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Lab Members Tabs


Principal Investigator

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Bruno Basso

John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor
basso@msu.edu


Current Members

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Emilo Albarenque

Undergraduate Student
albaren1@msu.edu

Major: Mechanical Engineering
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Susana Albarenque

Research Associate
albarenq@msu.edu

Major: Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Research Interests: Integrate precision agriculture tools and crop modeling to improve resource use efficiency in row crops.
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Hardik Arora

Graduate Student
arorahar@msu.edu

Major: Business Data Science & Analytics
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Brian Baer

Programmer Analyst
baerb@msu.edu
Web Page

Research Interests: Main developer of the SALUS model.
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Mariarita Cammarata

Visiting Scholar
cammara9@msu.edu
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Launa Di Carlo

Research Associate
dicarlol@msu.edu
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Allison Diebol

Undergraduate Student
diebolal@msu.edu

Major: Data Science
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Sajal Dubey

Graduate Student
dubeysaj@msu.edu

Major: Business Data Science & Analytics
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Katie Hepfinger

Staff
hepfing1@msu.edu
Web Page
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Ryan Jayne

Graduate Student
jaynery2@msu.edu

Major: Earth & Environmental Sciences

Research Interests: Understanding how environmental factors affect processes related to crop yields and their prediction to improve food security and sustainable land use.
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Aditya Manuraj

Graduate Student
manuraja@msu.edu

Major: Business Data Science & Analytics
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Fidel Maureira

Research Associate
maureira@msu.edu

Research Interests: I am interested in sustainable intensification of food systems. I use systems modeling, analytical approaches, and information technology to evaluate the implications and effects on earth systems to produce more and better food, reduce environmental outcomes, and meet broad societal goals.
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Francesca Mignola

Graduate Student
mignolaf@msu.edu
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Neville Millar

Research Assistant
millarn@msu.edu

Research Interests: Investigating the impact of regenerative agricultural practices on greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide, and working with stakeholders to develop and implement protocols that incentivize farmers to become involved in the agricultural carbon and ecosystem marketplace.
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Leonardo Novelli

Visiting Researcher
novelli.leonardo@inta.gob.ar
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Ojo Paul

Graduate Student
paulojo@msu.edu

Major: Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences

Research Interests: Soil organic carbon dynamics, machine learning algorithms in digital agriculture, geospatial modeling of soil health using crop modeling and remote sensing.
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Emma Olson

Undergraduate Student
olsone19@msu.edu

Major: Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences
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Christiana Olusegun

Research Associate
olusegu3@msu.edu
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Research Interests: Investigation of vegetation-climate feedbacks using insitu data, numerical climate models, satellite data and reanalysis.
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Lydia Price

Informational and Statistical Analyst
rilllydi@msu.edu

Research Interests: Using crop modeling to asses agronomic impacts on the environment across the U.S. and to provide custom geospatial management recommendations utilizing remote sensing to protect natural resources and increase farmer profitability.
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Richard Price

Research Assistant II
priceri1@msu.edu

Research Interests: Using modern technological tools to enhance precision conservation in today's agricultural landscape.
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John Salako

Graduate Student
salakojo@msu.edu

Major: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research Interests: Using Geospatial technology and artificial intelligence for land sustainability projects and precision agriculture.
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Mukta Sharma

Research Associate
sharm999@msu.edu

Research Interests: Intrested in exploring new approaches in computer vision, image processing and machine learning domain. Current working on performing data analysis and remote sensing image processing.
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Prateek Sharma

Graduate Student
sharm165@msu.edu

Major: Environmental Geosciences

Research Interests: Exploring new approaches to enhance land use sustainability by integrating process-based crop models with machine learning algorithms, satellite data, and field observations.
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Tommaso Tadiello

Research Associate
tadiell1@msu.edu

Research Interests: Soil organic carbon dynamics in the agro-ecosystem using a modeling approach.
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Ruben Ulbrich

Research Technologist
ulbrichr@msu.edu

Research Interests: Develop management tools with farmers to maximize yields while reducing the environmental impact of agriculture.
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Blair VanAgen

Graduate Student
vanagen@msu.edu

Major: Environmental Studies and Sustainability
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Christopher Villalobos

Programmer
villal41@msu.edu

Former Lab Members

Diego Armando Arellano Vazquez

Sao Paulo State University
arella50@msu.edu

Samara Barbosa

Computer Engineering
samarambar2014@gmail.com

Josh Brown

Environmental Science
brown940@msu.edu

Frankie Calabrese

fcalabr2@nd.edu

JenYu Chang

Sao Paulo State University
jychang@tari.gov.tw

Jose Cora

cora@fcav.unesp.br

Jonathan Cordes

cordesj3@msu.edu

Joshua M. Cornett

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
gamefrenzy1993@gmail.com

Olivia Davidson

Université de Liège
david194@msu.edu

Mathieu Delandmeter

Université de Liège
Mathieu.Delandmeter@uliege.be

Benjamin Dumont

Sao Paulo State University
benjamin.dumont@ulg.ac.be

Hugo Faria

Colorado State University
hugo.faria@unesp.br

Ames Fowler

University of Florence
Ames.Fowler@colostate.edu

Carolina Fabbri

Michigan State University, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
carolina.fabbri@unifi.it

Prakash Jha

jhapraka@msu.edu

Eric Klein

kleine13@msu.edu

Francesco Lodato

Institute of Forest Resource Information Technique, Chinese Academy of Forestry
f.lodato@unicampus.it

Shiming Li

Earth and Environmental Sciences
lism@ifrit.ac.cn

Lin Liu

Civil Engineering
liu01782@umn.edu

Jesse Liu

Computer Science & Neuroscience
liujesse@msu.edu

Franz Marasigan

Wageningen University and Research, Plant Science Group
marasig1@msu.edu

Bernardo Maestrini

maestrin@msu.edu

Rafael Martinez-Feria

mart2225@msu.edu

Raffaele Meloni

Biochemistry
melonira@msu.edu

Hakim Mohdazhan

Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
mohdazh1@msu.edu

Sarah Munezero

Earth & Environmental Sciences
munezer1@msu.edu

Zoe Naylor

Data Science
naylorzo@msu.edu

Aarthi Padmanabhan

Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
padman21@msu.edu

Emily Peruski

perusk11@msu.edu

Emily Rice

riceemi4@msu.edu

Leonel Rios

riosleon@msu.edu

Sasmita Sahoo

USDA, Sugarbeet and Bean Research: East Lansing, MI
sahoosas@msu.edu

Madalyn Scanlan

halemada@msu.edu

Yi Shi

shiyi1@msu.edu

Yiwen Shao

Earth and Environmental Sciences
shaoyw@umich.edu

Guanyuan Shuai

shuaigua@msu.edu

Macallister Spitzley

Michigan State University, Office of International Research Collaboration
spitzl47@msu.edu

Anne Stanton

stant106@msu.edu

Jac Stelly

Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
stellyja@msu.edu

Ben Tirrell

Geological Sciences with a minor in Geographic Information Science
TirrellB@michigan.gov

Elizabeth Chloe Tripp

trippel2@msu.edu

Gabriela Valdez Naval

valdeznaval.gabriela@inta.gob.ar

Juan Villalobos

Beijing Normal University
juavilcar1@gmail.com

Jinshui Zhang

zhangjs@bnu.edu.cn