty crops

Ed Delp

Ed Delp

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distinguished Professor

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Specialties: data management, AI/ML, sensors, & data aquisition

Marisa Erasmus

Marisa Erasmus

Animal Sciences
Associate Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture

John Evans

John Evans

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialty: automation & robots, economics & adoption, field crops, sensors & data aquisition 

Songlin Fei

Songlin Fei

Forestry & Natural Resources
Professor and Dean's Fellow of Remote Sensing

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Specialties: data management, digital forestry, remote sensing & UV's, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Ken Foster

Ken Foster

Agricultural Economics
Professor

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Specialties: data management, economics & adoption

Roberto Gallardo

Roberto Gallardo

Agricultural Economics
Vice President for Engagement and an Associate Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption 

Rado Gazo

Rado Gazo

Forestry & Natural Resources
Professor of Wood Processing and Industrial Engineering

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Specialty: digital forestry, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Allan Gray

Allan Gray

Agricultural Economics
Executive Director, Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption

Jessica Gurevitch

Jessica Gurevitch

Forestry
Distinguished Professor, Deans Research Fellow

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Specialties: digital forestry, soil, water & environmental management 

Ayman Habib

Ayman Habib

Civil Engineering
Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering

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Specialties: data management, digital forestry, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition, 

Brady Hardiman

Brady Hardiman

Forestry and Natural Resources
Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology

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Specialty: digital forestry, remote sensing & UAV's

Jacob Hosen

Jacob Hosen

Forestry and Natural Resources
Assistant Professor of Internet-of-Things and Ecological Analytics

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Specialty: digital forestry, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water & environmental management 

Joseph Hupy

Joseph Hupy

Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor

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Specialties: digital forestry, remote sensing & UAV's, sensors & data aquisition

Jian Jin

Jian Jin

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: automation & robots, data management, economics & adoption, sensors & data aquisition

Keith Johnson

Keith Johnson

Agronomy
Professor

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Specialties: field crops

Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson

Animal Science
Associate Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture, genetics & omics, 

William Johnson

William Johnson

Botany & Plant Pathology
Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops

Tingting Ju

Tingting Ju

Animal Science
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture, genetics & omics, 

Jinha Jung

Jinha Jung

Civil Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialty: data management, digital forestry, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, sensors & data aquisition

Darrin Karcher

Darrin Karcher

Animal Sciences
Associate Professor

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Specialty: animal agriculture, economics & adoption 

Upinder Kaur

Upinder Kaur

Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture, automation & robots, specialty crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Valerie Kilders

Valerie Kilders

Agribusiness
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: data management, economics & adoption, food systems

Nicole Kong

Nicole Kong

Purdue Libraries
Associate Professor, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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Specialty: digital forestry, data management, 

James Krogmeier

James Krogmeier

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor

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Specialties: data management, field crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Michael  Langemeier

Michael Langemeier

Agricultural Economics
Associate Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture and Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption

Jingjing Liang

Jingjing Liang

Forestry and Natural Resources
Assistant Professor of Quantitative Forest Ecology

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Specialties: digital forestry, data management, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML

David Love

David Love

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nick Trbovich Professor

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Specialties: data management, sensors & data aquisition

John Lumkes

John Lumkes

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor

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Specialty: automation & robots, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Meilin Ma

Meilin Ma

Agriculture Economics
Associate Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption, food systems, 

Trey Malone

Trey Malone

Agricultural Economics
Boehlje Chair in Managerial Economics for Agribusiness

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Specialties: economics & adoption, food systems

Maria Marshall

Maria Marshall

Agricultural Economics
Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption

Heather Neave

Heather Neave

Animal Science
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture 

Krishna Nemali

Krishna Nemali

Horticulture
Associate Professor

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Specialties: automation & robots, data management, specialty crops, sensors & data aquisition

Jiqin Ni

Jiqin Ni

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water & environmental management

Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira

Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira

Animal Science
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: genomics and animal breeding

Suranjan Panigrahi

Suranjan Panigrahi

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor

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Specialties; data management, field crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Pete Pascuzzi

Pete Pascuzzi

Libraries, Health & Life Sciences
Associate Professor

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Specialty: data management, field crops

Siddhartho Paul

Siddhartho Paul

Agronomy
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: field crops, soil, water & environmental management

Bryan Pijanowski

Bryan Pijanowski

Forestry and Natural Resources
Professor of Landscape and Soundscape Ecology

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Specialties: data management, digital forestry, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Pratishtha Poudel

Pratishtha Poudel

Agronomy
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: field crops, AI/ML

Dan Quinn

Dan Quinn

Agronomy
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops, 

Rahim Rahimi

Rahim Rahimi

Materials Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: sensors & data aquistion

 

Katy Rainey

Katy Rainey

Agronomy
Associate Professor

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Specialties: data management, field crops, genetics & omics, remote sensing & UAV's

Ankita Raturi

Ankita Raturi

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: data management, economics & adoption, specialty crops, sensors & data aquisition

Amy Reibman

Amy Reibman

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Jon Schoonmaker

Jon Schoonmaker

Animal Sciences
Associate Professor

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Specialty: animal agriculture

Darrell Schulze

Darrell Schulze

Agronomy
Professor

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Specialties: data management, field crops, soil, water & environmental management 

Juan Sesmero

Juan Sesmero

Agricultural Economics
Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption

Gang Shao

Gang Shao

Libraries, Research Data
Assistant Professor

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Specialty: digital forestry

Robert Stwalley

Robert Stwalley

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Clinical Associate Professor

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Specialties: animal agriculture, field crops, sensors & data aquisition

Guy Tchuente

Guy Tchuente

Agricultural Economics
Assistant Professor

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Specialites: economics & adoption

Darcy Telenko

Darcy Telenko

Botany & Plant Pathology
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops

Mitch Tuinstra

Mitch Tuinstra

Agronomy
Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics

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Specialty: genetics & omics, field crops, remote sensing & UAV's, AI/ML

Mohit Verma

Mohit Verma

Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Assistant Professor

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Specialty: animal agriculture, genetics & omics, specialty crops, AI/ML, sensors & data aquisition

Jeff Volenec

Jeff Volenec

Agronomy
Professor

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Specialty: data managemen, field crops, soil, water & environmental management

Chih-Chun Wang

Chih-Chun Wang

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor, and Associate Head for Facilities, Planning, and Staff
Diane Wang

Diane Wang

Agronomy
Assistant Professor

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Specialties: data management, field crops

Mark Daniel Ward

Mark Daniel Ward

Statistics, Data Mine
Professor, Director of Data Mine

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Specialty: data management

Nicole Widmar

Nicole Widmar

Agricultural Economics
Interim Department Head, Professor

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Specialties: data management, economics & adoption, food systems

Roland Wilhelm

Roland Wilhelm

Agronomy
Assistant Professor

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Specialites: field crops, genetics & omics, soil, water & environmental management

Bryan Young

Bryan Young

Botany & Plant Pathology
Professor of Weed Science

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Specialty: economics & adoption, field crops

Yaguang Zhang

Yaguang Zhang

Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Clinical Assistant Professor

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Specialties: data management, AI/ML, sensor & data aquisition

IDAAS Affiliated Staff

Ashley Adair

Ashley Adair

Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Extension Organic Agriculture Specialist

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Specialities: economics & adoption, specialty crops

Jason Adams

Jason Adams

Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Lead Adv Phenotyping & Plan Proc Facility Manager

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Specialties: field crops, remote sensing & UAV's

Aaron  Ault

Aaron Ault

Electrical and Computer Engineering
Senior Research Engineer, Open Ag Tech & Systems Group

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Specialties: animal agriculture, data management, field crops

Jeff Boyer

Jeff Boyer

Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Superintendent

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Specialities: economics & adoption, field crops, remoste sensing & UAV's, soil, water & environmental management

Sarah Brackney

Sarah Brackney

Agriculture/Natural Resources
Extension Educator

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Specialties: economics & adoption, soil, water & environemntal management

Mark Carter

Mark Carter

Agriculture/Natural Resources
Extension Educator

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Specialties: economics & adoption, remote sensing & UAV's

Jarrod Doucette

Jarrod Doucette

Ag Data Services
Director

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Specialties: data management, AI/ML

Scott Gabbard

Scott Gabbard

Purdue on the Farm
Senior Administrator

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Specialties: economics & adoption, field crops, soil, water & environmental management 

Beth Hall

Beth Hall

Agronomy
State Climatologist

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Specialties: economics & adoption, sensors & data aquisition, soil, water & environmental management

Alex Helms

Alex Helms

Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Asst. Director of Purdue Ag Centers

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Specialties: economics & adoption, remote sensing & UAV's, soil, water & environmental management

Chloe Henscheid

Chloe Henscheid

Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Specialty Crops Systems Specialist

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Specialties: data management, food systems, specialty crops

Petrus Langenhoven

Petrus Langenhoven

Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Specialty Crops Specialist

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Specialties: specialty crops

Jon Leuck

Jon Leuck

Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Director of Purdue Ag Centers

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Specialties: economics & adoption, soil, water & environmental management

James Monroe

James Scott Monroe

Agriculture/Natural Resources
Food Safety Extension Educator

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Specialties: economics & adoption, food systems, specialty crops

Joe Rorick

Joe Rorick

Agriculture/Natural Resources
On-Farm Sustainability Programs/ Research Coordinator

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Specialties: field crops, soil, water & environmental management

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens

ACRE – Research Farm
Farm Manager

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Specialties: economic adoption, data management, field crops, soil, water & environmental management 

Yang Yang

Yang Yang

Agricultural Research and Graduate Education
Director of Digital Phenomics

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Specialties: automation & robots, data management, field crops, sensors & data aquisition